Defining the Caribbean
This group of islands is considered culturally Caribbean but is NOT located in the Caribbean Sea
What is The Bahamas?
This indigenous group settled in Cuba in pre-Columbian times.
Who are the Mayans?
This caribbean based festival is celebrated in Toronto
What is Caribana?
This term is used to refer to the near complete extermination of indigenous groups in the new world
What is Genocide?
Slaves from West Africa were first introduced to the Caribbean to work on
What are Spanish mines and estates?
The Caribbean is often defined by this historical feature which included forced labour
What is Slavery?
In order to enslave and kill them, the Spanish called the Kalinagos ______ and ______
What is Warlike and Cannibalistic?
A Caribbean migrant that settles in the United States sends _____ to their family to care for them financially
What are Remittances?
The journey from West Africa to the New World is known as the
What is the Middle Passage?
Under slavery, the Caribbean social structure was characterized by
What is the rigid separation of classes
This country lies in the Atlantic Ocean and is not geographically or geologically Caribbean, but it is historically, politically, and culturally Caribbean
What is Barbados?
By the 1540s, the encomienda system had created this group
What are Mestizos?
A diaspora is BEST described as
What are communities developed away from their original homelands?
The main aim of colonial education in the Caribbean was to
What is control the masses at the time?
This form of resistance allowed slaves to maintain parts of their culture using a veneer of Christianity
What are syncretic religions?
This country chose to become an overseas territory after a volcanic eruption
What is Montserrat?
The Treaty of Tordisillas was meant to
What is prevent an escalation of the Spanish and Portuguese rivalry?
The planters imported new labourers to the Caribbean after emancipation because
What is newly freed persons withdrew from plantation work?
Status in colonial society was determined by
What is Race?
The most common form of resistance to slavery was this
What is micro-level resistance?
These two CARICOM members share a land boarder
What are Guyana and Suriname?
The Asiento in 1518 did this for Portugal
What is gave them the license to trade in slaves?
There are Chinese in the Caribbean due to this migration scheme.
What is Indentureship?
Plantocracy was a term used to describe
What is the ruling class made up of slave owners and elites?
Who is Toussaint L'Ouverture