Revision on Our Caribbean Culture

Which of the following best describes the culture of a nation?

• The goals one aims to achieve in life.

• The kind of government that governs the nation.

• The way of life of a nation.

• Singing, drumming and dancing

Which of the following factors would influence the culture of a nation most significantly?

• climate

• immigration

• vegetation

• landscape

Which of the following groups does not belong to the groups of voluntary immigrants?

• Chinese

• British

• Africans

• Indians

Which group participated in the post-emancipation immigration?

• Africans

• French

• Indians

• English

The Indentureship System was _________________.

• voluntary work

• free labour

• contracted work

• forced labour

What would emancipation mean for enslaved immigrants? They would be ____________.

• be made owners of sugar plantations.

• no longer be owned as property.

• only work on the sugar plantations.

• be equal in status to the Europeans.

Choose the push factors.

• lack of job opportunities

• great job opportunities

• over population

• Lack of medical care

Which groups came after slavery

• Africans

• Indians

• Chinese

• Syrians/Lebanese

Identify all the pull factors.

• natural disasters such as earthquakes, overpopulation, lack of medical care

• job opportunities, better education.

• persecution because of someone's gender, race, religion or belief

• drought, famine, war, crime, violence

The period during which a person is indentured or bound to work is called ______________.

• contract

• indentureship

• indentured servant

• workmanship