World Regional Geography: Ch 5 Exam
Questions with Complete Solutions
What area within the Caribbean contains 85 percent of the population in this region?
a)Greater Antilles
b)Bahamas
c)Cayman Islands
d)Lesser Antilles
e)Turks and Caicos Islands - Answer-a
Which series of nations has the lowest population density?
a)Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic
b)Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic
c)Belize, Guyana, Suriname
d)St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Kitts and Nevis
e)Dominica, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago - Answer-c
Which Caribbean country has the lowest rate of natural increase in the region?
a)Cuba
b)Trinidad and Tobago
c)French Guiana
d)Belize
e)Haiti - Answer-a
Which of the following Caribbean nations has the greatest percent of its population
below the age of 15 in the region?
a)Cuba
b)Bahamas
c)Barbados
d)Jamaica
e)Haiti - Answer-e
What percentage of the Caribbean population between the ages 15 and 49 has
HIV/AIDS?
a)1%
b)4%
c)9%
d)12%
e)16% - Answer-a
Which location in the Caribbean was one of the earliest spots where HIV/AIDS was
detected?
a)Haiti
b)Dominican Republic
c)Puerto Rico
d)Montserrat
e)Jamaica - Answer-a
, The population pyramids for Cuba and Haiti reveal
a)there are more children as percentage of the Cuban population than the Haitian
population
b)the population of Cuba is stable and older than that of Haiti
c)Cuba will expect explosive population growth in coming decades
d)life expectancy is longer in Haiti than in Cuba
e)the population of Haiti is stable and older than that of Cuba - Answer-b
What is the Caribbean diaspora?
a)the movement of Africans into the region during the twentieth century
b)the gradual separation of the islands through the tectonic movement of the
Caribbean Plate
c)the economic flight of Caribbean peoples across the globe
d)the increasing number of international tourists to the region during the last twenty
years
e)the refugee movements within each country in the region - Answer-c
Which U.S. city has been the destination of choice for Puerto Ricans migrating to the
United States?
a)New York City
b)Houston
c)Los Angeles
d)Chicago
e)Miami - Answer-a
The destination city of choice for Cubans migrating to the United States is
a)Los Angeles
b)New York
c)Miami
d)Chicago
e)New Orleans - Answer-c
The most common destination for Haitians to migrate to is
a)United States
b)Dominican Republic
c)France
d)Great Britain
e)Jamaica - Answer-b
The choice destination for most Cubans, Haitians and Dominicans to migrate is
a)Jamaica
b)Great Britain
c)Netherlands
d)France
e)United States - Answer-e
The Caribbean basin has one of the highest net migration rates in the world. For
every one thousand people in the region, how many leave each year?
a)0.4
b)4
Questions with Complete Solutions
What area within the Caribbean contains 85 percent of the population in this region?
a)Greater Antilles
b)Bahamas
c)Cayman Islands
d)Lesser Antilles
e)Turks and Caicos Islands - Answer-a
Which series of nations has the lowest population density?
a)Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic
b)Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic
c)Belize, Guyana, Suriname
d)St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Kitts and Nevis
e)Dominica, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago - Answer-c
Which Caribbean country has the lowest rate of natural increase in the region?
a)Cuba
b)Trinidad and Tobago
c)French Guiana
d)Belize
e)Haiti - Answer-a
Which of the following Caribbean nations has the greatest percent of its population
below the age of 15 in the region?
a)Cuba
b)Bahamas
c)Barbados
d)Jamaica
e)Haiti - Answer-e
What percentage of the Caribbean population between the ages 15 and 49 has
HIV/AIDS?
a)1%
b)4%
c)9%
d)12%
e)16% - Answer-a
Which location in the Caribbean was one of the earliest spots where HIV/AIDS was
detected?
a)Haiti
b)Dominican Republic
c)Puerto Rico
d)Montserrat
e)Jamaica - Answer-a
, The population pyramids for Cuba and Haiti reveal
a)there are more children as percentage of the Cuban population than the Haitian
population
b)the population of Cuba is stable and older than that of Haiti
c)Cuba will expect explosive population growth in coming decades
d)life expectancy is longer in Haiti than in Cuba
e)the population of Haiti is stable and older than that of Cuba - Answer-b
What is the Caribbean diaspora?
a)the movement of Africans into the region during the twentieth century
b)the gradual separation of the islands through the tectonic movement of the
Caribbean Plate
c)the economic flight of Caribbean peoples across the globe
d)the increasing number of international tourists to the region during the last twenty
years
e)the refugee movements within each country in the region - Answer-c
Which U.S. city has been the destination of choice for Puerto Ricans migrating to the
United States?
a)New York City
b)Houston
c)Los Angeles
d)Chicago
e)Miami - Answer-a
The destination city of choice for Cubans migrating to the United States is
a)Los Angeles
b)New York
c)Miami
d)Chicago
e)New Orleans - Answer-c
The most common destination for Haitians to migrate to is
a)United States
b)Dominican Republic
c)France
d)Great Britain
e)Jamaica - Answer-b
The choice destination for most Cubans, Haitians and Dominicans to migrate is
a)Jamaica
b)Great Britain
c)Netherlands
d)France
e)United States - Answer-e
The Caribbean basin has one of the highest net migration rates in the world. For
every one thousand people in the region, how many leave each year?
a)0.4
b)4
