Indigenous
Who was the first known inhabitance of Jamaica?
Tainos or Arawaks
What is the definition of slavery in your own words?
Someone who is held against their will in captivity or bondage.
Who was the first European person to 'Discover' Jamaica by Official Records and Nationality?
Christopher Columbus/Italian
Which Nationality was overthrown by the British on their arrival to Jamaica in 1665?
Spaniards
Which two continents created the Jamaican Creole?
Europe and Africa
What was the Language that the Arawaks or Tainos spoke?
Arawakian
Which Nation was first recorded to have slavery in the Bible and what is the continent we know it as today?
Egypt/ Africa
Why is the Caribbean called the West Indies?
Christopher Columbus thought he reached the Indies(Asia) in search of another route to Asia.
What were the means in which slaves could secure their freedom?
1. Buy their freedom
2.Being a mistress or children of plantation whites.
3.Helping a soldier
Which month is Black history celebrated in Jamaica?
February
Which South American group was in conflict with the Tainos/Arawaks because of land and mainly to raid farms for food supplies?
Kalinagos or Caribs
How many years were the Israelites enslaved in Egypt for?
400 years
What were the Three G's that the Europeans were in search of in the Caribbean?
Gold-increasing a nation's wealth, God-spreading Christianity around the world and Glory-expand a nation's empire.
When was slavery officially abolished?
1838
Which Jamaican National Hero was a Black Activist?
Marcus Mosiah Garvey
Were the Tainos Monotheists or Polytheists and what was the main name given to the gods they worshipped?
Polytheists/ Zemis
What was the name of the Baby discovered by pharoah's wife in the Nile?
Moses
What was the main religion and church of the Europeans(Spain)?
Catholicism/ Roman Catholic Church
What does the initials PNP and JLP stand for?
People's National Party
Jamaica Labour Party
Brawta
Bonus or a little over average amount
What was the main crop of the Tainos and were they Hunters or Famers?
Cassava/ Farmers
What is the meaning of the name 'Moses'?
'drawn out of water'
What were the names of the European(Spanish Ships) that sailed to the Caribbean?
The Nina, The Pina and The Santa Maria
Dry Land Tourist
Referring to a Jamaican stush/stylish person or locals mimicking the foreign accent.