Caribbean Integration

What Caribbean cultural Festival was first clebrated in Guyana in 1972?

• CARICOM

• CARIFTA

• NAFTA

• CARIFESTA

non-political areas of cooperation within the Caribbean are

• Culture, economics, sport, education

• Medicine, sport, education, culture

• disaster preparedness, culture, automation, sport

• foreign affairs, sport, culture, medicine

Some things you would expect to see and do at CARIFESTA are:

• Caribbean Village

• Opening ceremony with all participating cultures

• Music night

• All of the above

CARIFESTA aims to create a platform for Caribbean culture to be celebrated & recognised and to foster unity among the region.

• True

• False

CDEMA stands for

• Caribbean Duties Ememrgency Managemnt Authority

• Caribbean Disaster Economic Management Agency

• Countries Disaster Entry Management Agency

• Caribbean Disaster Ememrgency Management Agency

How many Caribbean countries are members of the CDEMA

• 10

• 5

• 18

• 20

Responsibilities of CDEMA include:

• managing and coordinating disaster relief

• getting reliable information on disasters

• setting up and maintaining adequate disaster response.

• All of the above

Which Caribbean Island spearheaded the response to the earthquake in Haiti in 2010

(a)  

Why did Jamiaca lead the response team after thee earthquake in Haiti?

• because its closest to Haiti

• its responsible for the northern geographic zone of CDEMA

• Jamaica and Haiti have good relations

• Jamaica & Haiti share a common history

Which sporting events feature in the CARIFTA Games

• track and field, throwing, hurdles & jumping

• football, hockey, track and field

• basketball, throwing, hurdles & netball

• cycling, track and field & jumping