Our Common Culture

1. Identify the sentences in which the underlined term is used correctly.

I. Our African ancestors worked as slaves on sugar plantations.

II. The Chinese came to Jamaica as indentured workers on the Middle Passage.

III. The Africans received low salaries during their enslavement.

IV. Plantations were large farms that the Europeans on Caribbean lands to engage a large slave workforce.

• a. I and II

• b. I and IV

• c. I and III

• d. II and III

2. On August 1 Jamaica celebrate the freedom of their ancestors from a life of brutal treatment and from being the property of plantation owners. What is this day called?

• a. Independence Day

• b. Labour Day

• c. Emancipation Day

• d, National Heroes Day

3. Who were the first Europeans to come to Jamaica?

• a. Portuguese

• b. British

• c. French

• d. Spanish

4. Sunetra's favourite dish is roti and dahl, Su Yeng's is special chow mein and Alejandro loves tortillas. These different dishes belong to the cooking traditions of different ____________.

• a. Religions

• b. Countries

• c. Ethnic groups

• d. Societies

5. Who introduced slavery in the Caribbean?

• a. English

• b. French

• c. Spanish

• d. Dutch

6. Why were the Africans brought to work as slaves on the sugar plantations?

• a. They were the cheapest to buy.

• b. They were easier to capture.

• c. Amerindian slavery was abolished in the Caribbean.

• d. After many Amerindians died there was a great demand for African slave labour.

7. When did the English colonise Jamaica?

• a. 1655

• b. 1603

• c. 1665

• d. 1633

8. Which historical experience of the Caribbean people would you associate with the harsh treatment of African workers on the sugar plantations?

• a. Independence

• b. Colonisation

• c. Slavery

• d. Emancipation

9. What is the correct term for the people who came before us?

• a. Descendants

• b. Settlers

• c. Ancestors

• d. Ethnic group

10. Which of the following was not a reason why the Spanish came to the Caribbean?

• a. To import African slaves

• b. To find new route to the east

• c. To find gold

• d. To control the spice trade