MID YEAR EXAMINATION 2015

CARIBBEAN STUDIES
GRADE 13
PAPER 01

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

CARIBBEAN SOCIETY & CULTURE, ISSUES IN CARIBBEAN DEVELOPMENT AND
INVESTIGATING ISSUES IN CARIBBEAN DEVELOPMENT

Instructions to Candidates
1. This section consists of 45 items. You will have 1 hour and 30 minutes to answer them.
2. Each item in this test has four suggested answers (A), (B), (C), (D). Read each item you
are about to answer and CIRCLE which choice is best.

Do not turn this page until you are told to do so.

1. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Caribbean society?
(A) Cultural diversity
(B) Social stratification
(C) Cultural homogeneity
(D) Cultural hybridization
2. The practice of using indigenous labour in the Caribbean in exchange for conversion to
Christianity is referred to as
(A) asiento

(B) genocide
(C) encomienda
(D) indentureship
3. Which of the following is NOT a method of preventing soil erosion?
(A) Afforestation
(B) Deforestation
(C) Crop rotation
(D) Contour ploughing
4. Which of the following is an indigenous Caribbean art form?
(A) Rap
(B) Jazz
(C) R&B
(D) Reggae
5. Which of the following is located in the Greater Antilles?
(A) Cuba
(B) Nicaragua
(C) Bolivia
(D) Honduras
6. As a group, the islands, Jamaica, Cuba, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico are known as:
(A) The Lesser Antilles
(B) The Greater Antilles
(C) Latin America
(D) The Hispanic Caribbean
7. The island containing Haiti and Dominican Republic is known as:
(A) Trinidad
(B) Cuba
(C) Antilles
(D) Hispaniola
8. The Tainos walked along the __________ to get to the Caribbean
(A) Flat Bridge
(B) Bering Strait
(C) Alaska
(D) Antarctica
9. What was the earliest source of slave labour in the New World, once European
settlements were established to exploit natural resources and grow agricultural crops?
(A) Indigenous people
(B) Africans
(C) Indentured servants, mostly of European heritage
(D) None of these; slave labour was not used in the early New World enterprises

10. Which of the following BEST explains why the ancestors of the Amerindians ended up in
the Americas?
(A) They wanted to discover and explore new lands
(B) They were pushed out by enemies who were stronger than they were
(C) They were following the herds of deer which they needed for food
(D) The mineral resources of the Americas scattered them
11. The genocide of the Tainos after Spanish conquest occurred MAINLY because:
(A) they were exported to Europe
(B) they were killed in wars
(C) they were offered as human sacrifice
(D) they were overworked and ill-treated
12. The term Maroon means
(A) Runaway slaves
(B) Mountain dweller
(C) Enslaved African
(D) Forest hunter
13. The Encomienda system was introduced by the:
(A) French
(B) English
(C) Spanish
(D) Dutch

14. The Plantocracy refers to

(A) the plantation as a total institution
(B) the movement towards converting tobacco farms to sugar plantation
(C) the planters and other elites in the society
(D) plantation society
15. The act of freeing slaves from their literal and figurative bonds is called:
(A) emancipation
(B) abolition
(C) manumission
(D) indenture
16. Social structures, groups and institutions work together towards achieving social
stability, and ensuring that a collective will of the members of society is achieved.
This statement BEST summarizes which view of society?

(A) Marxist
(B) Socialist
(C) Interpretive
(D) Functionalist
17. Creolization is a function of Caribbean society MAINLY because of the
(A) ability to tolerate other cultures
(B) merging of cultures to retain identity
(C) tendency towards social exclusivity
(D) need of the oppressed to gain recognition
18. Mulattos formed the middle layer of the plantation society MAINLY because they had
(A) Creole mothers
(B) European fathers
(C) European mothers
(D) Amerindian parents
19. Which of the following is the best example of cultural retention?
(A) Video games for entertainment
(B) Microwave ovens for cooking
(C) Hammocks in the porch for relaxation
(D) European names used by Caribbean people
20. The presence of Indian dishes, like roti and doubles in Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana,
that are not found in India is MOST likely evidence of
(A) creolization
(B) globalization
(C) racial unification
(D) social integration
21. Social institutions are part of the
(A) social system
(B) framework of social organizations
(C) sociological perspectives
(D) justice systems
22. Marxists regard religion as the opiate of the people because it
(A) helps the poor
(B) makes the population happy
(C) allows suffering of the poor
(D) allows exploitation of the poor with rewards promised in the afterlife
23. All of the following describe functionalist understandings of society EXCEPT
(A) members of society agree to how social institutions function

