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MAY/JUNE 2014
CARIBBEAN
EXAMINATIONS
COUNCIL
CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE®
EXAMINATION
CARIBBEAN HISTORY
Paper 01 - General Proficiency
1 hour 15 minutes
( 05 JUNE 2014 (p.m.))
READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.
1.
This test consists of 60 items. You will have 1 hour and 15 minutes to answer them.
2.
In addition to this test booklet, you should have an answer sheet.
3.
Each item in this test has four suggested answers lettered (A), (B), (C), (D). Read each item you
are about to answer and decide which choice is best.
4.
On your answer sheet, find the number which corresponds to your item and shade the space having the same letter as the answer you have chosen.
Sample Item
Which of the following was used by early navigators
to determine the position of the ship in relation to the stars?
Sample Answer
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
A map
A compass
A lodestone
An astrolabe
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The best answer to this item is "An astrolabe", so answer space (D) has been shaded.
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5.
If you want to change your answer, erase it completely before you fill in your new choice.
6.
When you are told to begin, tum the page and work as quickly and as carefully as you can. If
you cannot answer an item, go on to the next one. You may return to this item later. Your score
will be the total number of correct answers.
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Which of the following BEST explains
why the Indigenous Peoples migrated to the
Americas from their original homelands?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
2.
(B)
(C)
(D)
3.
(C)
(D)
Nature worship and animal sacrifice
Nature worship and ancestor
worship
Periods of fasting and animal
sacrifice
Long periods of f asting and
ancestor worship
Which of the fo.1u..... >.......
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
6.
They were not inhabited.
They were inhabited by Tainos.
They were inhabited by Mayas.
They were inhabited by Kalinagos.
Which of the follmving BEST describes
the religious practices of the Kalinagos and
Tainos?
(A)
(B)
4.
They were searching for grasslands
to feed their livestock.
They were driven out of their
homelands by warlike people.
They were following herds of deer
which they hunted.
Their populations had grown
too large to survive in their
homelands.
Which of the following statements is TRlJE
of BOTH Jamaica and Cuba ar the time of
Columbus ' arrival in the Caribbean?
(A)
5.
-mth the
They worked ·
Taino women.
Taino women were oi'-.err captured
by Kalinago warriors.
Kalinago women often rraded w ith
the Taino women.
Kalinago girls were taught the
language of the Taino by their
elders.
ruch is the correct order, from MOST
to LEI\ST power:fuL of European social
groups in the 1400s?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
7.
,~::runs why
Merchants, priests, peasants, kings
Kings, priests, peasants, merchants
Priests, kings, merchants, peasants
Kings, priests, merchants, peasants
The MAIN re a s on w hy the English
attempted to break the Spanish monopoly
in the New World was to
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
obtain new trade routes to the East
obtain a share of the wealth of the
New World
gain a base from which to attack
the native peoples
supply captive _--\fr!~ to the
Spanish colonies
The Maya obtained their food MAINLY by
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
fishing
trading
hunting
farming
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Which of the following occurred as a result
of the change from tobacco to sugar cane
cultivation in the 1600s?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
19.
(A)
(B)
The Old Representative System
was replaced.
The practice of monoculture in the
Caribbean colonies ceased.
There was an increase in the size
of landholdings.
The colonies became more
dependent on indentured labour.
(C)
(D)
20.
16.
Mercantilism was the policy used by
England and France to
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
17.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
18.
control the trade of their colonies
invest their profits in their colonies
transfer their way of life to the
colonies
win the friendship of the Kalinagos
in St Kitts
Which of the following was NOT included
in the 1739 peace treaty between the
Maroons ofTrelawny Town in Jamaica and
the British authorities?
The Maroons were free to occupy
an area set aside for them.
The Maroons would help the
British fight off any invading
foreign enemy.
The Maroons could farm and get
licences to sell their produce in
the markets.
The Maroons could accept any
runaway slaves as members of
their community.
In 1763, a major uprising of enslaved
Africans took place in the Dutch colony of
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Toussaint L'Ouverture contributed to the
success of the Haitian Revolution MAINLY
by
21.
Which of the following were consequences
of the Haitian Revolution?
I.
II.
III.
All enslaved Africans were freed.
All the mulattos left the island.
The colony gained poli tical
independence.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
I and II only
I and III only
II and III only
I, II and III
The arguments that the humanitarians _:
nineteenth-century Britain used aga;-,
slavery were MAINLY
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
22.
setting up a system of fortification
developi ng a revolutionary
ideology
organizing the enslaved into a
formidable fighting force
dividing the country between the
blacks and the mulattos
legal
moral
political
economtc
Which of the follc
a leader in the H
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D
Berbice
Curas;ao
Suriname
St Eustatius
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Which of the following was the MAIN
purpose of the policy of Amelioration?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
24.
To maintain the established system
of enslavement
To put an end to enslavement in the
British Caribbean
To introduce a new supply of cheap
labour to the British Caribbean
To improve the conditions of the
enslaved in the British Caribbean
The British Government was reluctant to
authorize African immigration after the
abolition of slavery MAlNLY because
(A)
27.
Which of the following BEST explains why
Indian indentured workers were imported
to Guyana but not to Barbados after 1838?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
28.
the planters were opposed.
Guyana had a greater shortage of
labour than Barbados.
It was cheaper to import Indians to
Guyana than to Barbados.
Indentured Indians were better paid
in Guyana than in Barbados.
The Indian government prevented
immigration to Barbados.
Large-scale immigration to Trinidad and
Guyana between :838 and 1870 led to
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(D)
25.
Which of the following was the ~L-\r­
reason Baptist missionaries helped to
organize free villages for formerly enslaved
persons?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
26.
To help secure land to build
churches
To make a profit from the sale of
land
To get more members for their
churches
To assist formerly enslaved persons
who left the estate
The largest number of immigrants into the
British Caribbean during the 19th century
came from
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
India
China
Africa
Portugal
29.
(A )
(B)
(C)
(D)
30.
POTUigl 'z="'
Chinese
African
Indian
The majority of immio
work in the British Carib
between Emancipation and
War were employed as
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
shopkeepers
factory hands
small farmers
unskilled labourers
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information.
