LAS 4931 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Which of the following is the primary source of income for the Caribbean? - Answers -
Tourism
When did England begin acquiring Caribbean colonies - Answers -1620s with St. Kitts
and Barbados.
Which of the following is a major cause of out-migration? - Answers -Hardship and lack
of jobs
Which of the following are part of the historical backdrop of the Caribbean? - Answers -
Sugar, slavery and plantation agriculture
Which Caribbean Island is a colony of the United States? - Answers -Puerto Rico.
Which of the following is the largest Island in the Caribbean? - Answers -Cuba.
Which of the following Islands are part of the French West Indies? - Answers -
Guadeloupe and Martinique.
Which of the following is NOT a term for Caribbean? - Answers -The Falkland Islands.
Which of the Island groups have the majority of the Caribbean population? - Answers -
The Greater Antilles (Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico and Jamaica)
Which of the following Caribbean states have status in the European Union? - Answers
-Curaçao
Which of the Islands are called the Lesser Antilles? - Answers -The double chain of
Islands between Puerto Rico and Trinidad.
Which of the following was a common social custom among the Taino-Arawaks? -
Answers -Polygamy.
Which of the indigenous cultural groups best resisted the encroaching Europeans and
were more militaristic? - Answers -Caribs.
Which sport was popular among in Taino-Arawakan society? - Answers -an ancient
ceremonial ball game.
Which historical figures left detailed descriptions of the Arawakan society? - Answers -
Christopher Columbus and Bartolome de las Casas.
, The first permanent settlers in the Caribbean came from which areas? - Answers -
Central and South America.
Which aspect of the Caribbean is a dominant influence on the pattern of life and
society? - Answers -The physical geography.
What is a reasonable estimate of the indigenous population living in Hispaniola in 1492?
- Answers -Half a million people.
Which is the greatest physical hazard of living in the Caribbean? - Answers -Frequent
destructive hurricanes.
Which of the following is a mainland state that is included in the Caribbean? - Answers
-Belize.
What pretext was used to justify the enslavement of neighboring populations of Indians?
- Answers -enslavement of Indians facilitated their conversion to Catholicism.
What allowed other "non-hispanic" Europeans to begin to infiltrate the Caribbean? -
Answers -The strategic withdrawal of the Spanish from the smaller islands left
According to the text, what was the single greatest element for change in the Caribbean
Islands? - Answers -Slavery and the slave trade.
What role did Cuba primarily serve after 1517? - Answers -Gradual stagnation and a
staging area for successive invasions of the mainland.
Which indigenous group was predominant in Hispaniola at the time of the arrival of the
Spanish? - Answers -The Taino.
Who invented the Spanish convoy system and founded the city of St. Augustine in
1665? - Answers -Pedro Menendez de Aviles.
What primarily led to the drastic decline in the Indian population of Hispaniola? -
Answers -A collapse in food production.
The new Spanish colonies were designed to be which of the following? - Answers -
Orthodox and unified in religion.
Who were the most successful traders of the Caribbean? - Answers -The Dutch.
How many priests traveled to the Indies during the two decades after the arrival of
Columbus? - Answers -78 priests.
Which of the following is the primary source of income for the Caribbean? - Answers -
Tourism
When did England begin acquiring Caribbean colonies - Answers -1620s with St. Kitts
and Barbados.
Which of the following is a major cause of out-migration? - Answers -Hardship and lack
of jobs
Which of the following are part of the historical backdrop of the Caribbean? - Answers -
Sugar, slavery and plantation agriculture
Which Caribbean Island is a colony of the United States? - Answers -Puerto Rico.
Which of the following is the largest Island in the Caribbean? - Answers -Cuba.
Which of the following Islands are part of the French West Indies? - Answers -
Guadeloupe and Martinique.
Which of the following is NOT a term for Caribbean? - Answers -The Falkland Islands.
Which of the Island groups have the majority of the Caribbean population? - Answers -
The Greater Antilles (Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico and Jamaica)
Which of the following Caribbean states have status in the European Union? - Answers
-Curaçao
Which of the Islands are called the Lesser Antilles? - Answers -The double chain of
Islands between Puerto Rico and Trinidad.
Which of the following was a common social custom among the Taino-Arawaks? -
Answers -Polygamy.
Which of the indigenous cultural groups best resisted the encroaching Europeans and
were more militaristic? - Answers -Caribs.
Which sport was popular among in Taino-Arawakan society? - Answers -an ancient
ceremonial ball game.
Which historical figures left detailed descriptions of the Arawakan society? - Answers -
Christopher Columbus and Bartolome de las Casas.
, The first permanent settlers in the Caribbean came from which areas? - Answers -
Central and South America.
Which aspect of the Caribbean is a dominant influence on the pattern of life and
society? - Answers -The physical geography.
What is a reasonable estimate of the indigenous population living in Hispaniola in 1492?
- Answers -Half a million people.
Which is the greatest physical hazard of living in the Caribbean? - Answers -Frequent
destructive hurricanes.
Which of the following is a mainland state that is included in the Caribbean? - Answers
-Belize.
What pretext was used to justify the enslavement of neighboring populations of Indians?
- Answers -enslavement of Indians facilitated their conversion to Catholicism.
What allowed other "non-hispanic" Europeans to begin to infiltrate the Caribbean? -
Answers -The strategic withdrawal of the Spanish from the smaller islands left
According to the text, what was the single greatest element for change in the Caribbean
Islands? - Answers -Slavery and the slave trade.
What role did Cuba primarily serve after 1517? - Answers -Gradual stagnation and a
staging area for successive invasions of the mainland.
Which indigenous group was predominant in Hispaniola at the time of the arrival of the
Spanish? - Answers -The Taino.
Who invented the Spanish convoy system and founded the city of St. Augustine in
1665? - Answers -Pedro Menendez de Aviles.
What primarily led to the drastic decline in the Indian population of Hispaniola? -
Answers -A collapse in food production.
The new Spanish colonies were designed to be which of the following? - Answers -
Orthodox and unified in religion.
Who were the most successful traders of the Caribbean? - Answers -The Dutch.
How many priests traveled to the Indies during the two decades after the arrival of
Columbus? - Answers -78 priests.
