Caribbean History

Caribbean History

Advent Term Quiz #2

Grade 11

 

Circle the letter beside the correct answer

 

1. Which of the following was the LEAST common form of protest used by enslaved in the BWI in the late 18th century?

a. Petitioning the crown

b. Sabotage of equipment

c. Armed revolt

d. Poisoning of livestock

 

0. The slave rebellion which forced the British government to seriously consider an emancipation proposal was the:

a. Bussa Rebellion

b. Berbice Rebellion

c. Haitian Revolution

d. Christmas Rebellion

 

0. Which of the following BEST explains why slave revolts were harshly put down?

a. To prevent future uprisings by the enslaved population

b. To ensure the enslaved populations lived in fear

c. To remove the current leaders of the revolts

d. To deter enslaved persons from hiding revolts leaders

 

0. Which of the following was LEAST likely to improve the social status of freed blacks and coloureds in the 1700s?

a. Wealth

b. Education

c. Light skin colour

d. Number of children

 

0. All of the following were measures used to control enslaved Africans, EXCEPT:

a. Slaves could not assemble in groups

b. Slaves could not cultivate provision grounds

c. Slaves could not leave estates without permission

d. African religious and cultural expressions were outlawed

 

0. Which Caribbean country was the greatest recipient of East Indian migrants between 1838 and 1917?

a. Guyana

b. Jamaica

c. Grenada

d. Trinidad

 

0. The largest number of immigrants into the British Caribbean during the 19th century came from;

a. India

b. China

c. Africa

d. Portugal

 

0. Which of the following were benefits the Emancipation Act of 1833 gave enslaved Africans in the British West Indies?

i. A chance to work for wages

ii. Social equality with the whites

iii. Assistance from stipendiary magistrates

 

a. I and ii

b. I and iii

c. Ii and iii

d. I, ii and iii

 

0. Large-scale immigration to Trinidad and Guyana between 1838 and 1870 led to;

i. Cultural diversity in those territories

ii. Racial conflicts among the ethnic groups

iii. Economic development in both territories

 

a. I

b. I and ii

c. Ii and iii

d. I, ii and iii

 

0. Indentured workers from Madeira brought elements of a culture to the British Caribbean. From which of the following cultures were these elements drawn?

a. Indian

b. African

c. Chinese

d. Portuguese

 

0. The majority of immigrants brought to work in the British Caribbean in the years between Emancipation and the First World War were employed as;

a. Shopkeepers

b. Small farmers

c. Unskilled labourers

d. Skilled factory hands

 

0. Which of the following BEST explains why Guyana and Trinidad had the greatest need for immigrant labour?

a. The planters wanted to introduce new crops

b. The planters no longer employed African labour

c. The creation of peasant villages led to a labour shortage

d. The planters were slow to adopt new labour- saving devices

 

0. The migrants to Guyana and Trinidad from the Eastern Caribbean Islands, after 1838 were interested MAINLY in:

a. Opening retail shops

b. Seeking higher wages

c. Working on sugar estates

d. Practicing their religion freely

 

0. Indentured workers were brought from India to the Caribbean MAINLY to:

a. Provide cheap labour for the sugar industry

b. Reduce the surplus population of India

c. Demonstrate new techniques in sugar production

d. Assist in efforts to diversify agriculture

 

0. Barbados did not require immigrants after Emancipation MAINLY because:

a. Very little sugar was being produced

b. The planters refused the loan guaranteed by Britain

c. There was a labour surplus in the island

d. The Barbados sugar industry was mechanize

 

0. Which of the following did NOT result from the introduction of immigrant labourers to the Caribbean after Emancipation?

a. Creation of conflict between racial groups

b. Higher wages for most ex-slaves

c. Increased sugar production

d. Cultural diversity in the Caribbean

 

0. Which of the following BEST explains the opposition of the British government to the large-scale importation of Africans into the Caribbean after 1838?

a. The labour force in the Caribbean was already sufficient

b. Whites opposed a large increase in the number of blacks

c. The British were afraid that new immigrants would be violent

d. The scheme seemed like a revival of slavery

 

0. The ex- slaves of the British Caribbean required money to purchase land in the post- emancipation period from which of the following sources?

i. Loans from non- conformist missionaries

ii. Proceeds from the sale of their provisions

iii. Loans from the British government

iv. The pooling together of their savings

 

a. i. ii and iii

b. i. ii and iv

c. ii, iii and iv

d. i. ii. Iii and iv

 

0. The main reason why India was preferred to China as a source of immigrant labour was that;

a. Indian immigrants were good peasant farmers

b. Indians were skilled in agriculture

c. Indians were less expensive to transport and generally stayed longer

d. Indians were liked by the blacks

 

0. Because of their fear of religious conversion, Indian immigrants;

a. Pretended to be Christians

b. Refused to send their children to school

c. Did not marry black ex-slaves

d. Returned home after one year

 

0. All of the following led to the stoppage of Chinese immigration to the West Indies EXCEPT;

a.  China began to suffer from depopulation

b. Chinese mortality rate was very high

c. The government in China felt it hurt Chinese pride

d. Chinese immigrants were expensive to transport

 

0.  The BEST reason for describing the Indian immigration scheme as a new system of slavery is;

a. The long journey between India and the Caribbean

b. Living and working conditions on plantations

c. Recruitment practices in India

d. The way they were transported on ships

 

0. Which of the following was NOT an effect of Indian immigration in the Caribbean;

a. They diversified the culture of the region

b. They introduced new skills into agriculture

c. They introduced new religious practices

d. They established retail trading

 

0. The abolitionists saw the Amelioration proposals as a way to

a. Bring about an immediate end to slavery in the British Caribbean

b. Improve the conditions of slaves in the British Caribbean (socio-economic)

c. Allow British Caribbean slaves to get skills they could use after emancipation

d. Ensure that all slaves in the British Caribbean were registered

 

0. Which of the following territories chose full freedom instead of apprenticeship in 1834?

a. Antigua

b. Jamaica

c. Grenada

d. Guyana

 

0. Which of the following territories had an adequate supply of labour after emancipation?

a. Barbados

b. Guyana

c. Jamaica

d. Trinidad

 

0. Which of the following factors best explain why Chinese indentured immigration to the British Caribbean stopped after 1866?

i. The Chinese did not like the climate in the Caribbean

ii. The Chinese government was opposed to immigration

iii. It was less expensive to bring immigrants from India

iv. Chinese immigrants preferred to go to California

a. I and II only

b. I, II and III only

c. II, III and IV only

d. I, II, III and IV

 

0. After 1895, Indian indentured immigrants were no longer entitled to

a. A free return passage to India after five years

b. Housing free of cost on the estates

c. Sundays and public

d. Medicine and hospitalization free of cost

 

0. Which of the following was an effect of the importation of Indian indentured labourers to the British Caribbean?

a. Rapid diversification of agriculture

b. Higher wages for the ex-slaves

c. Tension between the racial groups

d. Decline in sugar production

 

0. Which of the following ended Indian immigration to the British Caribbean in 1917?

a. The Indian government legislated against it

b. There was no longer need for foreign labour

c. English humanitarians continually attacked it

d. The sugar economy wad declining

 

0. The two most popular occupations for ex-slaves after emancipation was

a. Small-scale agriculture

b. Small-scale agriculture and handicraft

c. Retail trading and fishing

d. Retail trading and handicraft

 

0. Which of the following was not an effect of the establishment of the peasantry?

a. Expansion of small-scale farming

b. Mechanization of the sugar industry

c. Introduction of immigrant labour

d. Reduction in sugar prices