--.--r inidad after 18 3 8
"William Knibb foresaw that planters
would try to force extra work from their
free labourers by increasing rent on homes
on the estate."
31.
Which of the following BEST describes
the response of free labourers in the
Caribbean?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
32.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
36.
Riots against the planters
Refusal to leave the plantation
Payment of the increased rent
Establishment of their homes off
the plantation
Health
Education
37.
seeking higher wages
establishing retail shops
working on sugar estates
practising their religion freely
The policy by which the United States
government was actively involved in
directing the financial affairs of the
Caribbean between 1905 and 1930 was
known as
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
With which of the follo"ing was the ' Mico
Charity' MAINLY associated?
(A)
(B)
(C)
-~e Eastern Caribbean
35.
Operation Bootstrap
Dollar Diplomacy
The Big Stick Policy
The Good Neighbour Policy
Which of the following Caribbean territories
was NOT occupied by the U S military
forces in the early 1900s?
(D)
33.
Which of the follov~g-'3.5 ~O T a means
by which freed men acc:-Jired land after
emancipation?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Renting es=-~
Squatting
Buying o
ReceiYing
goYemmerrr
British
Jamaica
Haiti
c
c
m.
38.
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(A)
(B)
Which of the following BEST summarizes
the stated aims of the Monroe Doctrine?
(A)
(B)
34.
(C)
(D)
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Decrease in small holdings
Expansion of Crown Lands
Development of free villages
Development of tenantry system
The ending of European economic
exploitation of the Americas
The prevention of new European
colonization in the Americas
The establishment ofUnited States
military control in the Americas
The establishment of United
States economic control in the
Americas
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39.
"The adherence of the United States to the
Monroe Doctrine may force the United
States, however reluctantly, in cases of
wrong doing or impotence, to the exercise
of the international police force."
43.
The above statement is associated with
President
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Woodrow Wilson
Ulysses S. Grant
Theodore Roosevelt
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
44.
40.
Fidel Castro overthrew the goyernmem o
Fulgencio Batista by
The unrest of the 193 Os in the BririCaribbean was caused MAINLY bv the
I.
II.
III.
increased cost of living
high level ofunemployment
return of West Indians from
overseas
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
I only
I and II only
II and III only
I, II and III
During the post-1938 period, trade unions
in the British Caribbean sought MAINLY
to
(A )
~-\'
(B)
(C)
(D)
(C)
(D)
41.
Which of the following persons was NOT
an outstanding figure in the development
of the trade union movement in the British
Caribbean?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
42.
45.
Uriah Butler
Arthur Cipriani
Hubert Critchlow
Samuel Jackman Prescod
Marcus Garvey is BEST remembered his
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Which of the following personalities was
NOT directly associated with the riots of
the 1930s in the British Caribbean?
extend the vote for all working
people
create equality among all men in
the society
organize strikes on estates and
the docks
improve wages and liYi~ .=
conditions for workers
participation in the 193- :ln.teachings on black natio~.,!ii:
deportation from the "C
association with the
movement
Item 46 refers to the folloillng 5H"':::::::e::=
"One from ten leaves noughT-.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
George Price of Belize
Robert Bradshaw of St Kitts
Clement Payne of Barbados
Alexander Bustamante of Jamaica
46.
With which of the folio
statement associated?
(A)
(B)
Jamaica's objeccustoms
Guyana'
1958 :fi
(C)
(D)
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Which of the following territories did NOT
join the British West Indies Federation?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
51.
Guyana and Belize
Grenada and Antigua
Saint Vincent and Dominica
Saint Kitts-Nevis and Saint Lucia
In which chronological order did the
following events take place in the British
Caribbean?
I.
II.
III.
48.
Which of the following considerations
MOST influenced the decision to form the
British West Indies Federation of 1958?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
49.
Which of the following Canbbean territories
were assimilated by France in 1946?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
50.
All territories would participate on
an equal basis.
Federation would help the
independence movement.
Inter-island communication would
be more economical.
Citizens would be able to move
more free ly in the v arious
territories.
52.
Haiti, Martinique, Guadeloupe
Marie Galante, Haiti, Dominica
Guad eloupe, French Guiana,
Martinique
Saint Barthelemy, Haiti, Martinique
In what order did the following countries
gain political independence?
I.
II.
III.
Guyana
Jamaica
Grenada
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
I, II, III
II, I, III
II, III, I
III, II, I
wages
property
child labour
Sunday work
What were the major exports of the British
Caribbean territories in the late 19th
century?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
54.
I, II, III
I, III, II
II, III, I
III, I, II
The MAIN source of disputes between
planters and.the formerly enslaved during
apprenticeship was
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
53.
End of the Apprenticeship Scheme
Passage of the act to abolish the
trade of captive Africans
Emancipation of enslaved Africans
Sugar and gold
Sugar and bauxite
Tobacco and sugar
Bananas and bauxite
In which chronological order did the British
Caribbean planters face competition from
the following?
I.
II.
III.
French beet sugar
Cuban slave-grown sugar
Sugar from St Domingue
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
I, II, III
II, III, I
III, II, I
II, I, III
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for independence in
55.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
57.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Cuba
Haiti
Puerto Rico
The Dominican Republic
Item 56 refers to the following chart, which
shows sugar production in four British
Caribbean territories during the period
1815 to 1894.
58.
TERRITORIES
YEAR
(I)
(II)
(III)
(IV)
1815
79 660
8 837
7 682
16 520
1828
72 198
16 942
13 285
40 115
1882
32 638
48 325
55 327
124 102
1894
19 934
50 958
19 934
102 502
59.
56.
Which of the following trends in production
between 1815 and 1894 is indicated in the
chart above?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
The Cuban sugar industry in the 1800s
received most of its capital from
All of the territories experienced
growth between 1815 and 1894.
Sugar production declined in all of
the territories between 1882 and
1894.
The slowest period of growth of
Territory II was between 1828
and 1882.
Sugar production in one territory
declined steadily between 1815
and 1894.
In which chronological order did the
following industries dev elop in the
Caribbean?
I.
II.
III.
