Grade 5 Social Studies Quiz July 24

The Spanish came to Jamaica in______.

• 1495

• 1494

• 1492

• 1490

_____ were the first European group to come to Jamaica.

• The Spanish

• The English

• The French

• The Dutch

When Christopher Columbus came to Jamaica, he found the ____ living there

• The natives

• The Tainos

• The Caribs

• The Aztecs

The main reasons for the Europeans had for exploring the new world were________.

• To find new people

• To find the Tainos

• To plant cane

• To find new trade routes and to find precious metals such as gold.

In which century did the English come to Jamaica?

• The 17^th century

• The 18^th century

• The 19^th century

• The 20^th century

When the English came to Jamaica in 1655, all the Tainos were ______.

• Alive and happy

• Living peacefully with the Spanish

• All extinct

• Had moved away

The ­­­­­­______ were taken to the Caribbean to work as slaves.

• English

• Africans

• Americans

• Caribs

The main crop that was planted by the English was ______.

• Ginger

• Pimento

• Sugar cane

• banana

Which part of the Caribbean did the Tainos settle?

• The lesser Antilles

• Only in Jamaica

• The Greater Antilles

• In Guyana

At first, Columbus thought he had sailed to ______ when he first arrived in the Caribbean.

• China

• North America

• Brazil

• India