Deck 5: The Caribbean

Question 1

What area of the Caribbean is the most biologically diverse ecosystem of the marine world?

A) river system
B) coral reef
C) the deepest parts of the Caribbean Sea
D) the western edge of the Caribbean Sea
E) the Bermuda Triangle

Answer 1

B

Question 2

What is the source of the place-name,"Caribbean"?

A) the French explorer who discovered the region
B) its major export
C) its former native people
D) the primary language in the region
E) the species of tree that dominates the region

Answer 2

C

Question 3

How much of its original forest cover has Haiti lost?

A) none of it
B) a little of it
C) half of it
D) most of it
E) all of it

Answer 3

D

Question 4

In which Caribbean country did the 2005 Hurricane Dennis have the most devastating effect?

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

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT a factor that has contributed to deforestation in the Caribbean?

A) the accidental introduction of exotic caterpillars that killed forests throughout the region
B) population growth
C) commercial harvesting of lumber
D) sugarcane plantations
E) provide fuel

Question 6

On which island of the Caribbean did HIV/AIDS first appear?

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

Question 7

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

A) There are no fish in the Caribbean Sea.
B) The presence of sharks in the Caribbean Sea makes it too dangerous to fish there.
C) Other resources are much more valuable.
D) The quantity of any one species in the Caribbean Sea is limited.
E) The people in the region cannot afford the equipment.

Question 8

What is the rimland of the Caribbean?

A) Belize and Costa Rica
B) the Guyanas
C) the coastal zone of the mainland, beginning with Belize and extending along the coast of Central America to northern South America
D) the countries of the Greater and Lesser Antilles
E) Panama

Question 9

Which Caribbean countries have the lowest rates of natural increase in the region?

A) Cuba and Puerto Rico
B) Trinidad and Tobago
C) French Guiana and Suriname
D) Guyana and Belize
E) Guadelupe and Martinique

Question 10

According to your text,how did European colonialists in the Caribbean view forests?

A) as unproductive
B) as a valuable resource worth preserving
C) as a beautiful environment
D) as a hunting ground
E) as a barrier to travel

Question 11

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

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

Question 12

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

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

Question 13

In which part of the Caribbean is the forest cover largely intact?

A) island states
B) rimland states
C) In no part of the Caribbean is the forest cover largely intact.
D) throughout the region
E) Puerto Rico

Question 14

What is the approximate population of the Caribbean?

A) 12 million
B) 22 million
C) 44 million
D) 57 million
E) 94 million

Question 15

Beginning in the seventeenth century,the Caribbean forests were removed for all of the following purposes,EXCEPT

A) ship building.
B) to clear land for sugarcane cultivation.
C) fuel for sugar processing.
D) timber for home building.
E) the export of tropical hardwoods.

Question 16

Which U.S.city has become the destination of choice for Cubans migrating to the United States?

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

Question 17

Which of the following islands is NOT part of the Greater Antilles?

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

Question 18

At what wind speed does a tropical disturbance become a hurricane?

A) 50 mph
B) 74 mph
C) 90 mph
D) 100 mph
E) 114 mph

Question 19

Which of the following species has (have)become extinct as a consequence of deforestation in the Caribbean?

A) indigenous shrubs and trees
B) songbirds
C) large mammals
D) monkeys
E) all of the above

Question 20

The isolated proximity of the Caribbean refers to all of the following EXCEPT

A) the sustained cultural diversity that the region has maintained.
B) the early and continued independence of all of the nations contained within the region.
C) the limited economic opportunities the region has been offered.
D) the geographic closeness to North America.
E) the region's unique position in the world.

Question 21

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

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

Question 22

Maroon societies

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

Question 23

From which part of Africa did the majority of slaves who were brought to the Caribbean come?

A) West Africa
B) South Africa
C) East Africa
D) North Africa
E) the Horn of Africa

Question 24

Maroon societies were composed of which group of people?

A) Asian immigrants to the Caribbean
B) European managers of plantations in the Caribbean
C) Hindu immigrants to the Caribbean
D) escaped slaves
E) wealthy Caribbean landowners

Question 25

What is the Caribbean diaspora?