Petroleum
Sugar
Banana
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
I, II, III
II, I, III
II, III, I
III, II, I
Which of the following West Indian
personalities is NOT placed beside the
island which he served?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
60.
the USA
Spain
England
Germany
Adams
Marryshow
Bustamante
Bradshaw
Barbados
Trinidad
Jamaica
St Kitts
In which chronological order di
following events occur?
I.
II.
III.
Cuban Revolution
Haitian Revolution
Grenadian Revolution
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
I, II, III
I, III, II
II, I, III
III, I, II
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C A R I B B E A N E X A M I NA TIO N S C O U NCIL
CARIBBEAN SECONDARY E DUCATION CERTIFICATE"'
EXAMINATION
CARIBBEAN HISTORY
Paper 01 - General Proficiency
1 hour 15 minutes
( 04 JUNE 2015 (p,m.))
READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.
I.
This test consists of 60 items. You will have I hour and 15 minutes to answer them.
2.
In addition to this test booklet, you should have an answer sheet.
3.
Each item in this test has four suggested answers lettered (A), (B), (C), (D). Read each item you
are about to answer and decide which choice is best.
4.
On your answer sheet, find the number which corresponds to your item and shade the space hav­
ing the same letter as the answer you have chosen.
Sample Item
Which of the following was used by early navigators
to determine the position of the ship in relation to the stars?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(
-
Amap
A compass
A lodestone
An astrolabe
Sa mple An swer
®®©•
The best answer to this item is "An astrolabe", so (D) has been shaded.
5.
If you want to change your answer, erase it completely before you fill in your new choice.
6.
When you are told to begin, turn the page and work as quickly and as carefully as you can.
If you cannot answer an item, go on to the next one. You may return to that item later.
DO NOT TURN Tms PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO so.
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1.
Which of the following statements is TRUE
of BOTH Jamaica und C uba at the time of
Columbus' arrival in the Caribbean?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
2.
3.
They were not inhabited.
They were inhabited by Tainos.
They were inhabited by Mayas.
They were inhabited by Kalinagos.
Which of the following BEST describes
the religious practices ofthe Kalinagos and
Tainos?
(A)
( B)
(C)
(D)
Which of the following statements are
TRUE of the Kalinagos?
I.
II.
Ill.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
They adopted many Tai no customs.
They were skilled sailors and
fishermen.
They fiercely resisted the Spanish
invaders.
1 and II only
I and Ill only
II and Ill only
1, II and Ill
Nature worship and animal sacrifice
Protective m a g i c and animal
sacrifice
Nature worship and ancestor
worship
Long p e r i o d s o f fasting and
ancestor worship
�refers to the following map of the Atlantic Ocean.
1000km
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ATLANTIC OCEAN
4.
The area where the Kalinagos lived before they migrated to the Caribbean islands is labelled
(A)
(8)
(C)
(D)
II
Ill
IV
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s.
Which of the following did the Maya use
as money?
(A)
(8)
(C)
(D)
6.
7.
Cocoa beans
Copper bars
Gold nuggets
Cowrie shells
Which is the correct order of the 15th
century European social groups from
MOST to LEAST powerful?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Merchants, priests, peasants, kings
Kings, priests, peasants, merchants
Priests, kings, merchants, peasants
Kings, priests, merchants, peasants
Christopher Columbus sailed w e s t
MAINLY because h e wanted t o
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
discover the Americas
find a passage to the East
compete with the English
prove that the world was round
Item 8 refers to the following map of the Caribbean.
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8.
On which of the following islands was the first Spanish settlement established?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
I
II
Ill
IV
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9.
In which century were the English most
successful in establishing settlements in
the Caribbean?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(0)
10.
(0)
11.
(B)
(C)
(D}
14.
(8)
(C)
(D)
the European demand for tobacco
declined
there was not enough labour for
growing tobacco
there was a decline in the quality
of Caribbean tobacco
Caribbean tobacco could not
compete on the European market
15.
(A}
(B)
(C)
(D)
Grain, mirrors, sail
Grain, knives, palm oil
Cutlasses, sail, palm oil
Gunpowder, iron pots, beads
II.
II I.
Attacking the crew
Committing suicide
Complaining to the captain
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
I and II only
I and III only
II and III only
I, JI and III
Which of the following is TRUE of
enslaved persons in the British Caribbean?
(A)
(B)
(C)
Which of the following groups of items
was used by Europeans for the purchase
of Africans on the Slave Coast?
(0)
16.
cultivation by captive persons in
Africa
trade in captive persons on the
African coast
housing of enslaved persons in the
Caribbean
punishment of enslaved persons in
the Caribbean
Which of the following means of protest
were used by captive Africans during the
Middle Passage?
I.
Tobacco ceased to be the staple crop of the
early English colonists in the Caribbean
MAINLY because
(A)
12.
mine gold and precious minerals
convert the natives of the Caribbean
produce tropical crops for the
mother country
relieve the mother country of
excess population
The term 'barracoon' is BEST associated
with lhe
(A)
Fourteenth
Fifteenth
Sixteenth
Seventeenth
The MAIN aim of the English and French
in establishing colonies in the Caribbean
was to
(A)
(B)
(C)
13.
They were encouraged by their
owners to educate themselves.
They were allowed to raise a family
without the owner's permission.
They were allowed to own small
properties without the owner's
permission.
They were encouraged by their
masters t o farm on small
provision grounds.
An enslaved African in the British
Caribbean who stole from the owner was
LEAST likely to be
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
whipped
mutilated
charged a fine
placed in the stockade
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•517.
A MAJOR cause of the 'Bussa Revolt' of
1816 in Barbados was the
(A )
(B)
(C)
(D)
18.
I.
111.
(A)
(8)
(C)
(D)
19.
(C)
(D)
22.
(B)
(C)
(D)
23.
(B)
(C)
(D)
(8)
Which of the following enslaved persons
were MOST likely to use poisoning of
owners as a means of resistance?
(A)
(8)
(C)
(D)
Artisans
Domestics
Field hands
Factory workers
(C)
(D)
24.
The Humanitarians
The Anglican Church
The West India Lobby
The British Government
Which of the following was NOT a
requirement ofthe Apprenticeship System?
