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CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL
CARIBBEAI\T SECOIIDARY EDUCATION CERTfF"ICATE@
EXAMINATION
CARIBBEAN HISTORY
Paper 0l
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- Generat proficiency
hour 15'minutes
02 JUNE 2016 (p.m.)
REN) THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFTILLY.
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to determine the position of the shii in ,"tutiont
the starsr
(A)
(B)
(9)
(D)
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A map
A compass
A lodestone
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i'Which of the following BEST explains
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why the indigenous peoples migrated to the
Americas from their original homelands?
(A)
They were following herds of deer
(B)
which they hunted.
They were searching for grasslands
to feed their livestock.
(c)
They were driven out of their
MAINLY because he wanted to
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
homelands by warlike people.
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Their populations had grown
too large to survive in their
(D)
Christopher Columbus sailed west
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discover the Americas
find a passage to the East
corhpete with thq English
prove that the world was round
The MAIN reason why the English
attempted to break the Spanish monopoly
in the New World was to
homelands.
(A)
(B)
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In which istand ofthe GieaterAntilles were
BOTH Kalinagos and Tainos found at the
end of the fifteenth century?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
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(D)
Cuba
Jamaica
Hispaniola
Puerto Rico
gold
(B)
bronze
(c)
leather
diamonds
The ruler of a Mayan city state was called
the
(A)
(B)
Cacique
Oubbutou
(c)
Audiencia
Halach Uinich
(D)
Which of the following islands was the
FIRST to be settled by the English?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
of
(A)
(D)
t.
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Ornaments worn by the Taino leaders were
often made
tl.
(c)
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obtain new trade routes to the East
obtain a share of the wealth of the
New World
supply captive Africans to the
Spanish colonies
gain a base from which to attack
the native peoples
St Kitts
Antigua
Grenada
Barbados
The duty of the encomendero towards the
indigenous peoples was to
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
free them from enslavement
protect and christianize them
keep records of their punishment
ensure that they worked in the
mines
Which of the following did the Maya use
as money?
(A)
(B)
(c)
(D)
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Qopper bars
'Cocoa beans
, Gold nuggets
Cowrie shells
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i'Which of the
following statements are
TRUE of the British Caribbean colonies
in the l8th century?
I.
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m.
t4
Africans?
They imported most oftheir foods.
They depended heavily on trade
with Britain.
(A)
Uniting ofAfrica under European
rule
(B)
They had developed strong navies
to defend their routes.
lncreased .importation of European
goods
(c)
Reduction of the West African
(D)
population
Increase in warfare among West
African societies
(A) I and II only
(B) I aird.III onty
(C) I[ and III only
(D) I,II and III
.15.
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Which of the following statements about
the population of Barbados by the end
In the I600s, Dutch islands in the West
Indies were used MAINLy as
(A)
(B)
(c)
(D)
Which of the following did NOT occur in
Africa as a result of the trade in enslaved
the 1600s is TRUE?
of
(A)
There were more whites than
military bases
hading stations
(B)
plantation colonies
(c)
blacks.
Blacks were far greater in number
than whites.
fishing ports
Coloureds were far greater in
number than whites.
12.
Tobacco did not continue as a .profitable
crop'for Caribbean settlers because of the
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
l
13.
(D)
high cost of shipping and insurance
increased competition from
coloureds and blacks.
16.
Virginia
destruction .of plantations by the
Kalinagos
spoilage of tobacco on the longer
transatlantic voyage
Which ofthe following conditions didNOT
result from the Haitian Revolution?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Which of the following is TRUE of
enslaved persons in the British Caribbean?
(A)
(B)
(c)
They were encouraged by their
owners to educate themselves.
They were allowed to raise a family
without the owner's permission.
They.were encouraged by their
masters
(D)
to farm on small
protision grounds.
They werd allowed to own small
. properties without the owner,s
permission.
There were equal numbers of
17.
The mulattoes were wiped out.
The pattern of land ownership
changed.
