Deck 5: The Caribbean

Question 1

What area within the Caribbean contains 85 percent of the population of this region?

A)Cayman Islands
B)Greater Antilles
C)Turks and Caicos Islands
D)Bahamas
E)Lesser Antilles

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which is the largest island of the Caribbean?

A)Suriname
B)Jamaica
C)Cuba
D)Belize
E)Haiti

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The overwhelming majority of the Caribbean is situated in which two climate zones?

A)Tropical rainy and subtropical desert
B)Humid subtropical and desert
C)Tropical rainy and tropical savanna
D)Tropical savanna and subtropical desert
E)desert and polar

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Why hasn't the Caribbean Sea supported large commercial fishing operations?

A)Other resources are much more valuable.
B)The quantity of any one species in the Caribbean Sea is limited.
C)The presence of sharks in the Caribbean Sea makes it too dangerous to fish there.
D)Contamination of the water by raw sewage has made the fish in the Caribbean Sea too dangerous to eat.
E)A regional environmental agreement prohibits commercial fishing.

Question 5

Of the following Caribbean countries, which one is the farthest north?

A)Suriname
B)Belize
C)Haiti
D)Cuba
E)Jamaica

Question 6

Which Caribbean island has an active volcano?

A)Barbados
B)Montserrat
C)Cuba
D)Jamaica
E)the Bahamas

Question 7

Where do the hurricanes that are so prevalent in the Caribbean originate?

A)just east of the Lesser Antilles, in the Atlantic Ocean
B)off the coast of West Africa
C)in the Pacific Ocean, just south of Guatemala
D)in the Caribbean Sea, due east of Honduras
E)in the Gulf of Mexico near Miami, Florida

Question 8

Which Caribbean country experienced a devastating earthquake in January 2010?

A)Barbados
B)the Bahamas
C)Haiti
D)Jamaica
E)Cuba

Question 9

Caribbean hurricanes

A)are a minor inconvenience, but not a real problem.
B)often enter the Caribbean at the Lesser Antilles.
C)are not officially hurricanes until they reach winds of 110 miles per hour.
D)originate in the west Atlantic.
E)are relatively rare.

Question 10

Which series of nations has the lowest population density?

A)Dominica, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago
B)St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Kitts and Nevis
C)Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic
D)Belize, Guyana, Suriname
E)Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic

Question 11

Which of the following islands is part of the Lesser Antilles?

A)Puerto Rico
B)St. Lucia
C)Cuba
D)Hispaniola
E)Jamaica

Question 12

What of the following is NOT predicted for the Caribbean as a result of global climate change?

A)a rise in sea level by 0.6 meters
B)a loss of biodiversity
C)a decrease in surface temperatures between 1.2°C and 2.3°C
D)increased frequency and intensity of hurricanes
E)variable rainfall leading to both floods and droughts

Question 13

Which of the following nations (or islands)has lost almost all of its forest cover?

A)Puerto Rico
B)Belize
C)Cuba
D)Dominican Republic
E)Haiti

Question 14

What practice was most responsible for the deforestation of the islands of the Caribbean?

A)subsistence agriculture
B)road construction
C)suburbanization
D)sugarcane plantation agriculture
E)urbanization

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT a common form of destruction associated with hurricanes?

A)high winds
B)heavy downpours
C)loss of marine biodiversity
D)severe flooding
E)coastal storm surges

Question 16

Which of the following Caribbean countries is NOT located on an island?

A)Trinidad and Tobago
B)Cuba
C)Haiti
D)Guyana
E)Jamaica

Question 17

The largest city in the Caribbean is

A)Port-au-Prince
B)Santo Domingo
C)Havana
D)Kingston
E)San Juan

Question 18

Which set of islands is entirely in the Lesser Antilles?

A)St. Lucia, Martinique, Dominica
B)Cuba, Barbados, Dominica
C)Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico
D)St. Lucia, Cuba, Jamaica
E)St. Lucia, Dominica, Hispaniola

Question 19

Which set of islands all rest upon a volcanic axis?

A)Cuba, Jamaica, the Bahamas
B)Cuba, Hispaniola, the Bahamas
C)Montserrat, Martinique, Cuba
D)Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia
E)Dominica, Jamaica, the Bahamas

Question 20

Which Caribbean country is the site of a sanctuary for black howler monkeys created by local farmers?

A)Puerto Rico
B)Cuba
C)Jamaica
D)Belize
E)Guyana

Question 21

The Caribbean basin has one of the highest net migration rates in the world. For every one thousand people in the region, how many leave each year?

