Our Ancestors - An Introduction

Our ancestors are our......

• Mothers and Fathers

• Relatives from the past

• Grand parents

What term is used to refer to the movement of people from one place to another with the intention to settle?

• Pull Factor

• Traveling

• migration

A person who leaves his/her country of origin to go live in another is called a/an ___________

• Emigrant

• Immigrant

• visitor

Which ancestral group arrived in Jamaica in 1655?

• Spanish

• British

• Africans

Which of the following groups of ancestors came to Jamaica from the Middle East?

• Syrians & Chinese

• Lebanese & Tainos

• Syrians and Lebanese

The first set of Africans arrived in Jamaica in _________?

• 1517

• 1494

• 1854

Which ethnic group makes up most of the Jamaican population?

• Chinese

• Europeans

• Africans

Select the set that has the correct order in which our ancestors arrived in the island.

• Tainos, British, Chinese

• Tainos, Spanish, British

• Spanish, Africans, Syrians

Which major body of water did ALL groups of ancestors cross on route to the Caribbean/ Jamaica?

• Pacific Ocean

• Indian Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

Jamaica's percentage of African-Jamaican in the population is about ___________.

• 50%

• 90%

• 100%