(A)
wanted t o prevent the enslaved
Africans from revolting
were dissatisfied with their status
in society
wished t o assist the enslaved
Africans
supported the King of France
To maintain the established system
of enslavement
To put an end to enslavement in the
British Caribbean
To introduce a new supply ofcheap
labour to the British Caribbean
To improve the conditions of the
enslaved in the British Caribbean
Which of the following groups was the
FIRST to amend the policy of Amelioration?
(A)
The free coloureds of St Domingue
revolted in 1790 because they
(A)
20.
( B)
Large size of the two territories
Nearness of difficult and remote
terrain
ooperation
of free coloureds
C
I and II only
I and 111 only
II and Ill only
I, II and Ill
Which of the following was the MAIN
purpose of the policy ofAmelioration?
(A )
activity of free blacks and coloureds
belief that emancipation was being
delayed
influence of Sam Sharpe's revolt in
Jamaica
shortage of provisions for the
enslaved Africans
Which of the following factors contributed
to the success of the Maroons in Jamaica
and Suriname in their resistance to slavery?
II.
21.
Apprentices were to be trained to
become skilled labourers.
Planters were to provide food and
clothing for the apprentices.
Apprentices were to work the first
forty hours of the week for no
wages.
Praedials were to continue working
for their former masters for six
years.
Stipendiary Magistrates were persons
originally sent out from Britain to ensure
that
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
the courts of the colonies were in
order
there were n o abuses of the
Apprenticeship System
the illegal trade in captive Africans
was brought to an end
planters werecorrectlycompensatcd
for the loss of their enslaved
Africans
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-625.
Which of the following organizations did
NOT support the abolition of slavery?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
26.
(D)
27.
(B)
(C)
(D)
(B)
(C)
(D)
29.
31.
32.
help keep the colonies peaceful
ease the labour problems of the
planters
help introduce new crops into the
colonies
prevent the freed Africans from
getting jobs
Indian
African
Chinese
Portuguese
The MOST significant contribution of the
Portuguese immigrants to the economy of
the British Caribbean in the ! 800s was in
the
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
provision of estate labour
introduction of rice growing
development of the retail trade
formation of Portuguese
associations
planters
missionaries
local assemblies
Stipendiary Magistrates
There were more free villages in Jamaica
than there were in Barbados MAINLY
because
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
33.
labourers
shopkeepers
small farmers
factory hands
Help in the formation of free villages in
Jamaica came MAINLY from
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Which cultural elements did indentured
workers from Madeira bring to the British
Caribbean?
(A)
The majority of immigrants brought to
work in the British Caribbean in the years
between Emancipation and the First World
War were employed as
{A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Indians
Africans
Chinese
Europeans
Indian indentured labour was introduced
into the British Caribbean in order to
(A)
28.
The Quakers
Amis des Noirs
The Clapham Sect
The Colonial Church Union
Which of the following groups was
MAINLY used by British Caribbean
planters as immigrant workers in the period
after 1833?
(A)
(B)
(C)
30.
in Jamaica more land was available
for settlement
in Barbados the freed Africans did
not want to leave the plantations
the Jamaican planters encouraged
the freed Africans to set up free
villages
freed Africans in Jamaica had more
money to buy land than freed
Africans in Barbados
Which group of territories contained the
MOST Crown land?
{A)
(8)
(C)
(D)
Antigua, Grenada, Guyana
Barbados, Grenada, Trinidad
Antigua, Guyana, Jamaica
Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad
. 7.
34.
Which of the following BEST describes a
British Caribbean peasant proprietor in the
period after emancipation?
( A)
r
(8)
(C)
l
(D)
35.
(8)
(C)
(D)
36.
(A)
(8)
(C)
(D)
37,
i
wages.
(C)
(0)
39.
Cotton
Tobacco
Sweet potatoes
Sugar cane
(D)
40.
(8)
(C)
(D)
The United States took over
Panama.
The U.S.S. Maine was blown up in
Havana harbour.
The United States was angered by
General Weyler's atrocities.
The United States was angered by
Spanish invasion of Cuba.
( B)
(C)
(D)
41,
Cuba
Haiti
Jamaica
Dominican Republic
The MAIN r eason for United States'
interest in Panama in the first decade of the
20th century was to
(A)
Dollar Diplomacy
Operation Bootstrap
the Big Stick Policy
the Good Neighbour Policy
All enslaved persons in Cuba
would be freed.
Puerto Rico would be protected by
the United States.
The United States would oppose
European intervention i n the
'New World'.
The United States would uphold
the independence of Caribbean
territories.
Which of the following Caribbean territories
was NOT occupied by the United States
military forces in the early 1900s?
(A )
(B)
(C)
W h i c h o f t h e fo l l o w i n g w a s t h e
IMMEDIATE cause of the United States
declaration of war against Spain in 1898?
(A )
I
(B)
So m e o n e w h o s o l d g r o u n d
provisions in the market.
Someone who cultivated plots of
land on his/her own account.
The policy by which the United States
government was actively involved in
directing the financial affairs of the
Caribbean between 1905 and 1930 was
known as
Which of the following was the aim of the
Monroe Doctrine of 1823?
(A)
Someone who worked on a large
farm.
Someone who worked for very low
Which of the following crops was MOST
likely to be sold in a peasant market?
(A)
38.
provide greater opportunities for
trade
provide employment forAmeri cans
in Panama
improve the relationship between
the two countries
improve communication between
the Atlantic and the Pacific
In their efforts to improve working
conditions around 1900, workers in the
British Caribbean MOST often resorted to
(A)
(8)
(C)
(D)
strikes
rioting
arson
picketing
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Which commission was sent to investigate
conditions in the Caribbean as a result of
the 1930s disturbances?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
43.
II.
111.
(A)
(8)
(C)
(D)
Opportunities for education were
limited because they were poor.
Very few blacks were allowed
admission to the best schools.
Their education followed the
pattern of the British system.
I and II only
I and Ill only
II and Ill only
1, 11 and Ill
(B )
(C)
(D)
Before the I930s, no trade union
existed in the British Caribbean.
By 1910, trade unions in the British
Caribbean had gained legal
recognition.
fter
the 1930s, trade unions in
A
the British Caribbean became
stronger and more numerous.
Trade unions were formed in the
British Caribbean only after
legislation recognizing them was
passed.
