Caribbean History
This trade system linked Europe, Africa, and the Americas during the colonial period
What is the Triangle Trade?
This Trinidadian street food made from curried chickpeas between fried bread has Indian origins
What are doubles?
The horrific journey of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean
What is the Middle Passage?
The typical length of an indenture contract for workers from India
What is 5 years?
This music genre popularized globally by Bob Marley has its roots in Jamaica and African rhythms
What is reggae?
The Caribbean climate was ideal for growing this valuable European commodity
What is sugar/sugarcane?
This type of music combines Indian folk music with soca beats
What is chutney music?
This Caribbean country's successful slave revolution terrified European powers
What is Haiti?
These two Asian countries were the main sources of indentured laborers in the Caribbean
What are India and China?
This Jamaican genre evolved from reggae and features faster rhythms and digital production
What is dancehall?
This 1833 British act officially ended slavery in British colonies
What is the Slavery Abolition Act?
This dish found across the Caribbean uses okra, a vegetable with African origins
What is callaloo?
This 1831 Jamaican revolt, also known as the Baptist War, helped end British slavery
What is the Samuel Sharpe Rebellion?
These three former British colonies received the largest numbers of Indian indentured laborers
What are Trinidad, Guyana, and Jamaica?
This Jamaican spiritual and cultural movement embraces African identity and was popularized by reggae music
What is Rastafarianism?
Indigenous peoples of the Caribbean who were largely wiped out by European diseases
Who are the Taíno and Kalinago peoples?
This musical instrument, central to Trinidadian music, was developed from oil drums
What is the steelpan?
After official emancipation in 1834, formerly enslaved people were forced into this system until 1838
What is apprenticeship?
Many indentured laborers couldn't return to their homeland because of this deceptive practice
What is being forced to pay for their return journey?
This high-energy music style evolved from calypso and has African roots in Trinidad and Tobago
What is soca?
After this event in 1834, plantation owners turned to indentured laborers from Asia
What is the abolition of slavery?
This spiritual practice in Haiti blends African traditions with Catholicism
What is Vodou?
This former enslaved African became a prominent British abolitionist
Who is Olaudah Equiano?
The period from the 1830s to the early 1900s when this labor system was most active in the Caribbean
What is the indenture period?
This percussion-heavy musical tradition stems directly from African drumming and is central to Caribbean identity
What is steelpan/steel drum music?