Caribbean History Paper 1 May/June 2025 (2)
Quiz by Martin Visser
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- Q1
Which of the following statements is true of BOTH Jamaica and Cuba at the time of Columbus' arrival in the Caribbean?
They were inhabited by the Maya.
They were inhabited by the Kalinago.
They were not inhabited.
They were inhabited by the Taino.
300s - Q2
Which of the following statements BEST explains why the ancestors of the indigenous peoples migrated to the Americas from their original homelands?
They were following herds of animals which they hunted.
They were driven out of their homelands by warlike people.
Their populations had grown too large to survive in their homelands.
They were searching for grasslands to feed their livestock.
300s - Q3
Which of the following BEST describes the religious practices of the Kalinago and Taino?
Ancestor worship and long periods of fasting.
Nature worship and animal sacrifice.
Nature worship and ancestor worship.
Protective magic and animal sacrifice.
300s - Q4
Which of the following was NOT an activity in which the Maya engaged?
Growing corn.
Making quipus.
Building temples.
Playing ball games.
300s - Q5
Which of the following statements explains BEST why many Kalinago women spoke the Taino language?
They worked in the fields with the Taino women.
Taino women were often captured by Kalinago warriors.
Kalinago women often traded with the Taino women.
Girls were taught the Taino language by their elders.
300s - Q6
The MAIN reason why the English attempted to break the Spanish monopoly in the New World was to...
Gain a base from which to attack the native peoples.
Obtain a share of the wealth of the New World.
Obtain new trade routes to the East.
Supply capitive Africans to the Spanish colonies.
300s - Q7
Which of the following islands was the FIRST to be settled by the English?
Grenada
Antigua
St Kitts
Barbados
300s - Q8
France and England legally challenged Spain's right to the Caribbean colonies on the basis of
Multi-lateral agreement
Divine right
Effective occupation
Navigational treaty arrangement
300s - Q9
On which of the following islands was the first Spanish settlement established?
II
III
IV
I
300s - Q10
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.
I and II only.
I and III only.
I, II and III.
II and III only.
300s - Q11
Which of the following were the most common ways of selling Africans in the West Indies?
I. Barter
II. Auction
III. Scramble
I, II and III.
I and III only.
I and II only.
II and III only.
300s - Q12
Tobacco did NOT continue as a "profitable crop" for Caribbean settlers because of the
Destruction of plantations by the Kalinagos.
Increased competition from Virginia.
Spoilage of tobacco on the longer transatlantic voyage.
High cost of shipping and insurance.
300s - Q13
The curing house on a Caribbean sugar plantation is associated with
Caring for the poor whites on the plantation.
Caring for the sick slaves on the plantation.
Packaging sugar for muscovado sugar.
Packaging sugar for immediate transport.
300s - Q14
Which of the following was a great West African empire in the fifteenth century?
Igbo
Yoruba
Mali
Zimbabwe
300s - Q15
Laws passed in British colonies to regulate the ratio of the black population to the whites were called the
Slave Laws
Deficiency laws
Amelioration Proposals
Navigation Acts
300s
