Deck 5: The Caribbean

Question 1

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

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

Answer 1

D

Question 2

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

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

Answer 2

E

Question 3

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

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

Answer 3

C

Question 4

What causes the destruction associated with hurricanes?

A) high winds
B) heavy rainstorms
C) severe flooding and coastal tidal surges
D) high winds and heavy rainstorms
E) high winds, heavy rainstorms, severe flooding and coastal tidal surges

Question 5

Where do the hurricanes that wrack the Caribbean originate?

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

Question 6

The language spoken by the most people in the Caribbean is French.

Question 7

What language is spoken by the most people in the Caribbean?

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

Question 8

Islands are the dominant landform in the Caribbean.

Question 9

As of 2013 the Dominican Republic had how many Free Trade Zones?

A) 5
B) 10
C) 12
D) 24
E) 50

Question 10

CARICOM was created by former Spanish colonies in the Caribbean.

Question 11

Caribbean countries attract foreign owned assembly-plant industries by offering cheap labor and local tax breaks.

Question 12

Plantation America refers to

A) a cultural region within the Americas.
B) a primarily coastal area engaged in monocropping.
C) villages for freed or runaway slaves.
D) a cultural region within the Americas that was primarily coastal and engaged in monocropping.
E) farms raising sugar cane or bananas.

Question 13

The most widely practiced African-influenced religion in Haiti is

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

Question 14

Jamaica is a possession of the United States and its residents are U.S.citizens.

Question 15

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

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

Question 16

The hurricanes that wrack the Caribbean originate in the Pacific Ocean.

Question 17

Haiti has presented the most serious threat to U.S.foreign policy interests in the Caribbean since the 1950s.

Question 18

What are remittances?

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

Question 19

Belize is the site of a wildlife sanctuary created by villagers that protects black howler monkeys.

Question 20

87 percent of the population of the Caribbean live in the Greater Antilles.

Question 21

Discuss the 2010 Haitian earthquake,including Haiti's proximity to tectonic plates,the damage,and how the poverty of Haiti worsened the effects of this devastating event.

Question 22

Discuss the environmental degradation and poverty that is prevalent in Haiti.Be certain to emphasize the historical factors that have led to this situation in the country.

Question 23

Describe and analyze the nature of U.S.involvement in the Caribbean from 1898 to the present.

Question 24

What are Maroon societies and how do they provide a strong reflection of African roots in the Caribbean today?

Question 25

Discuss the role of slavery in the Caribbean region.

Question 26

Discuss how social and economic inequality in Haiti has contributed to a cycle of environmental degradation and poverty.

Question 27

Throughout the Caribbean women have high social status.

Question 28

Describe the migration patterns that are common in the Caribbean,including those that lead its residents to North America.

Question 29

Discuss the role of free trade zones (FTZs)in the economic and social development of the Caribbean.