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

Question 26

What was the most common number of crops grown under the plantation system of agriculture?

A) one
B) two
C) five
D) seven
E) ten

Question 27

In which Caribbean country is the Santeria religion most common?

A) French Guiana
B) Hispaniola
C) Cuba
D) Belize
E) Suriname

Question 28

Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons for treating the Caribbean as a region that is distinct from Latin America?

A) The region contains a large native population that still exists on the landscape today.
B) It has a more diverse European colonial history.
C) There is a stronger African influence in the region.
D) The region lacks a strong Iberian influence.
E) The region has only a minor legacy of Amerindians.

Question 29

By the middle 1800s,when most colonial governments in the Caribbean began to free slaves,they sought indentured laborers from which other world region(s)?

A) East Africa
B) South and Southeastern Asia
C) North America
D) West Africa
E) Western and Southern Europe

Question 30

Why were many cities of the Caribbean surrounded by walls?

A) to protect against attacks by indigenous peoples
B) to protect against against raids from rival European powers and pirates
C) to protect against raids by Maroons
D) to protect people from attacks by wild animals
E) The walls were nothing more than copies of European architectural styles.

Question 31

What is "indentured labor"?

A) another phrase for slavery
B) professional workers specially recruited for niche positions
C) workers contracted to work on estates for a set period of time
D) workers in dental offices
E) workers in technical fields

Question 32

What is creolization?

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

Question 33

Which of the following African traditions survived in the Caribbean because of Maroons?

A) farming practices
B) house designs
C) community organization
D) language
E) all of the above

Question 34

To which of the countries below would a person who is part of the Caribbean diaspora be LEAST likely to emigrate?

A) United States
B) Canada
C) Germany
D) France
E) England

Question 35

What percentage of the people in Haiti between the ages of 15 and 49 are infected with the HIV/AIDS virus?

A) just below 2%
B) about 10%
C) just under 15%
D) almost 20%
E) 25%

Question 36

From which country did the indentured workers who migrated to Guyana and Trinidad come?

A) India
B) China
C) Kenya
D) Tanzania
E) Ghana

Question 37

What element of plantation life was missing from the Caribbean when Europeans established the plantation economy there?

A) labor
B) land
C) market for the plantation crop
D) a suitable commodity crop
E) good weather

Question 38

Which of the following is NOT one of the characteristics of "plantation America"?

A) It relied on an African labor force.
B) It was managed by European elites.
C) It practiced mono-crop production.
D) It concentrated land in the hands of elite families.
E) It produced crops primarily for domestic consumption.

Question 39

Which of the following is NOT believed to be a cause of the high rate of HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean?

A) prostitution
B) the region's proximity to Africa
C) international tourism
D) lack of education programs and screening
E) poverty

Question 40

What well-known form of music is most closely associated with the Caribbean?

A) jazz
B) reggae
C) heavy metal
D) rap
E) rock and roll

Question 41

Which of the following countries have become economically dependent on bananas?

A) Dominican Republic
B) Haiti
C) St. Lucia
D) Jamaica
E) Barbados

Question 42

Tourism in the Caribbean

A) has declined dramatically in recent years.
B) was already booming in the late eighteenth century.
C) has had little economic impact on the region.
D) was originally dominated by Cuba.
E) is not an important contributor to the economy of the region.

Question 43

Most Caribbean peoples have an average life expectancy of

A) 45 years.
B) about 55 years.
C) 60 years.
D) 65 years.
E) over 70 years.

Question 44

As of 2001,how many Free Trade Zones were there in the Dominican Republic?

A) 5
B) 10
C) 20
D) 35
E) 50

Question 45

Historically,what crop has been the most important one in the Caribbean?

A) sugarcane
B) coffee
C) bananas
D) wheat
E) cocoa

Question 46

Which country runs the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM)that trains doctors from the Americas?

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

Question 47

The Caribbean was the first region of the Americas to be extensively explored and colonized by Europeans.

