CSEC Caribbean History Paper 1 May/June 2019 - Free CXC Past Paper with Answers

Which of the following BEST explains why the indigenous peoples migrated to the Americas from their original homelands?

They were following herds of deer that they hunted.

They were searching for grasslands to feed their livestock.

They were driven out of their homelands by warlike people.

Their populations had grown too large to survive in their homelands.

Which of the following BEST describe the religious practices of the Tainos?

Nature worship and animal sacrifice

Nature worship and ancestor worship

Protective magic and animal sacrifice

Long periods of fasting and ancestor worship

The Maya wrote using a type of writing called

Which of the following did the Maya use as money?

Which of the following BEST explains why many Kalinago women spoke the Taino language?

They worked in the fields with the Taino women.

Kalinago women often traded with the Taino women.

Taino women were often captured by Kalinago warriors.

Kalinago girls were taught the language of the Taino by their elders.

Which of the following islands was the FIRST to be settled by the English?

In which century were the English MOST successful in establishing settlements in the Caribbean?

On which of the following islands was the first Spanish settlement established?

The 'practice' referred to in the statement was known as the

Which of the following strategies were NOT used to weaken the Spanish Monopoly in the Caribbean up to 1763?

Piracy and settlement

Sporadic attacks and open warfare

Colonization and contests in the European courts

Illegal trading and negotiation of treaty agreements

Which of the following groups of items did the Europeans use for the purchase of Africans on the Slave Coast?

Grain, mirrors, salt

Grain, knives, palm oil

Cutlasses, salt, palm oil

Gunpowder, iron pots, beads

Which of the following ports were British slave ships MOST likely to visit during the 1700s?

The term 'barracoon' is BEST associated with the

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

The curing house on Caribbean sugar plantations was associated with

caring for sick enslaved persons on the plantation

the packaging of sugar for immediate export

caring for the poor whites on the plantation

the removal of molasses from Muscavado sugar

Which of the following statements about the population of Barbados by the end of the 1600s is TRUE?

There were more whites than blacks.

Blacks were far greater in number than whites.

Coloureds were far greater in number than whites.

There were equal numbers of coloureds and blacks.

An enslaved African in the British Caribbean who stole from the owner was LEAST likely to be

placed in the stockade

Toussaint L'Ouverture contributed to the success of the Haitian Revolution MAINLY by

setting up a system of fortification

developing a revolutionary ideology

dividing the country between blacks and mulattos

organizing the enslaved into a formidable fighting force

The free coloureds of St Domingue revolted in 1790 because they

supported the cause of the King of France

were dissatisfied with their status in society

wished to assist the enslaved Africans

wanted to prevent the enslaved Africans from revolting

In 1763, a major uprising of enslaved Africans took place in the Dutch colony of

The punishment MOST frequently meted out to the enslaved on eighteenth century sugar estates was

Which of the following was the MAIN purpose of the policy of amelioration?

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 MAIN source of disputes between planters and formerly enslaved persons during apprenticeship was

The Registry Bill was intended to

punish slave masters

prevent the illegal sale of the enslaved

continue the excessive punishment of the enslaved

Stipendiary magistrates were persons originally sent out from Britain to ensure that

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 during apprenticeship

planters were correctly compensated for the loss of enslaved Africans

Most West Indian planters saw the period of apprenticeship MAINLY as

a means of ensuring a steady labour supply

a time for training the enslaved in new skills

an opportunity to educate the enslaved

a time to reorganize sugar production

Which of the following were benefits the Emancipation Act of 1833 gave enslaved Africans in the British Caribbean?

I. A chance to work for wages II. Social equality with the whites III. Assistance from stipendiary magistrates

Large-scale immigration to Trinidad and British Guiana between 1838 and 1870 led to

I. cultural diversity in those territories II. racial conflicts among the ethnic groups III. economic growth in both territories

Indian indentured labour was introduced into the British Caribbean in order to

ease the labour problems of the planters

help keep the colonies peaceful

help introduce new crops into the colonies

prevent the freed Africans from getting jobs

Which of the following did NOT result from the immigration of indentured labourers to the Caribbean after emancipation?

