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(A) Cuba
(B) Nicaragua
(C) Bolivia
(D) Honduras
2. 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
3. The island containing Haiti and Dominican Republic is known as:
(A) Trinidad
(B) Cuba
(C) Antilles
(D) Hispaniola
4. The Tainos walked along the __________ to get to the Caribbean
(A) Flat Bridge
(B) Bering Strait
(C) Alaska
(D) Antarctica
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
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(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
8. 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
9. The term Maroon means
(A) Runaway slaves
(B) Mountain dweller
(C) Enslaved African
(D) Forest hunter
10. The Encomienda system was introduced by the:
(A) French
(B) English
(C) Spanish
(D) Dutch
11. The act of freeing slaves from their literal and figurative bonds is called:
(A) emancipation
(B) abolition
(C) manumission
(D) indenture
12. 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
(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.
21. 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
22. An example of a primary source of information is obtained from
(A) a letter
(B) a tribute
(C) a textbook
(D) an interview
23. Which of the following is NOT a scientific method of sampling?
(A) Random
(B) Systematic
(C) Probability
(D) Convenience
24. 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
25. A valid source of secondary information for research in Caribbean Studies would be
(A) textbooks
(B) interviews
(C) observations
(D) questionnaires
26. 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?