(B) each social institution performs a function for society

(C) social institutions operate in such a way as to ensure inequalities
(D) there is consensus in society
24. Conflict perspectives of society maintain that
(A) capitalism is responsible for social differences between members of society
(B) some persons are naturally more able than others and should be justly rewarded
(C) the most talented in a society should be the leaders based on a system of meritocracy
(D) the social relation of production are reflected in the unequal share of the societys
resources among social groups
25. Which of the following statements BEST describes the social institution of the family?
(A) The beliefs and values of the society about how family life should be organized
(B) A group that is related to each other by blood, marriage or adoption and who occupies
the same household
(C) A social group who share bonds of love, caring, sharing and belongingness
(D) The universal family form of the nuclear family where mother, father and children
reside in the same household
26. East Indian family forms are for the most part
(A) matriarchal
(B) patriarchal
(C) polygamous
(D) ethnocentric
27. Identify the statements below which describe how the social institution of education
impacts on Caribbean people
I. Children learn values of obedience, conformity and respect
II. Schools select students and allocate them to different experiences
III. Education serves the needs of the labour market
IV. There is high status associated with denominational schools
V. Education is seen as an avenue to social mobility
(a). I, II, and III only
(b). I and II only
(c). I, II, IV and V
(d). I, II, III, IV and V

28. In the Caribbean for many decades after Emancipation, the lower classes could not access
secondary education because
I they could not afford it
II the colonial authorities felt that it was not relevant to the poor
III the lower classes did not see the need for it
IV only a few secondary schools existed
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

I and II only
I, II and IV only
I, II and III only
I, II, III and IV

29. How did the descendants of slaves and indentured workers help their children to access
social mobility?
I By saving and living carefully
II By investing in buying land
III By investing in Education
IV By instilling in their in their children the aspiration to live a better life
(a) IV only
(b) I and IV only
(c) I, III, and IV only
(d) I, II, III and IV

30. Which of the following is an example of material culture?

(A) Norms
(B) Food
(C) Symbol
(D) Language
31. Sustainable tourism CANNOT be encouraged by utilizing
(A) solar water heating
(B) natural ventilation and lighting
(C) environmental training for staff
(D) the coastline for the building of hotels

32. Janice applied for a job as an instrument technician in an industrial estate located in a
Caribbean country. She was denied the position since as a Seventh Day Adventist she
could not work on Saturdays.
This act of discrimination against Janice is referred to as
(A) racism
(B) sexism
(C) classism
(D) creedism

33. Ramesh is a passionate supporter of West Indian Cricket. However, he is very upset
because no player from his native land was selected for the West Indies Cricket Team,
and the stadium in his territory was not even chosen as a venue for any of the matches.
The above situation demonstrates that one of the MAJOR challenges facing West Indies
Cricket is
(A) Insularity among supporters
(B) Competition for selection of venues
(C) Development of new skills and talent
(D) Conflict between management and players
34. The World Bank and IMF were ORIGINALLY created to:
(A) Help alleviate poverty in third-world, developing countries
(B) Rebuild ruined European economies after the World War II
(C) Lend money to poor people around the world
(D) Finance projects associated with the newly-created United Nations
35. What is the MAIN difference between the World Bank and IMF?
(A) The IMF is headquartered in New York City, while the World Bank is headquartered
in Washington D.C
(B) The IMF is mainly funded by the United States, while the World Bank is mainly
funded by the United Nations
(C) The World Bank gives loans for all types of project, such as building dams or
combatting aids; while the IMF mainly focuses on loans dealing with a countrys
financial and monetary problems
(D) There is no difference. They do the same things.

36. Research objectives are important because they:

(A) contain dependent and independent variables
(B) prove the relationship between variables
(C) indicate the sources of information relevant to the study
(D) guide the researcher in developing relevant questions to research questions
37. An example of a primary source of information is obtained from
(A) a letter
(B) a tribute
(C) a textbook
(D) an interview
38. Which of the following is NOT a scientific method of sampling?
(A) Random
(B) Systematic
(C) Probability
(D) Convenience
39. The MOST important function of the literature review in research is to
(A) clarify the problem statement--???
(B) link the research to important writers
(C) establish the major concepts in the review
(D) provide information for the introduction
40. A valid source of secondary information for research in Caribbean Studies would be
(A) textbooks
(B) interviews
(C) observations
(D) questionnaires
41. Which of the following should be considered when identifying a topic for research?
I. Was the problem previously researched?
II. Is the problem researchable and manageable?
III. Is the problem an issue of significance to the government?
(A) I and II only
(B) I and III only
(C) II and III only
(D) I, II and III
42. Which of the following statements is a hypothesis?
(A) Examine the causes of obesity in St Johns Village
(B) What are the causes of youth violence in Mt Hope Village?
(C) To what extent has pollution affected the village of Mt Deaux?
(D) The use of alcohol is responsible for the poor performance of students at St
Johns High School

43. Max is conducting research on topic The effects of illegal drugs among teenagers.
In determining whether to use participant observation or questionnaires, Maxs MAIN
consideration could be
I. reliability
II. sample size
III. ethical issues
(A) I and II
(B) I and III only
(C) II and III only
(D) I, II and III only
44. A series of fights have occurred in a school. An investigation was carried out in which
students were interviewed on the cause of fights. The data would BEST be presented
using
(A) text
(B) tables
(C) charts
(D) graphs
45. A teacher wishes to carry out an investigation on the types of food consumed by first
form students at a high school. She wants an unbiased sample. What type of sampling
should she use?
(A) Random
(B) Stratified
(C) Purposive
(D) Convenience

Grand Total 45 marks

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