Which of the following trade union leaders
is NOT correctly matched with the territory
he worked for?
(A )
(8)
(C)
(0)
Clement Payne-Barbados
Alexander Bustamante-Jamaica
Nathaniel Critchlow-Belize
Uriah 'Buzz' Butler-Trinidad
In what order did the following countries
gain political independence?
I.
Guyana
Jamaica
Grenada
(A)
(B )
I, IJ, Ill
II, I, Ill
II, Ill, I
Ill, 11, I
II.
Ill.
(C)
(D)
47.
B y the referendum of 196 I, Jamaica
decided to
(A)
(B)
( C)
(D)
48.
Which of the following statements is TRUE
of trade unions in the British Caribbean?
(A)
45.
Foster Commission
Moyne Commission
Norman Commission
D eane Commission
Which of the following statements are
TRUE of education for MOST Caribbean
blacks in the early 20th century?
I.
44.
46.
In which order did the following stages in
the movement towards independence in
British Caribbean territories take place?
I.
II.
111.
IV.
(A)
(8)
(C )
(D)
49.
withdraw from the federation
change its federal representative
change the site of the federal capital
reduce its financial contribution to
the federation
Introduction of the party system
Election of a prime minister or
premier
chievement
of universal adult
A
suffrage
Full internal self-government
I, II, 111, IV
I, Ill, 11, IV
JI, IV, 111, I
IV, II, Ill, I
One feature of the 1958 Federation was that
the government of each individual territory
would
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
cease to exist
continue as before
share power with the federal
government
hand over power to the federal
government
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so.
The British West Indies Federation of 1958
was established because
(A)
(8)
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(C)
(D)
SJ.
French Caribbean colonies had
begun to federate
the old representative system
proved to be useless
the crown colony government had
given West Indians experience
in running their affairs
West Indian leaders felt that
independence would be achieved
faster through federation
Which o f the following statements
correctly compares indentured labourers
and enslaved persons?
(A)
(8)
(C)
(D)
51.
'Colonialism' may be described as the
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
spread of Roman Catholicism
worldwide
settlement and exploitation of one
country by another
assistance given to developing
countries by developed ones
large-scale killing of native people
by a more powerful group
Item 52 refers to the following quotation.
"Tell me by what right and justice do
you keep these Indians in such cruel and
humble servitude?"
52.
Which of the following was passed to
ensure that the Indians were NOT kept in
"cruel and humble servitude"?
(A)
(8)
(C)
(D)
The Asiento
The Code Noir
The Laws of Burgos
The Deficiency Laws
54.
Which of the following countries have
NEVER been colonized by Spain?
(A )
(B)
(C)
(D)
55.
Neither indentured labourers nor
enslaved persons could legally
own property.
Neither indentured labourers nor
enslaved persons were paid
wages by the estate owners.
Enslaved persons could not give
evidence against their owners;
indentured labourers could.
Children of indentured labourers,
like children ofenslaved persons,
were the property of the estate
owner.
Cuba and Jamaica
St Kitts and Antigua
Trinidad and Hispaniola
Panama and Puerto Rico
In which order were the following groups
introduced as the MAIN source, of labour
in the British Caribbean?
II.
Ill.
I.
Africans
Indians
Chinese
(A)
(8)
(C)
(D)
I, II, Ill
I, Ill, II
II, Ill, I
Ill, II, I
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56.
What is the CORRECT order of the
abolition process?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(0)
57.
(8)
(C)
(D)
In which chronological order did the
following industries develop in the
Caribbean?
I.
11.
Ill.
IV.
(A)
(8)
(C)
(0)
60.
Which ofthe following statements is TRUE
of Cuba in the I 800s?
(A)
58.
Apprenticeship, emancipation,
amelioration, abolition of slave
trade
Emancipation, apprenticeship,
abolit ion of s l a v e trade,
amelioration
Ame lioration, emancipation,
abolition of s l a v e trade,
apprenticeship
Abo l i t ion o f s l a v e tr a d e ,
amelioration, emancipation,
apprenticeship
59.
I t had become a major sugar
producing territory.
Logwood production had become
a major industry.
Tobacco had replaced sugar as the
leading product.
Indigenous Indians were the major
source of agricultural labour.
Petroleum
Tobacco
Sugar
Banana
I, II, rII, JV
II, Ill, I, IV
II, III, IV, I
Ill, 11, I, IV
In which chronological order did the
following disturbances take place?
I.
11.
111.
IV.
The Morant Bay Rebellion
The Haitian Revolution
The Oemerara Revolt
The Christmas Rebellion
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
TI, Ill, IV, I
III, 11, l, IV
IV, JI, HI, I
I, II, Ill, IV
Which of the following statements
describes universal adult suffrage?
(A)
(8)
(C)
(0)
The right of all citizens of a
specified age to vote
The right of educated people to
govern a country
The right of blacks and non-blacks
to share political power
The right of people with a given
amount of property to run for
elections
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i'Which of the following BEST explains
6.
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.
7
Their populations had grown
too large to survive in their
(D)
Christopher Columbus sailed west
. 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)
2
In which istand ofthe GieaterAntilles were
BOTH Kalinagos and Tainos found at the
end of the fifteenth century?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
3
(D)
Cuba
Jamaica
Hispaniola
Puerto Rico
(A)
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)
t.
8
Which of the following islands was the
FIRST to be settled by the English?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Ornaments worn by the Taino leaders were
often made of
(D)
tl.
(c)
9
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)
.
Qopper bars
'Cocoa beans
, Gold nuggets
Cowrie shells
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10. i'Which of the following statements are
TRUE of the British Caribbean colonies
in the l8th century?
I.
u.
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.
tt
Which of the following statements about
the population of Barbados by the end of
In the I600s, Dutch islands in the West
the 1600s is TRUE?
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
(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 to farm on small
(D)
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" *"f
MAINLY to
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
associate with the whites
acquire their own plantations
free all the enslaved in the country
establish the first independent blacl
republic
-418.
Which of the following events in the
Caribbean was influenced MOST by the
22
The arguments that the'British humanitarians
used against slavery in the 1800s were
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)
Iegal
moral
(c)
political
(D)
economic
Doininica
23
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
24
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.