The country became independent
from France
The economy of the island was
almost destroyed.
The motive ofthe enslavedAfricans during
the insurrection in. St Domingr"
MAINLY to
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
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associate with the whites
acquire their own plantations
free all the enslaved in the country
establish the first independent
republic
blacl
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Which of the following events in the
Caribbean was influenced MOST by the
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The arguments that the'British humanitarians
used against slavery
French Revolution?
MAINLY
(A)
(B)
(A)
(B)
The Maroon rebellion in Jamaica
The Carib uprising in St Mncent
The mulatto revolt in St Domingue
The uprising of the enslaved in
(c)
(D)
in the 1800s were
Iegal
moral
(c)
political
(D)
economic
Doininica
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19.
The expedition sent by Napoleon to
St Domingue in
l80l underthe leadership
of Le Clerc was intended MAINLY to
(A)
(B)
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
abolish slavery
(c)
expelthe British
punish the colonists
(D)
iestore French controt
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20
The MAIN source of disputes between
planters and formerly enslaved persons
during apprenticeship was
Which of the following was NOT included
in the 1739 peace treaty between the
child labour
wage rates
Sunday work
property rentals
Which of the following describes how
MOST planters and colonial assemblies
reacted to amelioration?
Maroons ofTrelawny Town in Jamaica and
the British authorities?
(A)
(A)
(B)
The Maroons were free to occupy
an area set aside for them.
(B)
(C)
(D)
The Maroons would help the
British figlrt off any invading
.
(c)
foreign enemy.
The Maroons could accept runaway
slaves as members
of their
(D)
community.
The Maroons could farm and get
licences to sell their produce in
the markets.
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Which of the following persons was NOT
a leader in the Humanitarian movement?
(A)
(B)
(c)
(D)
They completely rejected or largely
ignored the proposals.
They saw the proposals as a way
to get the enslaved to produce
more.
They saw the proposals as a good
way to prepare the enslaved for
freedom.
They adopted the proposals and
introduced improvements to
the enslaved Africans' living
conditions.
Most West Indian planters saw the period
of apprenticeship MAINLY as
(A) a time-to reorganize
Lord Mansfield
Thomas Clarkson
(B)
William Wilberforce
Thomas Powell Buxton
(C)
(D)
sugar
production
a time for training slaves in new
skills
an opportunity to educate the
apprentice
'a
means of ensuring a steady labour
supply
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The largest number of immigrants into the
British Caribbean during the l gth century
came from
(A)
(B)
India
China
(c)
Africa
(D)
Portugal
Which of the following were benefits the
Emancipation Act of 1833 gave enslaved
Africans in the British Caribbebn?
I.
U.
III.
30.
between Emancipation and the First World
War were employed as
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
3t
small farmers
unskilled labourers
skilled factory hands
The planters' MAIN intention in
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Assistance from stipendiary
magistrates
28.
shopkeepers
encouraging formerly enslaved persons to
settle near plantations after emancipation
was to have them
A chance to work for wages
Social equality with the whites
(A) I and II only
(B) I and III only
(C) II and III only
(D) I,II and III
Thb majority of imnfigrants brought to
work in the British Caribbean in the years
32.
use estate hospitals
guard the plantations
work on the plantations
attend the nearby schools
"William Knibb foresaw that planters
would tr5l to force extra work from their
free labourers by increasing rents on homes
on the estate."
Large-scale immigration to Trinidad and
Guyana between 1838 and 1870 led to
To which territory is the statement
I.
II.
m.
cultural diversity in those territories
racial conflicts among the ethnic
groups
economic development in both
territories
(A) I only
(B) I and II only
(C) II and III only
(D) I,II and III
29.
Indentured workers from Madeira brought
elements
of a culture to the British
Caribbean. From which of the following
cultures were these elements drawn?
(A)
(B)
(c)
(D)
referring?
