Our Common Heritage

Who were the first group of people to come to the Jamaica?

• The British

• The East Indians

• The Tainos

• The Chinese

An ethic group is BEST described as _____________

• A group of people

• A group of people who share common history and culture

• A group of people with mixed heritage

• African people

Culture is defined as_________

• The way of life of a group of people

• Shared beliefs of a group of people

• Traditional customs.

• Festivals and celebrations

The people who came after emancipation were called ______

• slaves

• Amerindians

• Indentured servants

• Europeans

What year did the East Indians come?

• 1839

• 1865

• 1838

• 1821

What were the three main groups of people who came to the Caribbean?

• Africans, Europeans, Amerindians

• Amerindians, Asians, Africans

• Asians, Africans, Europeans

What is the order in which the different groups of people came to the Jamaica?

• Spanish, Africans, Chinese, East Indians, Africans, Tainos, British

• Tainos, Spanish, Africans, British, Chinese, Africans, East Indians

• Tainos, Africans, British, Spanish, East Indians, Chinese, Africans,

• Tainos, Spanish, Africans, British, Africans, East Indians, Chinese

Why did the East Indians and Chinese come to Jamaica?

• To work on the apprenticeship program

• To work on sugar plantations after slavery was abolished

• To be plantation owners

• To purchase land

Which is the BEST definition for migration.

• movement from one place to another

• movement of people of people from one place to another to settle

• movement of people

• transportation

Those favourable conditions which cause people to move to a particular area are called.

• external migration

• pull factors

• push factors

• immigration