History of the 'Caribbean islands' is almost identical to that of 'Mexico and Central America' is true.
<u>Explanation:</u>
Mexico, the Caribbean Islands and the other countries in Central America like 'Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, and Panama' were all under the control of Spain for until the late 1800s.
All these countries including the Caribbean Islands got independence from Spain within a difference of a decade or two after fighting wars with Spain for long time.
Some of the oldest and most rocky surface son earth can be found in Canadian Shield, Australia, Africa these are felsic rocks that ages up to 3.8 billion years.
The rocks that contain quartz, feldspar, and zircon are considered to be the oldest ones. Canadian shields are home to gneiss rocks which are igneous cores of ancient mountainous rocks being exposed by glacial peneplanation.
The oldest rock formation of the Indian peninsula is found in the Deccan peninsular of the south Indian and dharwar system of mountains. These have been found 500 million years ago, located in Karnataka and Aravallis located in Rajasthan.