The Bahamas and TCI

The Bahamas and __________ both claimed the Turks & Caicos Islands.

• Jamaica

• Cuba

• Bermuda

• Florida

Revenue from_______ was the primary cause of the tensions between the Bahamas and Bermuda

• Forestry

• Fishing

• Salt Raking

• All of the above

Pine Ridge started as logging camp on ________.

• New Providence

• Abaco

• Andros

• Grand Bahama

A Stevedore worked on a . . .

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Long Cay and Mayaguana were major stevedoring centers.

• TRUE

• FALSE: It was Long Cay and Abaco

• FALSE: It was Long Cay and San Salvador

• FALSE : It was Long Cay and Inagua

Turks Islanders living in the Bahamas were victimised by the PLP following ____.

• Internal Self Rule [1964]

• Independence [1972-1973]

• Majority Rule [1967-1968]

• None of these

The Bahamas and TCI share the ....... Archipelago.

• Bahamian

• Lucayan

• Bermudan

• Caribbean

Turks Islanders were the main group that first worked for this company that would eventually become Morton Salt.

• West India Chemical Company

• West Indies Chemical Company

• West Indian Chemical Company

• West End Chemical Company

When did TCI formally leave the Bahamas to become a separate colony?

• 1838

• 1848

• 1839

• 1849

Why did TCI ask to be governed by the Jamaican Colonial Assembly after only 25 years as a separate colony?

• There was a constant threat of Spanish invasion

• They ran into financial difficulties

• They were having internal political problems

• All of these