Ethnic Groups
First Ethnic Group to Jamaica
Tainos
Long working hours - Push or pull
Push
Introduction of the dragon and lion dances
Chinese
Our way of life is our
Culture
Religious or secular? carnival
Secular
The continents that the Ethnic groups came from
South America, Europe, Asia, Africa
Why did the Chinese and the East Indians come to the Caribbean?
They were looking for a better way of life.
Introduction of new plants and trees including coolie plum, mango, jack fruit
East Indians
What is Caribbean culture deeply rooted in?
Religion
Religious and Secular
What was the name of the document that was signed by the Chinese and East Indians?
Contract
Unemployment, famine, poverty are all ______ factors
Push factors
Name three groups that contributed to the Jamaican culture
Tainos, African, British, Spaniards, Chinese, East Indians
What is being celebrated - Special service to remember the death and resurrection of Jesus
Easter
Festival celebrated in Barbados after the end of a harvest
Crop Over
When we leave where we are living to settle somewhere else, we call this
Migration
State the difference between push and pull factors
Push factors are the factors that force a person to leave a place while pull factors attracts them to a place.
They were barbers. farmers, fishermen, shopkeepers or jewelers
East Indians
Goldsmith, Ironsmith, fishermen, dressmaker are all aspects of goods or services?
services
Animals are used to represent each calendar year
Chinese New Year
Define the term Ethnic Group
Am ethnic group is a community or a group of people who share common ancestors and a common culture
A Chinese immigrant leaves China for the US to work on the transcontinental railroad - Push or pull
Pull
What three religious festival did the East Indians contribute to the Caribbean?
Divali EidulFitr, Hosay
Explain how culture can be categorized as goods and services
Some of the things that were contributed to our culture are tangible. We can see and touch them, others are just things that we do or duties we performed for others.
Name three religious festival
Divali, Christmas, Easter, IdulFitr, Passover, Hosay