CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate CSEC HUMAN AND SOCIAL BIOLOGY SYLLABUS Effective for examinations from May/June 2011 CXC 35/G/SYLL 09 Published by the Caribbean Examinations Council © 2010‚ Caribbean Examinations Council All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced‚ stored in a retrieval system‚ or transmitted in any form‚ or by any means electronic‚ photocopying‚ recording or otherwise without prior permission of
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The contemporary Caribbean society is comprised of various forms of culture and ethnic backgrounds. The main influential force behind this cultural diversification is due to slavery and Indentureship. Indentureship is the state or period of being a servant bound to service for a specified time in return for passage to a colony. The Indentureship system lasted from 1838 to 1917. This system consists of a variety of ethnic groups such as east Indians‚ white labourers and Chinese. Indeed this system
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In August of 1508‚ Juan Ponce de Leon set sail to the Caribbean to explore the island of San Juan and was greeted by the indigenous people called the Taino. Agueybana‚ the main Taino Cacique of the island they called Boriquén Tierra del alto señor ("Land of the Noble Lord")‚ traveled with Ponce de Leon and some gold back to Spain where Ponce de Leon was granted the first settlement rights on San Juan. In 1510‚ Ponce de Leon founded Caparra‚ the first settlement. He named himself Adelantado meaning
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The regional economic system consisted of New England‚ the Middle Colonies‚ the Southern Colonies‚ and the Caribbean. “Social and economic changes tend to reinforce the differences…while important cultural and political developments tugged in the opposite direction…” (Roark 2012‚ 4). This is just an explanation that this economic system had reasons that kept them unified but they had many factors that separated them from each other through the way each system developed in its own way. Chief products
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Describe How Education as a Social Institution Impacts on Caribbean Society and Culture According to the Microsoft office dictionary‚ education is the system of formal teaching and learning as conducted in schools and other institutions. According to Microsoft Student with the Encarta Premium 2009 a society is a structured community of people bound together by similar traditions‚ institutions or nationality. Culture‚ also defined by Encarta‚ is the patterns of behavior and thinking that people
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Migration Themes in Caribbean Literature: More Social Problems than Solutions Migration is a prominent theme within Caribbean literature. Despite the migrants’ initial perceptions of good fortune‚ the foreign countries are invariably a place of social inequalities and uncertainty. This paper discusses the varying ways in which migration is portrayed through the medium of Caribbean writing. Migration is exhibited in novels‚ short stories‚ and poems. Migration itself is portrayed with curiosity
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Essay In what ways can renewable energy contribute to growth in Caribbean countries? Documentation style: APA High oil prices have negatively affected growth in Caribbean economies and with prices constantly rising‚ the way forward is clear. This is the use of renewable energy instead of oil‚ which will result in many positive effects on the Caribbean and the world at large. Renewable energy is obtained from natural resources‚ such as wind‚ geothermal heats and waves. Unlike oil‚ renewable
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"The value of the Caribbean colonies to Europe came to be in their sugar production."¹ After the European explorers realised that the Caribbean was not naturally rich in gold and other precious metals; they were desperate to find other ways in which they could use these islands to benefit themselves. After several failed attempts to grow crops such as tobacco and cotton (on a large scale)‚ the Europeans realised that sugar had a greater potential to be sold in Europe than any
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United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean Training Conference on: “A Framework for Caribbean Investigation and Analysis” “New Issues in Integrated Planning and Development in the Public Sector” by: Azad N. Hosein President‚ Microsearch International ‚ Inc. Project Management Consultants e-mail: msearch@tstt.net.tt 1 Topics • • • • • Conclusion An Overview of the Planning and Development Process An Analysis of the Institutional Weaknesses in the Planning and Development
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Discuss the relationship between Modernity and Tradition in French-Caribbean Creole culture In order to address the question‚ we should first fully understand the terms modernity and Creole culture and then analyse how the two intertwine‚ and then decipher to what extent there is a relationship. The definition of Modernity used in this essay will be that modernity is’ the quality of being current or of the present’. Whereas for Creole culture we have more difficulty‚ Creole culture can be the people
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