The expansion of rice cultivation in Guyana

The expansion of sugar production in Barbados

The introduction of new religions in the Caribbean

The introduction of a variety of ethnic groups in Trinidad

The majority of the Portuguese immigrants brought to work in the British Caribbean in the years between emancipation and the First World War were employed as

skilled factory hands

There were more free villages in Jamaica than there were in Barbados MAINLY because

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

To which territory is the statement referring?

Which of the following BEST describes the response by free labourers in the Caribbean to planters' attempts to force them to remain on the plantation?

Riots against the planters

Payment of the increased rent

Refusal to leave the plantation

Establishment of homes off the plantation

What action did William Knibb take to assist freed Africans to acquire land?

Establish free villages

Report to the governor

Which of the following crops was MOST likely to be sold in a peasant market?

"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."

The above statement is associated with President

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Which of the following was the IMMEDIATE cause of the United States declaring war against Spain in 1898?

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.

By which agreement did the USA make Cuba "gravitate toward the North American Union"?

Hay-Pauncefote Treaty

Clayton–Bulwer Treaty

The MAIN reason for the United States' interest in Panama in the first decade of the twentieth century was to

provide greater opportunities for trade

provide employment for Americans in Panama

improve the relationship between the two countries

improve communication between the Atlantic and the Pacific

Which of the following Caribbean territories was NOT occupied by US military forces in the early 1900s?

Which of the following commissions was sent to investigate conditions in the Caribbean as a result of the 1930s riots?

Which of the following personalities was directly associated with the riots of the 1930s in the British Caribbean?

Fidel Castro of Cuba

George Price of Belize

Maria Nugent of Jamaica

Clement Payne of Barbados

Most of the Caribbean political leaders in the 1930s advocated constitutional changes MAINLY in order to

obtain self-government

promote social revolution

promote the two-party system

develop the colonies economically

Marcus Garvey is BEST known for his

participation in the 1937 riots

teachings on black nationalism

deportation from the United States

association with the trade union movement

Which of the following territories did NOT join the British West Indies Federation?

St Vincent and Dominica

St Kitts-Nevis and Saint Lucia

In many British Caribbean territories during the 1930s, there was a strong link between political parties and

the established church

stipendiary magistrates

Which of the following considerations MOST influenced the decision to form the British West Indies Federation of 1958?

All territories would participate on an equal basis.

Federation would help the independence movement.

Interisland communication would be more economical.

Citizens would be able to move more freely in the various territories.

By the referendum of 1961, Jamaica decided to

withdraw from the federation

change its federal representative

change the site of the federal capital

reduce its financial contribution to the federation

Which of the following Caribbean territories became a free and associated state of the USA.?

Which of the following Caribbean territories were assimilated by France in 1946?

Haiti, Martinique, Guadeloupe

Marie Galante, Haiti, Dominica

Saint Barthelemy, Haiti, Martinique

Guadeloupe, St Martin, Martinique

'Colonialism' may be described as the

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

Which of the following leaders served as the first female prime minister of a Caribbean territory?

Which of the following laws was intended to improve the treatment of enslaved indigenous people?

The Amelioration Act

Which of the following British Caribbean territories was FIRST granted adult suffrage?

Which of the following Dutch territories gained independence by 1980?

What is the correct order of the abolition process?

Apprenticeship, emancipation, amelioration, abolition of slave trade

Abolition of slave trade, amelioration, emancipation, apprenticeship

Amelioration, emancipation, abolition of slave trade, apprenticeship

Emancipation, apprenticeship, abolition of slave trade, amelioration

Which of the following statements is true of Cuba in the 1800s?

It 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.

In which chronological order did the British Caribbean planters first face competition from the following?

I. French beet sugar II. Cuban slave-grown sugar III. St Domingue slave-grown sugar

Which of the following persons was an important trade union leader in Guyana?

In which order did the following stages in the movement towards independence in British Caribbean territories take place?

I. Full internal self-government II. Achievement of universal adult suffrage III. Election of a prime minister or premier

CSEC Caribbean History Paper 1 May/June 2019 - Free CXC Past Paper with Answers

CSEC Caribbean History Paper 1 May/June 2019 Questions