Defining the Caribbean
Which of the following groups contains islands which are NOT located in the Caribbean Sea?
(A) Bermuda, Cuba, Jamaica
(B) The Bahamas, Bermuda, Jamaica
(C) Bermuda, Cuba, Turks and Caicos
(D) The Bahamas, Bermuda,Turks and
Caicos
(D) The Bahamas, Bermuda,Turks and
Caicos
Which of the following Amerindian groups settled in Central America in pre-Columbian times?
(A) Mayans
(B) Tainos
(C) Ciboneys
(D) Kalinagos
(A) Mayans
Which of the following festivals is celebrated in Toronto?
(A) Reggae Sumfest
(B) Caribana
(C) Labour Day Parade
(D) Notting Hill Carnival
(B) Caribana
Which of the following BEST describes the near extermination of the indigenous population caused by European exploration and settlement in the Caribbean region?
(A) Slavery
(B) Suicide
(C) Genocide
(D) Infanticide
(C) Genocide
Slaves from West Africa were first introduced to the Caribbean to work on
A. Spanish tobacco estates
B. Spanish sugar plantations
C. Spanish cotton fields
D. Spanish mines and estates
D. Spanish mines and estates
Which of the following BEST describes a historical feature of the Caribbean?
(A) archipelago
(B) enslavement
(C) Commonwealth
(D) Caribbean Basin
(B) enslavement
The Kalinagos were labelled as violent and warlike because the Spaniards thought the Kalinagos
I. were cannibals
II. vigorously protected their territories
III. had superior weapons when compared to the Tainos
A. I and II only
B. I and III only
C. II and III only
D. I, II and III
D. I, II and III
Julia migrated to the United States from the Caribbean. She works and sends money to her mother who takes care of her children. This money is referred to as
(A) Revenue
(B) Reparation
(C) Remittance
(D) Investment
(C) Remittance
To which section of the slave trade does the Middle Passage refer?
(A) The journey from West Africa to the New World
(B) the interior to the coast of West Africa
(C) the Caribbean sugar plantations to Europe
(D) West Africa to the slave-trading ports of Europe
(A) The journey from West Africa to the New World
Under slavery, Caribbean society was characterized by
(A) social mobility
(B) the rigid separation of classes
(C) equality among all people
(D) the rise of middle-class groups
(B) the rigid separation of classes
Which of the following countries is located outside of the Caribbean Sea?
(A) Jamaica
(B) Grenada
(C) St. Vincent and the Grenadines
(D) Barbados
(D) Barbados
In what ways was the impact of the encomienda system felt in Caribbean societies by the 1540s?
A. start of indentureship
B. creation of the mestizo race
C. introduction of Africans through slavery
D. occupation of the Caribbean by the Spaniards
B. creation of the mestizo race
A diaspora is BEST described as
(A) people who live away from their country
(B) communities developed away from their original homelands
(C) communities which are scattered over a large geographic area
(D) people who were settled and worked on plantations in the Caribbean
(B) communities developed away from their original homelands
The main aim of colonial education in the Caribbean was to
(A) control the masses at the time
(B) prepare the masses for managerial positions
(C) encourage the masses to become independent
(D) provide the masses with skills needed to function in society
(A) control the masses at the time
Which of the following cultural methods, used as resistance to slavery, had the greatest effect?
(A) songs
(B) poetry
(C) syncretic religion
(D) African healing traditions
(C) syncretic religion
Which of the following is an independent Caribbean country?
(A) Anguilla
(B) Grenada
(C) Montserrat
(D) Martinique
(B) Grenada
The Treaty of Tordisillas was meant to:
A. prevent an escalation of the Spanish and Portuguese rivalry
B. divide Europe between Spain and Portugal
C. end Spain's hegemony over the Americas
D. draw an arbitrary line between Spain and Portugal
A. prevent an escalation of the Spanish and Portuguese rivalry
Which of the following reasons did planters give for importing new labourers into the Caribbean after slavery ended?
A. the formerly enslaved squatted on Crown land.
B. the formerly enslaved persons became unionized
C. planters did not have money to pay labourers a just wage
D. newly freed persons withdrew from plantation work
D. newly freed persons withdrew from plantation work
Which of the following was the MOST important determining factor of one's position in colonial plantation society?
(A) race
(B) class
(C) wealth
(D) place of birth
(A) race
Which of the following approaches was used by Caribbean people to challenge European domination during the 16th century?
(A) burning plantations
(B) subsistence farming
(C) micro-level resistance
(D) economic independence
(C) micro-level resistance
Which of the following CARICOM members share a land border?
A. Barbados and Guyana
B. Guyana and Suriname
C. Suriname and Trinidad & Tobago
D. Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago
B. Guyana and Suriname
The Asiento in 1518
A. Gave Portugal the licence to trade in slaves
B. Gave Britain the right to trade in slaves
C. Legitimised Portugal’s rights to the West African territories
D. Allowed the Dutch to become the main slave trader in the 16th century
A. Gave Portugal the licence to trade in slaves
Which of the following is associated with Chinese presence in the Caribbean?
A. slavery
B. indentureship
C. repartimiento
D. encomienda
B. indentureship
Plantocracy was a term used to describe
(A) a system of total slavery
(B) a system of democratic control
(C) the wealthy white and coloured planters
(D) the ruling class made up of slave owners and elites
(D) the ruling class made up of slave owners and elites
Identify which of the following territories received most Asian immigrants
A. Jamaica, Guyana, Trinidad
B. Trinidad, Guyana, Grenada
C. Trinidad, Guyana, Antigua
D. Jamaica, Guyana, Barbados
A. Jamaica, Guyana, Trinidad