25
2t
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 sugar
Lord Mansfield
Thomas Clarkson
(B)
William Wilberforce
Thomas Powell Buxton
(C)
(D)
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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27.
." 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.
referring?
Indentured workers from Madeira brought
elements of a culture to the British
Caribbean. From which of the following
(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
cultures were these elements drawn?
(A)
(B)
(c)
(D)
Indiah
African
Chinese
Portuguese
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34
Which ofthe following BESTexplains why
37
Guyana and Trinidad had the greatest need
for immigrant labour?
(A)
(B)
(c)
(D)
35
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)
38
(B)
(C)
the Easiern Caribbean Islands, after 1838
were interested MAINLY in
(c)
(D)
(D)
opening retail shoPs
seeking higher wages
working on sugar estates
practising their religion freelY
39
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
(A)
(B)
Fidel Castro overthrew the govemment of
Fulgencio Batista bY
governing countrY associated
with the United States.
By which agreement did the USA make
. C'uba "g.avitate toward the North American
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
-7 41.
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 high level of unemPloYment
The inadequate education sYstem
An increased awareness of injustice
towards workers
(A)
(B)
(c)
(D)
42
43
(A)
extend the vote for all working
(B)
organize strikes on estates and at
the docks
create equalitY among all men in
the societY
(c)
(D)
I and II onlY
'l and III onlY
II and III onlY
I, II and III
"One from ten leaves nought"'
46
With which of the following is the above
statement associated?
obtain self-government
promotesocialrevolution
sYsTT
Promote the two-ParlY
econohically
colonies
the
develop
(A)
(B)
(c)
(D)
Commission?
the'
To identif, the persons causing
unrest and iecommend Penalties
47.
(c)
To investigate ethnic conflict
To investigate the economic'
sociat and Political situation
in the colonies and to make
recommendations
44
(c)
(A)
(B)
ici
iOl
trade unions
Plantation owners
ihe established Church
stiPendiarY magistrates
(D)
48.
Cuba
Margarita
Hispaniola
Puerto Rico
Which ofthe following Caribbean territories
were assimilated bY France in 1946?
during
(A)
betweeq
(B)
Haiti, Martinique, QuadelouPe
Marie Galante, Haiti, Dominica
(c)
Saint Barthel6my, Haiti, Martinique
In many British Caribbean territories
the t9ids, there was a strong link
political parties and
Which ofthe following Caribbean countries
state
became the first free and associated
(A)
(B)
between indentured immigrants
and freed Persons in the British
Caribbean
(D)
Jamaica's decision to withdraw
from the 1958 federation
British control ofthe foreign policy
ofthe 1958 federation
of the USA?
for them
't
Jamaica's objections to a federal
customs union
join the
Guyana's decision not to
1958 federation
To end the unrest in the British
Caribbearr immediatelY
(B)
improve wages and living
Item 46 refers to the following statement'
Which of the following statements
BEST describes the focus of the Moyne
(A)
' people
conditions for workers
Most of the Caribbean political leaders in
the 1930s advocated constitutional changes
MAINLY in order to
(A)
igi
(C)
iri
During the post-1938 period, trade unions
in the-British Caribbean sought MAINLY
to
(D)
. GuadelouPe, French Guiana'
Martinique
^n
n\t 'T'n .r'r-tE \IE\/T
DA /-:E
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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)
.East Africa
Jamaica
Grenada
(B)
WestAfrica'
North Africa
South Africa
(c)
(D)
(c)
(D)
50
In what order did the following countries
gain political independence?
I.
II.
III.
Guyana
(A)
(B)
(c)
(D)
51
(B)
(c)
(D)
52.
il
I.
French beet sugar
Cuban slave-grown sugar
I, II, III
m
Sugar from St Domingue
II, UI,I
II, I, III
III, II, I
(A)
(B)
I, II, III
55.
The planters did not provide the
. enslavedAfricanswithsufficient
provisions.
(B) The missionaries encouraged the
enslaved Africans to fight for
their freedom.
(C) The enslavedAfricans feltthat their
owners should PaY them fortheir
' hard work.
(D) The enslaved Africans thouSht
that their freedom was being
withheld bY the Planters.
(c)
II, III,I
III, [I, I
(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)
In which chronological order did the British
Caribbean planters first face competition
from the following?
Jamaica
Grenada
The body that had complete control over
all the Spanish colonies of the New World
was the
(A)
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(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
(B)
I,III, N,IV
II,IV III,I
TV,II,III,I
I.
II.
III.
(c) '
(D)
' -^
6rrF
rrnv'Tr
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-9s7
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 be
(B)
I
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Mercantilism was.the policy used by
England and France to
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
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
i
s8
In which chronological order did the
following industries deVelop in the
60
In which order did the following occur
during the 1960s in the British Caribbean?
Caribbean?
I.
I.
Petroleum
II.
III.
Sugar
Banana
II.
III.
(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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CARIBBEAN HISTORY
Paper 01 - General Proficiency
1 hour 15 minutes
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(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
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1.
It is true to say that at the time of Columbus'
arrival in the Caribbean BOTH Jamaica and
Cuba were
5.
Which of the following BEST explains why
many Kalinago women spoke the Taino
language?
(A)
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
not inhabited
inhabited by Tainos
inhabited by Mayas
inhabited by Kalinagos
(B)
(C)
(D)
2.
On which of the following islands did
BOTH the Tainos and Kalinagos live at the
time of the arrival of the Europeans? .
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
3.
The duty of the encomendero regarding the
indigenous peoples was to
Jamaica and Saint Lucia
Trinidad and St Vincent
6.
) Jamaica and Puerto Rico
Trinidad and Puerto Rico
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Ornaments worn by the Taino leaders were
often made of
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
gold
bronze
leather
diamonds
7.
Which of the following did the Maya use
as money?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Cocoa beans
Copper bars
Gold nuggets
Cowrie shells
free them from enslavement
protect and Christianize them
keep records of their punishment
ensure that they worked in the
mmes
The Dutch may· be called the 'foster
fathers' of French and British settlers
in the Caribbean in the 1600s MAINLY
because
(A)
4.
Kalingo women worked in the
fields with Taino women.
