Caribbean Studies Quiz

The basic purpose of a research paper is to

• a. Explain

• b. Inform

• c. Persuade

• d. Illustrate

If a population's needs are not met, then what could happen?

• a. The population would grow

• b. The population may grow smaller

• c. The population would not change

Why did the planter class oppose Pan-Africanism?

• a. They thought it would lead to emancipation

• b. They thought it was not Christian like

• c. They thought it would destroy colonialism

Which of the following is not an indication of social development?

• a. Modern water facilities

• b. Access to all social media

• c. Tertiary education

• d. Proper infrastructure – roads etc.

Poet Aime Cesaire, Leopold Sedar Senghor are associated with which movement?

• a. Negritude

• b. Garveyism

• c. Emancipation

• d. Marxism

To ensure that a scientific work is free of bias and meets standards set by the scientific community, a research group’s work is reviewed by _____

• a. The general public

• b. The researcher’s friends

• c. Lawmakers

• d. Anonymous scientific experts

The spread of people, ideas, technology and products among places.

• a. Specialization

• b. Diffusion

• c. Trade

• d. Globalization

How can people reduce global warming?

• a. Conserve energy

• b. Burn coal

• c. Produce methane

• d. Remove trees

Kareen is studying demography in her biology class. Her teacher gives her a chart showing a country’s birth and death rate over the past 200 years. She notices a dramatic change in birth and death rates as the years have passed. This chart best illustrates which of the following

• a. Age-structure diagrams

• b. Demographic increase

• c. Demographic transition

• d. Exponential growth

Economic growth indicators

I. Include GDP and GNP

II. Can only provide a limited understanding of development

III. Is not the same as human development

IV. Include measurements of inflation

• A. I&III

• B. II&III

• C. I,II and III

• D. I, II, III and IV