Past paper questions
MODULE 1- CARIBBEAN SOCIETY AND CULTURE
1. Define the term ‘Commonwealth Caribbean’. 2 marks
2. Name TWO geographical sub-regions in the Caribbean. 2 marks
3. Identify TWO territories which are located in the Caribbean but are not politically defined as the Caribbean. 2 marks
4. Outline ONE advantage of defining the Caribbean in geographical terms. 2 marks
5. Outline ONE disadvantage of using a geological basis for defining the Caribbean. 2 marks
6. Explain why Mexico is sometimes described as Caribbean. 2 marks
7. “Plural Society” is a term used by some authors to describe society and culture in the Caribbean today. Explain what is meant by plural society. 2 marks
8. “Plantation society” is another term used to describe Caribbean society and culture today. Describe briefly TWO features of a plantation society. 4 marks
9. Explain what is meant by the term ‘plantation society’. 2 marks
10. Explain ONE way in which plantation society has contributed to social stratification. 2 marks
11. Give THREE examples of the way in which the term ‘creole’ is used in the Caribbean. 3 marks
12. On the map of the Caribbean below:
a. Place the letter ‘C’ beside ONE territory where Chinese indentured labourers worked after emancipation.
1 mark
b. Place the letter ‘I’ beside ONE territory where large numbers of Indian indentured labourers worked after emancipation. 1 mark
c. Place the letter ‘J’ beside one territory where Javanese indentured labourers worked after emancipation. 3 marks
d. State THREE conditions of labour that were stipulated in the contracts of the indentured labourers. 3 marks
13. Use the same map above.
a. On the map of the Caribbean above:
i. Place the letter ‘T” beside ONE territory in which the Tainos lived when Columbus arrived in 1492. ii. Place the letter ‘K” beside ONE Territory in which the Kalinagos lived