Question 48

This city is now the largest home port for cruise lines and the second largest cruise-ship port in the world in terms of total visitors.

A) Port Au Prince
B) Havanna
C) San Juan
D) Kingston
E) Santo Domingo

Question 49

What is the most common language in the Caribbean?

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

Question 50

The ________ basis of Caribbean households is often singled out as a distinguishing characteristic of the region.

A) matriarchal (female-dominated)
B) patriarchal (male-dominated)
C) oligarchic
D) foreign-dominated
E) all of the above

Question 51

The rimland of the Caribbean is the coastal zone of the mainland,beginning with Belize and extending along the coast of Central America to northern South America.

Question 52

Haiti experienced a devastating earthquake in January 2010.

Question 53

Which American president was responsible for the construction of the Panama Canal?

A) William McKinley
B) Warren Harding
C) Woodrow Wilson
D) Ronald Reagan
E) Theodore Roosevelt

Question 54

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

Question 55

What was the name of the initiative designed to launch rapid industrialization in Puerto Rico?

A) Operation Rapid Aid
B) Operation New Economy
C) Operation Econ Grow
D) Operation Industrialization
E) Operation Bootstrap

Question 56

Which of the following is TRUE of Cuba?

A) 1990, the country denounced communism
B) Since 1995 the country has had multi-party democracy
C) Raul Castro succeeded his brother Fidel Castro as President in 2008
D) It has the fastest growing population in the Caribbean
E) in 2001 Caba launched a failed invasion of the US

Question 57

By the early twentieth century,which foreign country was dominant in the Caribbean?

A) Britain
B) Spain
C) France
D) United States
E) Russia

Question 58

The rise of offshore banking in the Caribbean is most closely associated with ________,which began this industry in the 1920s.

A) Haiti
B) The Bahamas
C) Jamaica
D) Barbados
E) Belize

Question 59

During this country's Operation Bootstrap,island leaders encouraged U.S.investment by offering cheap labor,local tax breaks,and,most importantly,federal tax exemptions.

A) Dominican Republic
B) Cuba
C) Jamiaca
D) Puerto
E) Haiti

Question 60

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

A) brain drain
B) the continuing importance of the informal sector
C) drug trafficking
D) offshore banking and online gambling
E) all of the above

Question 61

Creolization describes the blending of Amerindian and European cultures in the Caribbean.

Question 62

Most of the slaves in the Americas came from West Africa,especially the Gold Coast (now Ghana)and the Bight of Biafra (now Nigeria).

Question 63

The indentured workers of Guyana and Trinidad came from India.

Question 64

Maroon societies were composed of wealthy Caribbean landowners.

Question 65

There is an absence of a large commercial fishing industry in the Caribbean because the presence of sharks in the Caribbean Sea makes it too dangerous to fish there.

Question 66

By the middle 1800s,when most colonial governments of Latin America began to free slaves,they sought more slaves from South and Southeastern Asia.

Question 67

Population growth has not contributed to deforestation in the Caribbean.

Question 68

The forest cover in the Caribbean is largely intact in the rimland states.

Question 69

AIDS is already the largest single cause of death among young men in the English-speaking Caribbean.

Question 70

In "plantation America" the crops are grown primarily for domestic consumption.

Question 71

Maroon societies stifled African culture in the Caribbean.

Question 72

At 74 mph,a tropical disturbance becomes a hurricane.

Question 73

Dominican Republic is the site of a wildlife sanctuary created by local farmers.

Question 74

The hurricanes that are so prevalent in the Caribbean originate in the Pacific Ocean.

Question 75

Most of the islands,with the exception of Cuba,are on the Caribbean tectonic plate,wedged between the South American and North American plates.

Question 76

Subsistence agriculture was most responsible for the deforestation of the islands of the Caribbean.

Question 77

The majority of slaves who were brought to the Caribbean came from West Africa.

Question 78

The most common number of crops grown under the plantation system of agriculture was one.

Question 79

Los Angeles,California has become the destination of choice for Cubans migrating to the United States.

Question 80

The Greater Antilles contain 85 percent of the population of the Caribbean.