Kalinago women often traded
with Taino women.
Taino women were often captured
by Kalinago warriors.
Kalinago girls were taught the
language of the Taino by their
elders.
(B)
•
(C)
(D)
they had skills in tobacco growing
which they shared with the
settlers
their military conquered the
indigenous people and made
settlement safe
they used their naval strength to
protect the settlers from pirate
attacks
their traders kept the settlers
supplied with foodstuff and other
essential items
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8.
On which of the following islands was the first Spanish settlement established?
(A)
I
(B) II
(C) III
(D) IV
9.
The MAIN act1v1ty of the English and
10.
French colonies in the Caribbean was to
•
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
mine gold and precious minerals
convert the natives of the Caribbean
produce tropical crops for the
mother country
relieve the mother country of
excess population
Which of the following statements were
true of the British Caribbean colonies in
the eighteenth century?
I.
II.
III.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
They imported most of their foods.
They depended heavily on trade
with Britain.
They had developed strong navies
to defend their routes.
I and II only
I and III only
II and III only
I, II and III
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11.
The term 'barracoon' is BEST associated
with the
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
cultivation by captive persons in
Africa
trade of enslaved persons in the
Caribbean
housing of captive persons on the
African coast
punishment of enslaved persons in
the Caribbean
12. Which of the following ports were British
slave ships MOST likely to visit during
the 1700s?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
13.
(A)
(C)
(D)
14.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
16.
heavy debts owed by estate owners
improved technology being used
on the estates
expansion and profitability of the
sugar industry
promotion of the slave trade by the•
Royal African Company
Which of the following means of protest
were used by captive Africans during the
Middle Passage journey?
I.
II.
III.
Attacking the crew
Committing suicide
Complaining to the captain
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
I and II only
I and III only
II and III only
I, II and III
17.
whipped
mutilated
charged a fine
placed in the stockade
Which of the following persons was NOT
a leader of the enslaved Africans in the
Haitian Revolution?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
18.
encouraged by their owners to
educate themselves
allowed to raise a family without
their owner's permission
allowed to own small properties
without their owner's permission
encouraged by their owners to farm
on small provision grounds
An enslaved African in the British
Caribbean who stole from his/her owner
was LEAST likely to be
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Havana
Kingston
Rio de Janeiro
Port-au-Prince
The large importation of enslaved
Africans into the Caribbean during the
1600s and 1700s was due MAINLY to the
(B)
One fact about the enslaved persons in the
British Caribbean is that they were
Duvalier
Boukman
Christophe
Dessalines
The free coloureds of St Domingue revolted
in 1790 because they
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
wished to assist the enslaved
Africans
supported the cause of the King of
France
were dissatisfied with their status
in society
wanted to prevent the enslaved
Africans from revolting
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The expedition sent by Napoleon to St
Domingue in 1801 under the leadership of
Le Clerc was intended MAINLY to
23.
Which of the following was NOT a requirement of the apprenticeship system?
(A)
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
20.
abolish slavery
expel the British
punish the colonists
restore French control
(B)
(C)
The MAJOR cause of the 'Bussa Revolf
of 1816 in Barbados was the
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(D)
activity of free blacks and coloureds
belief that emancipation was being
delayed
influence of Sam Sharpe's revolt in
Jamaica
shortage of provisions for the
enslaved Africans
24.
Stipendiary magistrates were persons
originally sent from Britain to ensure that
(A)
(B)
21.
Which of the following was the MAIN
purpose of the policy of amelioration?
during
(C)
(A)
(D)
(B)
(C)
(D)
22.
To maintain the established system
compensated of enslavement
Africans
To put an end to enslavement in the
British Caribbean
To introduce a new supply of cheap
labour to the British Caribbean
To improve the conditions of the
enslaved in the British Caribbean
25.
•
Lord Mansfield is MOST closely associated
the with the declaration that
the slave trade was unlawful
the enslaved were our brothers
slavery was not legal in England
slavery was legal in the crown
colonies
the courts of the colonies were in
order
there were no abuses of the
apprenticeship system
the illegal trade in captive
Africans did not continue
apprenticeship
planters were correctly
for the loss of enslaved
The British government was reluctant to
authorize African immigration after the
abolition of slavery MAINLY because
(A)
(B)
(C)
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Apprentices were to be trained to
become skilled labourers.
Planters were to provide food and
clothing for the apprentices.
Apprentices were to work the first
40 hours of the week for no
wages.
Praedials were to continue working
for their former masters for six
years.
(D)
the planters were opposed to the
scheme
Africans were too numerous in
colonies
the scheme could lead to a new
form of slavery
immigration from Africa was too
expensive to operate
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26. Which of the following BEST explains
why Indian indentured workers were
imported to Guyana but NOT to Barbados
after 1838?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
27.
(C)
(D)
31.
Indians
Chinese
Africans
Europeans
32.
(D)
ease the labour shortage
help keep the colonies peaceful
help introduce new crops into the
colonies
prevent the freed Africans from •
getting jobs
The MOST significant contribution of the
Portuguese immigrants to the economy
of the British Caribbean in the 1800s was
the
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
provision of estate labour
introduction of rice growing
development of the retail trade
formation of Portuguese associations
sugar industry
the immigrants outperformed the
former enslaved
it completely eradicated the
problems of failing crops
Alonso de Ojeda
Juan Ponce de Leon
Sebastian de Ocampo
Francisco Hernandez de Cordoba
The missionaries helped formerly enslaved
persons to establish villages MAINLY
because they wanted to
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
33.
the sugar industry became profitable
it allowed for the survival of the
Which Spaniard is associated with the
conquest of the Yucatan Peninsula?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Indian indentured labour was introduced
into the British Caribbean in order to
(A)
(B)
(C)
29.
(A)
(B)
Most of the immigrant workers used in
the Cuban sugar industry in the
nineteenth century were
(A
)
(B)
(C)
(D)
28.
Guyana had a greater shortage of
labour than Barbados.
The Indian government prevented
immigration to Barbados.
It was cheaper to import Indians
to Guyana than to Barbados.
Indentured Indians were better paid
in Guyana than in Barbados.
