Our Caribbean Culture

1. Read the following sentences and replace the blank spaces with the most suitable options.

The indians and the chinese who settled in the caribbean were __________ who migrated from the continent of ___________. Before they left their home countries they ____________ to serve five years of _________________.

• a. emigrants, Africa, were forced, enslavement

• b. immigrants, Asia, signed a contract, indentureship

• c. immigrants, europe, signed a contract, indentureship

• d. emigrants, asia, were forced, enslavement

2. Mrs. Campbell's Grade 6 students are preparing a display to showcase some artefacts, music, dances and types of food brought by people who came to the Caribbean. Which could be a title for this display?

• a. Our African Culture

• b. Our Cultural Heritage

• c. The Ethnic Groups

• d. The Indentured Workers

1. Tainos 2.________ 3.________ 4._______ 5. Indians

3. Which option would correctly complete the timeline showing the order in which the different ethic groups came to the Caribbean?

• a. Spanish, British, Africans

• b. Spanish, Africans, British

• c. British, Spanish, Africans

• d. Africans, Spanish, British

4. What are the push factors that made the Indians leave India?

• a. Famine, poverty employment

• b. Employment, paid passage passage to the West Indies, a better way of life

• c. Unemployment, famine, poverty

• d. Poverty, bad weather, famine

5. What is not true of the conditions for East Indian labourers?

• a. They were given housing

• b. They were given clothing and tools

• c. They were given basic food rations

• d. They were not allowed to leave the plantations

6. What is meant by an indentureship?

• a. A contract of employment for a set period of time

• b. An East Indian or Chinese labourer

• c. A passage from India to the Caribbean

• d. Wages for paid work

7. Which of the following was brought to the Caribbean by both the East Indians and the Chinese?

• a. Roti

• b. Rice

• c. Sarees

• d. The dragon dance

8. Which is the best definition for culture?

• a. The way of life of a group of people

• b. Traditional customs

• c. Shared beliefs of a group of people

• d. Festivals and customs

9. Migration can be defined as ________________.

• a. Movement from one place to another

• b. Movement of people

• c. Movement of people from one place to another to settle

• d. Transportation

10. Sophia just moved to Orange Village from Hebert Town. This is her second time moving from her home. This time she moved because of the poor roads and low employment rate. The factors causing Sophia to move are called ______________.

• a. pull factors

• b. immigration

• c. push factors

• d. migration