CARIBBEAN STUDIES

MODULE ONE :
CARIBBEAN SOCIETY
AND CULTURE
Topic 1.1 Location and
Definition of the
Caribbean

1. The term Caribbean originated

(a) with Columbuss belief that he had reached the East,
the lands of the Great Khan.
(b) with the original inhabitants of the region who called
themselves Caribs.
(c) in myths about a vanished continent that lay in the
Atlantic.
(d) in the Spanish belief that the Amerindians were
cannibals.

2. El gran Caribe refers to

(a) the historical period when Spain was the
colonial power in the Caribbean.
(b) the Spanish-speaking islands of the
Caribbean.
(c) the islands of the Greater Antilles.
(d) all the territories located around the

3. The widest definition of the Caribbean

is the _______________ one.
(a) geographical

(c) historical

(b) geological

(d) political

4. The Caribbean is synonymous with CARICOM, its

members, associates and observers is
(a) the definition used by the British colonial
government in the past.
(b) the historical definition.
(c) the modern political definition used in the
Anglophone world.
(d) too narrow a definition to be useful or acceptable.

5. The term West Indies is used to refer to

(a) the members, associate members and observers of
CARICOM.
(b) the former and present British colonies in the
Caribbean region.
(c) the English-speaking islands in the Caribbean.
(d) all the islands of the Caribbean Sea.

6. The geographical definition of the Caribbean has the

advantage of
(a) limiting the term Caribbean to those territories that
identify themselves as such.
(b) mirroring the political grouping known as the Free
Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA).
(c) including all the territories generally considered part
of the Caribbean cultural sphere.
(d) being linked to a defined physical space.

7. The traditional boundary between the

Windward and Leeward Islands lies between
(a) St. Lucia and Martinique
(b) Guadeloupe and Antigua
(c) Martinique and Dominica
(d) Puerto Rico and St. Kitts

8. The island immediately to the north of St.

Vincent is
(a) Barbados
(b) St. Lucia
(c) Martinique
(d) Grenada

9. Which group of islands is placed within a territory

incorrectly?
(a) Bahamas Andros, Eleuthera, Paradise Island.
(b) U.S. Virgin Islands St. John, St. Croix, St. Thomas.
(c) St. Vincent Grenadines Mustique, Canouan, Union
Island.
(d) Netherlands Antilles Tortola, Anegada, Jost Van
Dyke.

10. Which group of Caribbean territories has a

similar physical landscape?
(a) Antigua, Guadeloupe, St. Maarten
(b) Grenada, Dominica, St. Kitts
(c) Cuba, Belize, Guyana
(d) Trinidad, Tobago, Suriname

11. White sand beaches can be found in ALL of

the following territories EXCEPT

(a) Antigua

(c) Aruba

(b) Guadeloupe

(d) Saba

12. The Cockpit Country of Jamaica is

(a) an alluvial flood plain.
(b) a basalt volcanic plateau.
(c) Barchan sand dunes.
(d) Karst limestone landscape.

13. The southern boundary of the Caribbean

Plate is
(a) a transform boundary.
(b) a subduction zone.
(c) a constructive plate margin.
(d) a divergent plate margin.

14. All of the following territories lie on the

Caribbean Plate EXCEPT
(a) Bonaire

(c) Puerto Rico

(b) Cuba

(d) Tobago

15. The people of the Dominican Republic historically do not

identify themselves as Caribbean people for all of the following
reasons EXCEPT
(a) They have a small African population that have been
assimilated into the Latino population.
(b) They take pride in the fact that they were the stepping-stone for
Spanish colonization of Latin America.
(c) They speak Spanish and so more readily identify with Latin
America.
(d) They became independent in the nineteenth century and do not
see themselves as having the same colonial history as the rest of
the Caribbean region.

16. Which group of Caribbean territories has

similar political structures?
(a) Guyana, Suriname, Belize
(b) Dominica, St. Lucia, Grenada
(c) Barbados, Bahamas, Antigua
(d) Trinidad, Puerto Rico, Cuba

17. All of the following are full members of

CARICOM except
(a) Belize
(b) Haiti

(c) Bermuda
(d) Suriname

18. The constitutional status of Martinique, Guadeloupe

and Guiane can best be described as
(a) colonies of France governed directly from France.
(b) parts of France and the European Union located in
the Americas with all the rights of French citizens.
(c) former colonies of France but now independent
territories.
(d) existing in a Commonwealth relationship with France
that parallels Puerto Ricos relationship with the US.

19. Which language formed in the Caribbean is

not correctly paired with the territory in which it
is spoken by the majority of the inhabitants?
(a) Papimiento Netherlands Antilles
(b) Sraran Suriname
(c) Gullah - Belize
(d) Kweyol - Haiti

20. Which group of cities is not matched with the Caribbean

territory in which they are located?

(a) Jamaica Port Antonio, Port Royal, Ocho Rios

(b) Dominican Republic Santiago, La Romana, Santo
Domingo
(c) Suriname Bartica, Linden, New Amsterdam
(d) St. Lucia Vieux Fort, Castries, Anse La Raye

21. Grenada, St. Vincent, St. Lucia and

Dominica share all of the following EXCEPT a
(a) Court of Appeal
(b) Central Bank
(c) Governor-General
(d) Civil Aviation Authority

22. The Garifuna are best described as

(a) the largest of the Maroon communities found in the
Cockpit Country in central Jamaica.
(b) the descendants of runaway slaves who live in the
interior in Suriname.
(c) the descendants of rebel Caribbean slaves
transported by the British to the Central American
mainland.
(d) Haitian boat people who move from island to island

23. All of the following European cities have

significant populations of Caribbean immigrants
EXCEPT
(a) Amsterdam

(c) Edinburgh

(b) Paris

(d) Birmingham

24. All of the following elements are considered important in the

personal acceptance of a Caribbean identity EXCEPT
(a) A physical connection with the region through birth, descent or
residence.
(b) An acceptance of hybrid cultural norms, values and institutions.
(c) A recognition of the history of the region as being one of
oppression, colonisation, resistance and resilience.
(d) A commitment to ones ancestral ethnicity and a desire to return
to the homeland outside the region.

25. Economic citizenship is available in all of

the following Caribbean jurisdictions EXCEPT
(a) St. Kitts

(b) Belize

(c) Jamaica

(d) Dominica