WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY
CARIBBEAN EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
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.
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.
CARIBBEAN EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
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.
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.