A)40.4
B)40
C)0)4
D)4
E)400

Question 22

The largest source region for slaves bound for the Caribbean Basin was

A)Middle East
B)West Africa
C)East Africa
D)North Africa
E)South Africa

Question 23

The most widely practiced religion in Haiti is

A)Obeah.
B)Umbanda.
C)Candomble.
D)Santeria.
E)Voodoo.

Question 24

The choice destination for most Cubans, Haitians and Dominicans to migrate is

A)Netherlands
B)United States
C)France
D)Jamaica
E)Great Britain

Question 25

Which Caribbean country has the lowest rate of natural increase in the region?

A)French Guiana
B)Cuba
C)Haiti
D)Belize
E)Trinidad and Tobago

Question 26

Maroon societies

A)existed only in the Caribbean islands.
B)usually included blacks and whites.
C)allowed the perpetuation of African culture.
D)were made up of indentured servants who completed their work terms.
E)usually had the official blessing of colonial governments.

Question 27

The destination city of choice for Cubans migrating to the United States is

A)Los Angeles
B)New Orleans
C)New York
D)Chicago
E)Miami

Question 28

Which of the following Caribbean nations has the greatest percent of its population below the age of 15 in the region?

A)Haiti
B)Jamaica
C)Bahamas
D)Barbados
E)Cuba

Question 29

What is the primary reason that Caribbean colonies began to turn to indentured labor as a workforce in the mid-nineteenth century?

A)These individuals tended to work harder than slaves.
B)By this period most of the African slaves in the Caribbean colonies had fled to Maroon settlements.
C)There was a need for the highly specialized skills they brought.
D)By this period most of the colonial governments began to free their slaves.
E)By this time nearly the entire African continent had been depopulated.

Question 30

Plantation America refers to

A)a cultural region within the Americas.
B)the way of life found with the American Deep South prior to the Civil War
C)a cultural region within the Americas that was primarily coastal and engaged in monocropping.
D)villages for freed or runaway slaves.
E)a primarily coastal area engaged in monocropping.

Question 31

The most common destination for Haitians to migrate to is

A)Jamaica
B)Great Britain
C)United States
D)France
E)Dominican Republic

Question 32

Which U.S. city has been the destination of choice for Puerto Ricans migrating to the United States?

A)New York City
B)Houston
C)Los Angeles
D)Miami
E)Chicago

Question 33

What is the Caribbean diaspora?

A)the movement of Africans into the region during the twentieth century
B)the increasing number of international tourists to the region during the last twenty years
C)the refugee movements within each country in the region
D)the gradual separation of the islands through the tectonic movement of the Caribbean Plate
E)the economic flight of Caribbean peoples across the globe

Question 34

Which of the following areas received the largest number of slaves between 1492 and 1870?

A)Spanish America
B)Brazil
C)the Danish Caribbean
D)the French Caribbean
E)the British Caribbean

Question 35

Which location in the Caribbean was one of the earliest spots where HIV/AIDS was detected?

A)Jamaica
B)Dominican Republic
C)Puerto Rico
D)Montserrat
E)Haiti

Question 36

Which pattern of emigration from the Caribbean is LEAST likely to occur?

A)A Puerto Rican moves to New York City.
B)A Cuban establishes residency in Miami, Florida.
C)A Haitian migrates to Liverpool, England.
D)A citizen of Barbados settles in the London suburb of Brixton.
E)A native of Suriname sets up housekeeping in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Question 37

What percentage of the Caribbean population between the ages 15 and 49 has HIV/AIDS?

A)12%
B)4%
C)9%
D)1%
E)16%

Question 38

The process of bringing one family member at a time from the homeland to a new country is known as

A)circular migration
B)chain migration
C)familial migration
D)transnational migration
E)reverse migration

Question 39

The most widely practiced religion in Cuba is

A)Santeria.
B)Obeah.
C)Umbanda.
D)Candomble.
E)Voodoo.

Question 40

The population pyramids for Cuba and Haiti reveal

A)the population of Haiti is stable and older than that of Cuba
B)Cuba will expect explosive population growth in coming decades
C)life expectancy is longer in Haiti than in Cuba
D)there are more children as percentage of the Cuban population than the Haitian population
E)the population of Cuba is stable and older than that of Haiti

Question 41

What was the reason for political conflict between Puerto Rico and the United States concerning the island of Vieques?

A)The island nation of Grenada has established claims to the island.
B)The island contains a vast array of mineral wealth that could be used to bolster the Puerto Rican economy.
C)Cuba has established a military outpost on the island.
D)The U.S. military has been using the island as a bombing range.
E)The United States wished to build and exclusive tourist resort and exclude Puerto Ricans.

