NAAS Grade 5 Social Studies Revision Quiz

1. The ____________ were already here when the Spaniards came.

• a. British

• b. Tainos

• c. Spanish

• d. Dutch

2. In 1791, the immigration of ___________ settlement to Jamaica began. Some of the countries the _________ settled in included St. Kitts, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia and St. Domingue, now called Haiti.

• a. Spanish

• b. British

• c. French

• d. Chinese

3. The ____________ were from tribes such as Ashanti and Mandingoes.

• a. Tainos

• b. East Indians

• c. Lebanese

• d. Africans

4. Why were the Africans brought to work as slaves on the sugar plantation?

• a. they were the cheapest to buy.

• b. after many Amerindians died there was great demand for African slave labour.

• c. they were easier to capture.

• d. Amerindian slavery was abolished in the Caribbean.

5. In May 1655, after several attempts, the__________ were successfully able to invade Jamaica.

• a. Spanish

• b. British

• c. French

• d. Africans

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

• a. Africans

• b. Spanish

• c. Syrians

• d. Chinese

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

• a. settlers

• b. ancestors

• c. descendants

• d. ethnic group

8. 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. ethnic group

• c. countries

• d. people

9. On August 1 Jamaicans 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. Lent

• c. Emancipation Day

• d. National Heroes' Day

10. Europeans came because they wanted to convert the people they saw to Christians.

• a. true

• b. false