Indian immigration was successful be
cause
allow ex-slaves to own land
facilitate churches and schools
bring people together for recreation
raise the social status of the
residents
There were more free villages in
Jamaica than there were in Barbados
MAINLY because
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
in Jamaica there was more land
available for settlement
in Barbados the freed Africans did
not want to leave the plantations
the Jamaican planters encouraged
the freed Africans to set up free
villages
the freed Africans in Jamaica had
more money to buy land than
those in Barbados
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38.
The migrants to Guyana and Trinidad
from the Eastern Caribbean Islands, after
1838 were recruited to
34.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
known as
open retail shops
work on sugar estates
pay high wages to workers
win over others to their religion
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Which of the following crops was MOST
likely to be sold in a peasant market?
35.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
The policy by which the United States
government was actively involved in
directing the financial affairs of the
Caribbean between 1905 and 1930 was
39.
Cotton
Tobacco
Sugar cane
Sweet potatoes
Which of the following BEST summarizes
the stated aims of the Monroe Doctrine?
(A)
(B)
(C) ·
36.
Fidel Castro overthrew the government of
Fulgencio Batista by
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
37.
- (D)
(B)
(C)
(D)
The United States took over
Panama.
The U.S.S. Maine was blown up
in Havana harbour.
The United States was angered by
the Spanish invasion of Cuba.
The United States was angered by
General Weyler's atrocities.
The prevention of new European
colonization in the Americas
The ending of European economic
exploitation of the Americas
The establishment ofUnited States
military bases in the Americas
The establishment of United
States economic control in the
Americas
using American financial help
making use of Russian warships
joining forces with foreign powers
organizing armed internal uprising
40.
Which of the following women was
associated with the Labourers and
Unemployed Association (LUA) of Belize?
Which of the following was the
IMMEDIATE cause of the United States
declaring war against Spain in 1898?
(A)
Dollar Diplomacy
Operation Bootstrap
The Big Stick Policy
The Good Neighbour Policy
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
•
41.
Una Marson
Amy Bailey
Phyllis Allfrey
Cleopatra White
Which of the following commissions
was sent to investigate conditions in the
Caribbean as a result of the 1930s riots?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Dean Commission
Foster Commission
Moyne Commission
Norman Commission
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42.
Most of the Caribbean political leaders
in the 1930s advocated constitutional
changes MAINLY to
46.
The British West Indies Federation of
1958 was established because
(A)
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
43.
(B)
obtain self-government
promote social evolution
promote the two-party system··
develop the colonies
economically
(C)
Which of the following statements are true
of education for MOST Caribbean blacks
in the early twentieth century?
I.
II.
III.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(D)
47.
Opportunities for education were
limited because they were poor.
Very few blacks were allowed
admission to the best schools.
Which of the following Caribbean
territories were assimilated by France in
1946?
(A)
Their education followed the
pattern of the British system.
(B)
(C)
(D)
I and II only
I and III only
II and III only
I, II and III
French Caribbean colonies had
begun to federate
the old representative system
proved to be useless
West Indian leaders felt that
independence would be achieved
faster through federation
the crown colony government had
given West Indians experience
in running their affairs
Haiti, Martinque, Guadeloupe
Marie Galante, Haiti, Dominica
Saint Barthelemy, Haiti, Martinique
Guadeloupe, French Guiana,
Martinique
Item 48 refers to the following statement.
44.
Which of the following female leaders
was involved in the labour unrest of the
1930s?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
45.
Audrey Jeffers
Elma Frarn;ois
Dame Nita Barrow
Amy Ashwood
Garvey
"One from ten leaves nought."
48.
With which of the following is the above
statement associated?
•
During the post-1938 period, trade unions
in the British Caribbean sought MAINLY
to
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Jamaica's objections to a federal
customs union
Guyana's _ decision not to join the
1958 Federation
Jamacia's decision to withdraw
from the 1958 Federation
British control of the foreign policy
of the 1958 Federation
extend the vote for all working
people
organize strikes on estates and at
the docks
create equality among all men in
the society
improve wages and living
conditions for workers
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53.
49.
One feature of the 1958 Federation was
that the government of each territory
would
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
cease to exist
continue as before
share power with the federal
government
hand power to the federal govern
ment
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
54.
50.
Which of the following Caribbean
territories became a free associated state
of the USA?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Cuba
Margarita
Hispaniola
Puerto Rico
French territories in the Caribbean were
granted overseas department status in the
year
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
52.
1944
1945
1946
1947
In what order did the following distur- •
bances take place?
I.
II.
III.
IV.
The Morant Bay Rebellion
The Bussa Rebellion
The Demerara Revolt
The Christmas Rebellion
(A)
I, II, III, IV
II, III, IV, I
III, II, I, IV
IV, II, III, I
(B)
(C)
(D)
56.
Una Marson
Muriel Greaves
Eugenia Charles
Gertrude Protain
Which of the following British Caribbean
territories was FIRST granted adult
suffrage?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
55.
51.
Which of the following leaders served
as the first female prime minister of a
Caribbean territory?
Jamaica
Guyana
Trinidad
Barbados
In what order did the following countries
gain political independence?
I.
II.
III.
Guyana
Jamaica
Grenada
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
I, II, III
II, I, III
II, III, I
III, II, I
Which of the following Dutch territories
gained independence by 1980?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
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Aruba
Curac;ao
Suriname
Sint Maarten
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Which of the following statements is
true of Cuba in the 1800s?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
58.
59.
Sugar production had become a
major industry.
Logwood production had become
a major industry.
Tobacco had replaced sugar as the
leading product.
Indigenous Indians were the major
source of agricultural labour.
Petroleum
Sugar
Banana
(A)
I, II, III
II, III, I
II, I, III
III, II, I
(B)
(C)
(D)
I.
II.
III.
Cuban slave-grown sugar
French beet sugar
St Domingue slave-grown sugar
(A)
I, II, III
II, III, I
II, I, III
III, II, I
(B)
(C)
(D)
In what order did the following industries
develop in the Caribbean?
I.
II.
III.
In what order did the British Caribbean
planters first face competition from the
following?
60.
Most Chinese immigrants were brought to
the British Caribbean during the period
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
1700-1750
1750- 1800
1800-1850
1850-1900
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