(A)
(B)
Guyana
Jamaica
(c)
Trinidad
Barbados
(D)
33
What action did William Knibb take to
assist frbed Africans to acquire land?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Bribe the planters
Warn the labourers
Establish free villages
Report to the governor
Indiah
African
Chinese
Portuguese
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Which ofthe following BESTexplains why
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Guyana and Trinidad had the greatest need
for immigrant labour?
(A)
(B)
(c)
(D)
The planters wanted to introduce
. new crops.
The planters no longer employed
,
African labour.
The creation of peasant villages led
to a labour shortage.
fhe ptanters were slow to adoPt
new labour-saving devices'
(A)
(B)
(c)
(D)
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(B)
(C)
the Easiern Caribbean Islands, after 1838
were interested MAINLY in
(A)
(B)
(c)
(D)
(D)
opening retail shoPs
seeking higher wages
working on sugar estates
practising their religion freelY
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Item 36 refers to the fotlowing quotation'
The Prevention of new EuroPean
colonization in the Americas
The ending of European economic
exPloitation of the Americas
The establishmentof United States
mititary control in theAmericas
The establishment of United
States economic control in the
Americas
Puerto Ricans could vote in
the United States Presidential
elebtions.
(B)
The United States dollar was no
longer the official currencY of
(c)
The United States President
appointed the judges of the
(D)
Puerto Rico became a self-
Puerto Rico.
"",,*u" 'f#'T'!'iii'o
Puerto Rican courts'
London, Andrd Deutsch 1970
36.
paking use of Russian warshiPs
joining forces' with foreign powers
organizing armed internal uprisings
Which of the following situations was
a result of Puerto Rico becoming a
Comnionwealth in 1952?
(A)
"...and if an apple severed by the tempest
from its native tree, cannot choose but
fall to the ground, Cuba, "' incapable of
the
self-support ,can grvvitate only toward
North American Union"'
using American financial helP
Which of the following BEST summarizes
the stated aims of the Monroe Doctrine?
(A)
The migrants to Guyana and Trinidad from
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Fidel Castro overthrew the govemment of
Fulgencio Batista bY
governing countrY associated
with the United States.
By which agreement did the USA make
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American
C'uba "g.avitate toward the North
Union"?
(A)
(B)
(c)
(D)
The Platt Amendment
The TellerAmendment
The HaY-Pauncefote TreatY
The C laYton-B u lwer TreatY
40
The policy by which the United States
goreinrn"nt was actively involved .in
iirecting the financial affairs of the
Caribbean between 1905 and 1930 was
known as
(A)
(B)
(c)
(D)
Dollar DiPlomacY
Operation BootstraP
the Big Stick PolicY
the Good Neighbour PolicY
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Which of the following factors were
responsible for the outbreak of riots and
45.
strikes in the British Caribbean during the
I 930s?
I.
II.
I II.
(A)
A high level of unemPloYment
The inadequate education sYstem
An increased awareness of injustice
towards workers
(A)
(B)
(c)
(D)
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(B)
(c)
(D)
I and II onlY
'l and III onlY
46
promotesocialrevolution
sYsTT
Promote the two-ParlY
econohically
colonies
the
develop
With which of the following is the above
(A)
(B)
(c)
(D)
the'
To identif, the persons causing
unrest and iecommend Penalties
47.
To investigate the economic'
sociat and Political situation
in the colonies and to make
betweeq
the t9ids, there was a strong link
political parties and
trade unions
Plantation owners
ihe established Church
stiPendiarY magistrates
Which ofthe following Caribbean countries
state
became the first free and associated
(A)
(B)
between indentured immigrants
and freed Persons in the British
during
In many British Caribbean territories
(A)
(B)
ici
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Jamaica's decision to withdraw
from the 1958 federation
British control ofthe foreign policy
ofthe 1958 federation
of the USA?
To investigate ethnic conflict
recommendations
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Jamaica's objections to a federal
customs union
join the
Guyana's decision not to
1958 federation
To end the unrest in the British
(c)
Caribbean
(D)
improve wages and living
statement associated?
for them
(c)
organize strikes on estates and at
the docks
create equalitY among all men in
the societY
obtain self-government
Caribbearr immediatelY
't
people
"One from ten leaves nought"'
Commission?
