The Family
The meaning of the term family
What is a group of people related by blood, marriage or adoption living together?
Define the term politeness.
What is having good manners and behaviour?
What is a resource?
What is anything useful to man.
What is a monument?
A monument is anything set up in memory of some person or event which is of national significance.
What is the meaning of caricom and when was the organisation established?
Caricom means Caribbean Community and it was established on July 4, 1973
The family type in which a parent is not a member.
What is the sibling family or sibling household?
One safety rule for travelling on water is
What is always wear a life jacket.
Guyana's two main agricultural resources are
What are rice and sugarcane?
Name of the monument that commemorates the Demerara Slave Rebellion
What is the 1823 Monument
The four founder member states of Caricom are
What are:
Guyana
Trinidad and Tobago
Barbados
Jamaica
This explains one function of the family.
What is:
1. Socialization - Teaching values and behaviours?
2. Emotional supporting - Providing love and a sense of belonging?
3. Procreation - Bringing new life into the world and carrying on traditions?
4. Protection - Keeping members safe and healthy?
What is private property?
Resources can be renewable or non-renewable. What is one renewable and one non-renewable resource of Guyana?
What are:
Renewable - water, plants, animals, wind, sunlight
Non-renewable - gold, diamond, crude oil or petroleum, natural gas, coal, soil
Which structure on the East Coast of Demerara acted as a landmark for ships and has a French name?
What is the Chateau Margot Chimney?
What is one objective of Caricom?
What is
1. promote economic integration and cooperation among member states
2. coordinate foreign policy, foster functional cooperation (including health, education, and culture)
3. enhance regional security.
Two factors that can cause changes or instability in a family structure.
What are death of a member, migration, divorce, loss of income.
Any two
Two ways we can show care for the elderly in our communities are by
What are carrying their heavy bags and helping them to cross the road.
Any two appropriate answers.
What are two national symbols on which our mineral resource is represented and identify the type of mineral resource.
What are:
1. National Flag - the golden arrow
2. The Coat of Arms - Two diamonds
3. Money
Two landmarks that are transportation links between two different administrative regions.
What are:
1. The Bharrat Jagdeo Demerara River Bridge (Regions 3 and 4)
2. The Berbice River Bridge (Regions 5 and 6)
3. Denham Suspension Bridge (Regions 7 and 8)
Explain the history that all Caricom member states share that encourage them to fight for regional integration.
All Caricom member states share a history centred around European colonisation, a plantation based economic system and the devastating legacy of slavery and indentureship
Marsha wants her grandmother to live with her and her mother. Explain two ways Marsha can benefit from having her grandmother in the home.
What are:
1. Grandparents can pass on family traditions, therefore helping to preserve culture.
2. More supervision and child care
3. More help with homework, chores and meal preparations.
Andy is being bullied in school everyday. Explain two serious effects this behaviour may have on Andy.
What are:
1. Increased feelings of sadness, loneliness and anxiety.
2. Cause him to have suicidal thoughts.
3. lower self-esteem
4. A decline in academic performance.
Explain one way a country's agricultural resources benefit its people.
What is
1. Resources help people earn money.
2. Some agricultural resources provide food for the people.
3. Some agricultural resources are used to produce other products.
Explain how The Water Wheel in the town of Linden was used to serve the community.
The Water Wheel was used to generate hydro power for the community, so that logs can be sawed before they were transported to Georgetown.
The two last territories to become official members of Caricom are
What are:
Suriname (1995)
Haiti (2002)