Social Studies Term 2 STD3

Which of the following days is a public holiday?

• Valentine's Day

• Good Friday

• Ash Wednesday

• Phagwa

which of these festivals is celebrated about 40 days after Carnival?

• Divali

• Eid-ul-Fitr

• Christmas

• Easter

All of the following are associated with Valentine's Day except:

• hearts

• chocolates

• marbles

• flowers

Choose the group that is matched correctly.

• Chocolates and Phagwa

• Carnival and December

• Divali and May

• Easter and Jesus Christ

Carnival was introduced to our country by the:

• Spanish

• French

• Africans

When does Lent begin?

• Good Friday

• Easter Monday

• Ash Wednesday

• Holy Thursday

African slaves were brought to Trinidad and Tobago because:

• they knew about sugarcane plantations

• they wanted to go on holiday

• they were used to the type of climate

• there was a need for cheap labour in Trinidad and Tobago

Cultural activities such as 'Limbo, Bongo, Shango' in our society today are things which remind us about:

• The French

• The Spanish

• The Africans

• The Amerindians

To which group of early settlers do names like Maracas, Esperanza and Rio Claro belong?

• Chinese

• East Indians

• Spanish

• English

The East Indians who came to work on the sugarcane plantations were called:

• labourers

• workers

• indentured labourers

• slaves