(B)
'
Item 46 refers to the following statement'
Which of the following statements
BEST describes the focus of the Moyne
(A)
extend the vote for all working
conditions for workers
II and III onlY
I, II and III
Most of the Caribbean political leaders in
the 1930s advocated constitutional changes
MAINLY in order to
(A)
igi
(C)
iri
43
During the post-1938 period, trade unions
in the-British Caribbean sought MAINLY
to
(D)
48.
Cuba
Margarita
Hispaniola
Puerto Rico
Which ofthe following Caribbean territories
were assimilated bY France in 1946?
(B)
Haiti, Martinique, QuadelouPe
Marie Galante, Haiti, Dominica
(c)
Saint Barthel6my, Haiti, Martinique
(A)
(D)
. GuadelouPe,
French Guiana'
Martinique
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The first Caribbean country to gain its
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independence was
In which area of thd African continent was
the transatlantic trade in captive Africans
MAINLY conducted?
(A)
Cuba
(B)
Haiti
(A)
Jamaica
Grenada
(B)
(c)
(D)
Africa
WestAfrica'
North Africa
South Africa
.East
(c)
(D)
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51
In what order did the following countries
gain political independence?
I.
II.
III.
Guyana
(A)
(B)
In which chronological order did the British
Caribbean planters first face competition
from the following?
Jamaica
Grenada
il
I.
French beet sugar
Cuban slave-grown sugar
I, II,
m
Sugar from St Domingue
(c)
III
II, UI,I
II, I, III
I, II,
(D)
III, II, I
(A)
(B)
The body that had complete control over
all the Spanish colonies of the New World
was the
(A)
(B)
(c)
(D)
52.
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(B)
(C)
(D)
The planters did not provide the
. enslavedAfricanswithsufficient
provisions.
The missionaries encouraged the
enslaved Africans to fight for
their freedom.
The enslavedAfricans feltthat their
owners should PaY them fortheir
' hard work.
The enslaved Africans thouSht
that their freedom was being
withheld bY the Planters.
(c)
(D)
U,LilI
Which of the following persons is NOT
associated with the place with which he is
paired?
House of Trade
Board of Finance
Council of Castile
Council o{the Indies
Which of'the following causes is shared
by the Barbados Rebellion of l8l6 and the
Jamaican Rebellion of I 831?
(A)
55.
III
II, III,I
III, [I, I
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
56.
Marcus GarveY ... Jamaica
Henry Morgan ... Port RoYal
Thomas Warner ... Trinidad
Toussaint L'Ouverture .-. Haiti
In which order did the following stages in
the movement towards independence in
British Caribbean territories take place?
IV.
Introduction of the ParlY sYstem
Election of a prime minister or
premier
Achievement of universal adult
suffrage
Full intemal self-govemment
(A)
[, II, III, IV
I.
II.
III.
(B)
(c)
(D)
'
I,III, N,IV
II,IV III,I
TV,II,III,I
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Which ofthe following British amelioration
proposals applied to enslaved females
ONLY?
(A)
(c)
No more floggings
Protector to be appointed
No more separation of families
(D)
Religious instructions to
(B)
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Mercantilism was.the policy used by
England and France to
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
be
provided
control the trade of their colonies
invest their profits in their coionies
uansfer their, way of life to the
colonies
win the friendship ofthe Kalinagos
in St Kitts
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In which chronological order did the
following industries deVelop in the
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In which order did the following occur
during the 1960s in the British Caribbean?
Caribbean?
I.
I.
II.
III.
II.
III.
Petroleum
Sugar
Banana
(A)
(B)
(A) I,lt,ltl
(B) II,l, III
(c) II, III, I
(D) III, II,I
(c)
(D)
Associated statehood
Federation
Independence
I, II, III
II, I, III
I, III, II
II, III, I
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