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CSEC Caribbean History Paper 2 May/June 2009 - Free CXC Past Paper with Answers
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Theme 1 – The Indigenous Peoples and the Europeans
[25 marks]
Identify TWO areas through which Indigenous Peoples entered and settled in the Caribbean islands before the coming of the Europeans.
[4 marks]
Describe the pattern of settlement of the THREE main groups of Indigenous Peoples in the Caribbean region at the time the Europeans arrived.
[9 marks]
Examine THREE reasons why Indigenous Peoples migrated into the Caribbean region.
[12 marks]
Outline TWO reasons for the voyages of Columbus.
[4 marks]
Explain THREE benefits Europeans obtained from their New World contact.
[9 marks]
Discuss FOUR effects of these voyages of the Europeans on the way of life of the Indigenous People.
[12 marks]
Theme 2 – Caribbean Economy and Slavery
[25 marks]
Outline TWO issues that were of major concern to sugar plantation owners.
[4 marks]
Explain THREE ways in which any of these concerns affected the way in which labour was used on the estates.
[9 marks]
Describe FOUR roles of enslaved women on sugar plantations.
[12 marks]
Give TWO reasons why some enslaved African women disliked working in the Great House on a Caribbean sugar plantation.
[4 marks]
Explain THREE advantages of working in the Great House on a Caribbean sugar plantation.
[9 marks]
Examine FOUR reasons why it was difficult for an enslaved African woman to raise a family on a Caribbean slave plantation.
[12 marks]
Theme 3 – Resistance and Revolt
[25 marks]
Explain THREE reasons why enslaved Africans escaped from their plantations to join Maroon communities.
[9 marks]
Examine FOUR factors which influenced the development of Maroon communities in Jamaica.
[16 marks]
Imagine that you are a French official visiting St. Domingue in August 1791. Write home to your Supervisor explaining FIVE of the several factors responsible for the outbreak of the Haitian Revolution.
[25 marks]
Theme 4 – Movement towards Emancipation
[25 marks]
Explain THREE economic arguments used by planters to support slavery in the British Caribbean.
[9 marks]
Examine TWO religious and TWO humanitarian reasons that caused many Christian missionaries to attack plantation slavery in the British Caribbean.
[16 marks]
Explain THREE reasons for the introduction of amelioration measures in the British and the French Caribbean territories.
[9 marks]
Examine FOUR reasons for the failure of these amelioration measures in the Caribbean.
[16 marks]
Theme 5 – Adjustments to Emancipation, 1838 – 1876
[25 marks]
Discuss THREE of the major problems in the Caribbean sugar industry between 1838 and 1876.
[9 marks]
Examine FOUR measures adopted by the planters to solve the problems in the Caribbean sugar industry between 1838 and 1876.
[16 marks]
Explain THREE difficulties which the Church encountered in its efforts to provide education in the British Caribbean between 1838 and 1876.
[9 marks]
Discuss TWO positive and TWO negative effects of the education given to Caribbean children between 1838 and 1876.
[16 marks]
Theme 6 – Economic Diversification, 1875 – 1985
Read the extract below, then answer the questions that follow.
Large-scale banana cultivation started in earnest around the 1880s. More and more merchants and professionals bought up abandoned sugar estates and planted bananas using imported Indian labour.
Adapted from H. Beckles and V. Shepherd, Freedoms Won: Caribbean Emancipations, Ethnicities and Nationhood, Cambridge University Press, p. 116.
[25 marks]
Describe THREE factors which led to large-scale cultivation of bananas in the Caribbean from the late 1800s.
[9 marks]
Examine FOUR difficulties which affected the Caribbean banana industry in the 1900s.
[16 marks]
Write an essay tracing the development of EITHER the bauxite industry in Guyana OR the oil industry in Trinidad, up to 1985.
In relation to the industry of your choice, you should include the reasons for its emergence, its progress and expansion, problems experienced and its impact on society.
[25 marks]
Theme 7 – Social and Economic Conditions in the Century
Read the extract below, then answer the questions that follow.
By the early 1920s, Marcus Garvey’s message of equal rights and economic independence for blacks had attracted followers to a network of UNIA branches in the U.S.A. and the Caribbean. UNIA became the major organized group speaking out against the poor health, housing and working conditions of the masses of people. Unfortunately, authorities in some countries saw Marcus Garvey as a threat and opposed his activities.
Adapted from J. Ferguson, The Story of the Caribbean People, Ian Randle Publishers, pp. 242 – 243.
[25 marks]
Explain THREE reasons why those in authority opposed the activities of Marcus Garvey and the UNIA.
[9 marks]
Examine FOUR features of Garvey’s proposals which were aimed at improving the social and economic conditions of Caribbean people.
[16 marks]
Give THREE reasons for the rapid rise of trade unions in the British Caribbean in the first half of the twentieth century.
[9 marks]
Describe FOUR of the obstacles trade unions faced during the first half of the twentieth century.
[16 marks]
Theme 8 – The United States in the Caribbean, 1776 – 1985
Read the extract below, then answer the questions that follow.
At various times, the Monroe Doctrine gave the United States government an excuse to intervene in the internal affairs of certain Latin American nations. By supporting or help-ing to depose certain leaders, pressure was used to get those countries to act according to the wishes of the United States.
Adapted from L. Honeychurch, The Caribbean People. Third Edition, Nelson Thornes, p. 162.
[25 marks]
Outline THREE main provisions of the Monroe Doctrine.
[9 marks]
Examine FOUR reasons why the United States intervened in the Dominican Republic in 1916.
[16 marks]
The United States of America has made a tremendous contribution to the development of the British Caribbean. One of the areas in which the Americans have been influential in the 1900s has been in the field of culture.
[25 marks]
Suggest THREE reasons why American culture was able to influence the British Caribbean.
[9 marks]
Examine FOUR examples of the negative impact of American cultural influence in the Caribbean.
[16 marks]
The British West Indian Federation of 1958 – 1962 could be described as one with a gradual rise but a rapid fall.
[25 marks]
Explain THREE factors which led to the formation of the British West Indies Federation of 1958.
[9 marks]
Examine FOUR reasons for the collapse of the Federation.
[16 marks]
French Guiana, Martinique and Guadeloupe are departments of France as distinct from being independent countries.
[25 marks]
Give THREE reasons why French Guiana, Martinique and Guadeloupe are departments of France.
[9 marks]
Examine FOUR benefits these countries enjoyed after becoming departments of France.
[16 marks]
Describe THREE major public health problems in the British Caribbean between 1838 and 1876.
[9 marks]
Examine FOUR measures adopted by colonial governments to improve public health condi-tions in the British Caribbean after 1846.
[16 marks]
Explain THREE reasons why many Africans continued to practise African-based religions after 1838.
[9 marks]
Examine FOUR factors which allowed the Church to keep its influence in the African community long after slavery was abolished.
[16 marks]