World Regional Geography Caribbean
Exam Questions and Answers
Population density - Answer-Islands: high population density; rimland: low population
density.
African Diaspora - Answer-forced removal of Africans from their native areas to
localities around the globe, especially due to slavery.
capital leakage - Answer-gap between the gross recipients an industry (such as
tourism) brings into a developing area and the amount of capital received.
Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) - Answer-a regional trade
organization established in 1972 that includes mostly former English Caribbean
colonies as its members.
Caribbean Diaspora - Answer-scattering of Caribbean people over a vast geographic
area--in this case, mostly due to lack of economic opportunities in the region.
chain migration - Answer-a pattern of migration in which a sending area becomes
linked to a particular destination, such as Dominicans in Queens.
circular migration - Answer-temporary labor migration, in which an individual seeks
short-term employment overseas, earns money, and then returns home.
creolization - Answer-blending of African, European, and even some Amerindian
cultural elements into the unique sociocultural systems found in the Caribbean.
crisis mapping - Answer-use of open source and web-based technologies to create
detailed maps of areas experiencing humanitarian crises, typically supported by
volunteer mappers. EX: in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake.
cuentapropista - Answer-the Spanish term for small scale entrepreneurs in Cuba. A
socialist country, Cuba is experimenting with licensing small businesses to address
the country's economic and unemployment problems.
Maroons - Answer-runaway slaves who established communities rich in African
traditions throughout the Caribbean and Brazil.
Monroe Doctrine - Answer-a proclamation issued by U.S. in 1823 that the U.S. would
not tolerate European military action in the Western Hemisphere. Focused on the
Caribbean as a strategic area, the doctrine was repeatedly invoked to justify U.S.
political and military intervention in the region.
neo-Africa - Answer-imprint of more than 7 million African slaves in the Americas, in
which African peoples and cultures prevailed, reflects the important linkages
between the Caribbean and the wider Atlantic world.
Exam Questions and Answers
Population density - Answer-Islands: high population density; rimland: low population
density.
African Diaspora - Answer-forced removal of Africans from their native areas to
localities around the globe, especially due to slavery.
capital leakage - Answer-gap between the gross recipients an industry (such as
tourism) brings into a developing area and the amount of capital received.
Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) - Answer-a regional trade
organization established in 1972 that includes mostly former English Caribbean
colonies as its members.
Caribbean Diaspora - Answer-scattering of Caribbean people over a vast geographic
area--in this case, mostly due to lack of economic opportunities in the region.
chain migration - Answer-a pattern of migration in which a sending area becomes
linked to a particular destination, such as Dominicans in Queens.
circular migration - Answer-temporary labor migration, in which an individual seeks
short-term employment overseas, earns money, and then returns home.
creolization - Answer-blending of African, European, and even some Amerindian
cultural elements into the unique sociocultural systems found in the Caribbean.
crisis mapping - Answer-use of open source and web-based technologies to create
detailed maps of areas experiencing humanitarian crises, typically supported by
volunteer mappers. EX: in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake.
cuentapropista - Answer-the Spanish term for small scale entrepreneurs in Cuba. A
socialist country, Cuba is experimenting with licensing small businesses to address
the country's economic and unemployment problems.
Maroons - Answer-runaway slaves who established communities rich in African
traditions throughout the Caribbean and Brazil.
Monroe Doctrine - Answer-a proclamation issued by U.S. in 1823 that the U.S. would
not tolerate European military action in the Western Hemisphere. Focused on the
Caribbean as a strategic area, the doctrine was repeatedly invoked to justify U.S.
political and military intervention in the region.
neo-Africa - Answer-imprint of more than 7 million African slaves in the Americas, in
which African peoples and cultures prevailed, reflects the important linkages
between the Caribbean and the wider Atlantic world.
