First Inhabitants
Who were the first known inhabitants of Belize?
What is The Maya?
These regions were involved in the triangular slave trade.
What is Europe, Africa & the Americas?
This event in 1838 impacted the lives of African-descended people in Belize.
What is the abolition of slavery?
This industry attracted migrants during the late 19th and early 20th century to Belize.
What is mahogany industry?
This group sought refuge in Belize in the early 1800s due to displacement in the Caribbean.
Who are the Garifuna?
Who are Enslaved people or African slaves?
What is emancipation?
Name a neighboring country from which migrants moved to Belize for work.
What is Guatemala, Honduras or Mexico?
The Garifuna are descendants of these groups of people.
Who are the Africans, Arawaks, and Caribs or African and indigenous Caribbean descent?
Name one significant Maya city in Belize.
What is Caracol, Lamanai, or Xunantunich?
Goods exported from the Americas to Europe in the Transatlantic slave trade.
What are sugar, tobacco and cotton?
This cultural group in Belize descends from European settlers and African slaves.
What is economic hardships or no jobs or money?
Who are the Spanish?
What is Maize (corn)?
This contributed to the economic development of Europe.
What is the Transatlantic slave trade or the triangular trade?
This system was established by the Baymen in 1765 to regulate their settlement.
What is Burnaby's Code?
What is tourism?
The principal economic activity in Belize during the 1700s.
What is logwood cutting?
This European group first settled in Belize and traded timber.
Who are the British or British Buccaneers?
The major impact of the triangular slave trade on Belize.
What is it brought African enslaved people to work in the timber industry, shaping Belize’s Creole population?
How did emancipation affect Belize's economy?
What is freed individuals continued to work in the timber industry under harsh conditions?
One example of how migration has supported Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8.
What is the growth of industries like logging, agriculture, and tourism, fostering economic growth and decent work opportunities?
What is Mahogany cutting?