WEST INDIES FEDERATION
What and when was the West Indian Federation?
1958-1962 , the first major attempt by Caribbean countries to achieve common goals
A population made up of people who share a common cultural background.
Ethnic Group
The group of people with the authority to set goals, make policies, make and enforce laws and regulations.
Government
An accounting record of all the financial transactions between one country and the rest of the world
Balance Of Payments
One official definition says that a ____ is anyone who travels away from home for a distance of at least 50 miles to do anything other than commute to work
Tourist
Countries involved in the West Indian Federation?
Grenada, St Lucia, Montserrat, St Vincent, St Kitts, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Antigua
Two or more people who interact with one another, share similar characteristics, and collectively have a sense of unity.
Social Group
A basic social unit, consisting of a group of people who share certain connections.
Family
A long term alteration of established weather patterns.
Climate Change
Types of Tourism (give 3)
International, Domestic, Leisure ,Business, Medical, Cultural, Adventure, Wellness, Eco, Sports, Religion, Wildlife.
This ________ is to come up with ideas to solve their social and economic problems due to the lack of concern shown by Britain after emancipation since sugair no longer brought large profits to UK. It is one of many.......
Aims of the West Indian Federation.
A group of people of approximately the same age, status, and interests
Peer Group
Identify the Functions of Family
unit of procreation,
unit of socialisation,
economic unit
social unit.
A Natural Source of energy that is not depleted by use, such as water, wind or solar power.
Renewable
They are the factors of attraction of the tourism destination which determines the choice of the tourist in favour of the destination. These are?
Transport
Tourism Services
Information
Tourist Demand
What is one of the main reasons that involved Jamaica that caused the West Indian Federation collapse?
- Jamaica and Trinidad withdrew from the Federation in 1961
Rules of behavior that are considered acceptable in a group or society
Norm
The candidate with the plurality of votes is the winner of the congressional seat. The losing party or parties win no representation at all.
First-past-the-post
This is the clearing of trees without the intent of replacing them.
Deforestation
The trapping of heat in the earths atmosphere is referred to as....
Greenhouse Effect
When was the West Indian Federation disbanded?
May 1962
A leadership style in which leaders are hands-off and allow group members to make the decision
Laissez-Faire Leadership Style
What is Universal Adult Suffrage?
The right for all eligible people over 18 years of age to vote
Ways land and forests can be preserved:
1) Reduce the use of artificial items, recycle more and re-use items
2) Share information with friends and family on deforestation
3) Join Forest-preservation societies
This consequence of water pollution contributes to the to fishes being killed in rivers and lakes and can cause accelerated corrosion of metalwork on buildings
Acid rain