Question 42

What was the name of the official United States policy that held that the United States would not tolerate European military involvement in the Western Hemisphere?

A)the Monroe Doctrine
B)the New Deal
C)the Great Society
D)Manifest Destiny
E)the U.S. Constitution

Question 43

Which of the following islands of the Caribbean is a possession of the United States?

A)Cuba
B)Bahamas
C)Jamaica
D)Puerto Rico
E)Hispaniola

Question 44

In which Caribbean nation would you find Hindu temples dotting the landscape?

A)Trinidad and Tobago
B)Jamaica
C)Haiti
D)Dominica
E)Cuba

Question 45

From which two world regions did the indentured workers of Suriname come?

A)South Asia and Java
B)Kenya and Ethiopia
C)Ghana and Tanzania
D)China and Hong Kong
E)India and Borneo

Question 46

What is the most common language in the Caribbean?

A)English
B)Spanish
C)French
D)Portuguese
E)Dutch

Question 47

Guantanamo Bay is located on which island of the Caribbean?

A)Barbados
B)St. Lucia
C)Puerto Rico
D)Jamaica
E)Cuba

Question 48

A sizeable percentage of the population of the former British colonies of Trinidad and Tobago and of Guyana claim ancestry from which region?

A)United States
B)West Africa
C)South Asia
D)Australia
E)China

Question 49

The 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion by the U.S. took place in which nation?

A)Montserrat
B)Puerto Rico
C)Cuba
D)Jamaica
E)Grenada

Question 50

Which Caribbean nation was invaded by the United States in 1983 and had its government overthrown?

A)Grenada
B)Martinique
C)Jamaica
D)Barbados
E)Cuba

Question 51

Who are the Garifuna?

A)the union between Africans and Carib Indians on the island of St. Vincent who were forcibly transported to the Caribbean coast of Central America
B)maroons who escaped into the interior of Surinam and Guyana
C)freed slaves who emigrated from the Caribbean to the United States
D)people of direct African descent who have rarely intermarried outside of their tight kinship network
E)African slaves who were repatriated to Africa after their servitude was over

Question 52

The indirect control of one country or region by another through economic and cultural domination is known as

A)colonialism
B)dependence
C)dictatorship
D)cultural hegemony
E)neocolonialism

Question 53

Which Caribbean country was a close ally of the former Soviet Union in the Cold War era after World War II?

A)Jamaica
B)Haiti
C)Montserrat
D)Cuba
E)Puerto Rico

Question 54

What is creolization?

A)the creation of a distinctive Caribbean-style political system
B)the development of a Caribbean-based cuisine (food preparation)
C)the means by which Caribbean nations gained their independence
D)the evolution of a Caribbean language family
E)the blending of African and European cultures in the Caribbean

Question 55

The United States recently restored diplomatic relations with

A)Haiti
B)Puerto Rico
C)Cuba
D)Virgin Islands
E)Jamaica

Question 56

Olympic gold medal sprinter Usain Bolt is from which island nation in the Caribbean?

A)Jamaica
B)Bahamas
C)Dominica
D)Cuba
E)Barbados

Question 57

What is the political status of Puerto Rico?

A)It is a possession of the United States, but its residents are not U.S. citizens.
B)It is an independent country.
C)It is a state of the Republic of the Greater Antilles.
D)It is a colony of Spain.
E)It is a commonwealth of the U.S. and its residents can move freely to the U.S. mainland.

Question 58

Which of the following types of music is NOT associated with the Caribbean?

A)reggae
B)merengue
C)polka
D)rumba
E)calypso

Question 59

Which of the following was a result of the Spanish-American War of 1898?

A)The United States and Spain split Hispaniola, with Spain acquiring the Dominican Republic and the United States acquiring Haiti
B)the return of Cuba to Spanish rule
C)Cuban independence from Spain and the transfer of Puerto Rico to American sovereignty
D)the American acquisition of the Lesser Antilles
E)the American military defeat at Guantanamo Bay and surrender of all its Caribbean possessions to the Spanish

Question 60

The most commonly spoken language in Haiti is

A)English
B)Dutch
C)French
D)Spanish
E)French Creole (patois)

Question 61

The nation which initially dominated the Caribbean tourism trade was

A)Dominican Republic
B)Bahamas
C)Barbados
D)Cuba
E)Puerto Rico

Question 62

The most important agricultural crop in the Caribbean has historically been

A)oranges
B)sugar cane
C)coffee
D)tobacco
E)bananas

Question 63

The newest industry to take hold in the microstates (ex. Antigua and St. Kitts)of the Caribbean is

A)offshore accounts
B)on-line gambling
C)money laundering
D)insurance underwriting
E)cosmetic surgery

Question 64

The Dutch islands of the Caribbean include which of the following?

