BAHAMA HOST EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Lucayans - Answer -- The first inhabitants of THE BAHAMAS.
Which group of people were given the name "Indians" by Columbus ? - Answer -
Lucayans
What did Lucayans refer to themselves as? - Answer -Lukku Kairi
What does Lukku Kairi mean? - Answer -people of the small islands
What is the word "Cay" derived from? - Answer -LuyCAYans
Who was the first tourist to THE BAHAMAS? - Answer -Christopher Columbus
Where did Columbus first land and when? - Answer -He landed on Guanahani (San
Salvador) on October 12 1942
What did Columbus rename Guanhani to? - Answer -San Salvador
What does San Salvador mean ? - Answer -Holy Saviour
What was Eleuthera once known as? - Answer -Cigatoo
Who did the Eleutheran Adventurers reach out to for assistance during their economic
hardship? - Answer -Residents of Boston Massachusetts
What is the significance of Braziletto wood? - Answer -It was the wood the Eleutheran
Adventures shipped to Boston in gratitude for the help, the wood was used to build
Harvard University.
Who did King Charles II grant THE BAHAMAS to in 1670? - Answer -6 proprietors of
South Carolina
Who was the first appointed Royal Governor ? - Answer -Royal Governor Woodes
Rodgers, who was committed to eradicating piracy.
When was the first meeting of Parliamentary Democracy held? - Answer -29
September, 1729. established by Woodes Rodgers after his reappointment
What was the colony's first motto? - Answer -"Ezpulsis Piratis Restituta Commercia"
meaning The pirates being expelled, commerce was restored.
Lucayans - Answer -- The first inhabitants of THE BAHAMAS.
Which group of people were given the name "Indians" by Columbus ? - Answer -
Lucayans
What did Lucayans refer to themselves as? - Answer -Lukku Kairi
What does Lukku Kairi mean? - Answer -people of the small islands
What is the word "Cay" derived from? - Answer -LuyCAYans
Who was the first tourist to THE BAHAMAS? - Answer -Christopher Columbus
Where did Columbus first land and when? - Answer -He landed on Guanahani (San
Salvador) on October 12 1942
What did Columbus rename Guanhani to? - Answer -San Salvador
What does San Salvador mean ? - Answer -Holy Saviour
What was Eleuthera once known as? - Answer -Cigatoo
Who did the Eleutheran Adventurers reach out to for assistance during their economic
hardship? - Answer -Residents of Boston Massachusetts
What is the significance of Braziletto wood? - Answer -It was the wood the Eleutheran
Adventures shipped to Boston in gratitude for the help, the wood was used to build
Harvard University.
Who did King Charles II grant THE BAHAMAS to in 1670? - Answer -6 proprietors of
South Carolina
Who was the first appointed Royal Governor ? - Answer -Royal Governor Woodes
Rodgers, who was committed to eradicating piracy.
When was the first meeting of Parliamentary Democracy held? - Answer -29
September, 1729. established by Woodes Rodgers after his reappointment
What was the colony's first motto? - Answer -"Ezpulsis Piratis Restituta Commercia"
meaning The pirates being expelled, commerce was restored.
