
Caribbean History Paper 1 May/June 2025 (2)
Quiz by Martin Visser
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Which of the following statements is true of BOTH Jamaica and Cuba at the time of Columbus' arrival in the Caribbean?
Which of the following statements BEST explains why the ancestors of the indigenous peoples migrated to the Americas from their original homelands?
Which of the following BEST describes the religious practices of the Kalinago and Taino?
Which of the following was NOT an activity in which the Maya engaged?
Which of the following statements explains BEST why many Kalinago women spoke the Taino language?
The MAIN reason why the English attempted to break the Spanish monopoly in the New World was to...
Which of the following islands was the FIRST to be settled by the English?
France and England legally challenged Spain's right to the Caribbean colonies on the basis of
On which of the following islands was the first Spanish settlement established?

Which of the following is true of the British Caribbean colonies in the eighteenth century?
I. They imported most of their food.
II. They depended heavily on trade with Britain.
III. They had developed strong navies to defend their routes.
Which of the following were the most common ways of selling Africans in the West Indies?
I. Barter
II. Auction
III. Scramble
Tobacco did NOT continue as a "profitable crop" for Caribbean settlers because of the
The curing house on a Caribbean sugar plantation is associated with
Which of the following was a great West African empire in the fifteenth century?
Laws passed in British colonies to regulate the ratio of the black population to the whites were called the
The motive of the enslaved Africans during the insurrection in St Domingue was MAINLY to
Which of the following was NOT a leader of the enslaved Africans during the Haitian Revolution?
In 1763, a major uprising of enslaved Africans took place in the Dutch colony of
Which of the following is common to the rebellion in Barbados in 1816 and and the rebellion in Jamaica in 1831?
Toussaint L'Ouverture contributed to the success of the Haitian Revolution MAINLY by
The arguments that the British humanitarians used against slavery in the 1800s were MAINLY
Which of the following was NOT a source of disputes between planters and formerly enslaved persons during apprenticeship?
Which of the following persons was a leader in humanitarianism?
Stipendiary magistrates were persons originally sent out from Britain to ensure that
The British government was reluctant to authorize African immigration after the abolition of slavery, MAINLY because
Which of the following was the MAIN push factor which led to the emigration of East Indians to the Caribbean?
Which of the following groups were MAINLY used by British Caribbean planters as immigrant workers in the period after 1833?
Indentured workers from Madeira brought elements of a culture to the British Caribbean. From which of the following cultures were these elements drawn?
Guyana and Trinidad received a larger number of Indians than other Caribbean colonies MAINLY because
Which of the following factors BEST explains why Indians did not return to India, after the period of indentureship was over?
There were more free villages in Jamaica than there were in Barbados MAINLY because
The missionaries helped helped formerly enslaved persons to establish MAINLY because they wanted to
"William Knibb foresaw that planters would try to force extra work from their free labourers by increasing rents on homes on the estate."
To which of the following territories is the statement referring?
Which group of territories contained the MOST crown land?
Which of the following groups helped in the formation of free villages in Jamaica?
Which of the following clauses from the Jones Act shows that it was just as restrictive as the Foraker Act?
This item refers to the quotation below.
"...and if an apple severed from the tempest from its native tree, cannot choose but fall from the ground, Cuba ... incapable of self-support, can gravitate only to the North American Union."
Eric Williams, Columbus to Castro, André Deutsch, 1970, p. 410
By which agreement did the USA make Cuba "gravitate toward the North American Union"?
Which of the following Caribbean territories was NOT occupied by US military forces in the early 1900s?
Which of the following crops was MOST likely to be sold in a peasant market?
The MAIN reason for the United States' interest in Panama in the first decade of the twentieth century was to
In their efforts to improve working conditions around 1900, workers in the British Caribbean MOST often resorted to
Which commission was sent to investigate conditions in the Caribbean as a result of the 1930s disturbances?
Which of the following statements are true of education for MOST Caribbean blacks in the early twentieth century?
I. Opportunities for education were limited because they were poor.
II. Very few blacks were allowed admission to the best schools.
III. Their education followed the pattern of the British system.
In which of the following territories was Elma Francois an active trade unionist?
Marcus Garvey is BEST remembered for his
During the movement towards independence in the English-speaking Caribbean territories , in which order did the following stages take place?
I. Appointment of the first premier.
II. Achievement of universal adult suffrage.
III. Full internal self-government.
By the referendum of 1961, Jamaica decided to
One feature of the 1958 Federation was that the government of each territory would
Which of the following territories became a free associated state of the USA?
Which of the following persons did NOT influence the establishment of trade unions in the early twentieth century?
The body that had complete control over all the Spanish colonies of the New World was the
In what order did the following disturbances take place?
I. The Morant Bay Rebellion
II. The Bussa Rebellion
III. The Demerara Revolt
IV. The Christmas Rebellion
Which of the following women was associated with the social movements in Belize?
Which of the following persons is associated with the place with which he is pared?
Universal adult suffrage may be described as the right of
The Rastafarian belief in the emergence of a king originated from the teachings of
What is the correct order of the abolition process?
Which of the following statements correctly compares indentured labourers and enslaved persons at the time of slavery?
Mercantilism was the policy used by England and France to
Which of the following persons was an important trade union leader in Guyana?