A)Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire
B)Martinique, Guadeloupe and St. Lucia
C)St Vincent & the Grenadines, St. Kitts & Nevis and St. Croix
D)Dominica, Antigua and Grenada
E)Montserrat, Jamaica and the Bahamas

Question 65

Which of the following is NOT a challenge facing Caribbean tourism?

A)the vulnerability of the industry to external market forces (such as a 9/11 style attack or a global recession)that would lead to a dramatic drop in international arrivals
B)a trend towards cruise ship visits which limits tourist interaction N both cultural and economic N with the local islanders
C)capital leakage where most the profits rarely remain in the local economy
D)a trend of Americans to either opt for domestic beach resorts and/or more exotic locales such as Costa Rica or the Persian Gulf
E)geopolitical instability throughout the Caribbean Basin which has proven to be detriment to tourism

Question 66

Which of the Caribbean countries is NOT a Crown Colony?

A)Turks and Caicos
B)Bermuda
C)Cayman Islands
D)Montserrat
E)Honduras

Question 67

What factor has prevented Caribbean countries from reaping the full benefits of their extensive investment in education?

A)the continuing importance of the informal sector
B)brain drain
C)offshore banking and online gambling
D)drug trafficking
E)high levels of illiteracy among Caribbean youth

Question 68

The first colony to gain its independence in the Caribbean, in 1804, was

A)Haiti
B)Barbados
C)Cuba
D)Puerto Rico
E)Jamaica

Question 69

Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding socio-economical gender relations in the Caribbean?

A)strong and self-sufficient female networks have developed due to men leaving home for seasonal employment
B)women typically are the ones in charge of local street markets
C)in rural regions men earn wages whilst women provide subsistence
D)men account for most new hires in assembly plants, data-entry firms and the tourism industry
E)women may have local power in their communities but that power does not transfer into a higher status

Question 70

How many Free Trade Zones were there in the Dominican Republic?

A)50
B)15
C)5
D)20
E)10

Question 71

The lowest Human Development Index (HDI)in the Caribbean is found in which nation?

A)Cuba
B)Haiti
C)Bahamas
D)Dominican Republic
E)Jamaica

Question 72

What percent of the population of the Bahamas is employed by the tourism industry?

A)13%
B)93%
C)0)3%
D)3%
E)30%

Question 73

What is the major attraction of offshore banking in the Caribbean?

A)confidential services
B)specialized services and tax exempt deposits
C)tax-exempt deposits
D)confidential and specialized services
E)specialized services that are confidential and tax-exempt

Question 74

Which of the following has NOT been an impediment to achieving regional economic integration throughout the Caribbean?

A)a preference to cooperate with islands that share a common colonial background instead of with neighboring islands
B)deep-rooted political violence which has generated historic mistrust between islands
C)different languages
D)limited economic resources
E)scattered islands making transportation difficult

Question 75

Capital leakage is best defined as

A)the movement of profits to offshore accounts
B)the loss of profits due to governmental corruption
C)the migration of tourism away from the Caribbean market to other destinations
D)the loss of tourism revenue due to external factors (such as war or an epidemic)
E)the huge gap between gross receipts from tourism and the amount which remains in the local island economy

Question 76

Approximately how many international tourists visited the Caribbean islands in 2011?

A)1 million
B)17 million
C)8 million
D)21.5 million
E)59 million

Question 77

What are remittances?

A)deposits placed in offshore banks in the Caribbean
B)income generated in the Caribbean from the sale of agricultural products
C)tax receipts from investors in Free Trade Zones in the Caribbean
D)money that migrants to the U.S. send back home to the Caribbean
E)receipts from tourist revenues in the Caribbean

Question 78

Which Caribbean country has the largest number of tourist arrivals?

A)Jamaica
B)Bahamas
C)Dominican Republic
D)Cuba
E)Cayman Islands

Question 79

Manufacturing accounts for approximately what percent of the GDP of Puerto Rico?

A)5%
B)10%
C)25%
D)20%
E)50%

Question 80

Which two islands are French departments and are fully integrated into France?

A)Barbados and the Bahamas
B)St. Lucia and St. Maartin
C)Martinique and Guadeloupe
D)Montserrat and Jamaica
E)Dominica and Antigua