Caribbean Culture Social Studies Revision 1 - Gr 5 December 2024

Culture can be comprised of a group's religion, music, dance, stories, sports, celebrations, festivals, dress and food.

• True

• False

All the countries in the Caribbean share the same culture.

• True

• False

Match the following

• English

• The first group of Europeans that came to the Caribbean in 1492.

• Africans

• One of the ethnic groups that came to work on plantations after emancipation in 1845.

• Spanish

• The group of Europeans that came to the Caribbean because they were jealous of the Spanish wealth.

• Indians

• Came as servants to the Spanish in 1513.

All of the following are official languages in the Caribbean EXCEPT

• English

• Spanish

• French

• Chinese

• Dutch

Patois in Jamaica is considered

• one of it's official languages

• an unofficial language

• an African language

Match the following Caribbean countries to their official language

• French

• Suriname

• Dutch

• Jamaica

• English

• Haiti

• Spanish

• Dominican Republic

Haitian Creole is one of Haiti's official languages and is used by the vast majority of the population.

• True

• False

Spanish is the official language of Hispaniola.

• True

• False

Which country's official languages include BOTH Spanish and English?

• Cuba

• Puerto Rico

• Dominican Republic

• Haiti

Most of the smaller islands in the Lesser Antilles speak ​ (a)  

because they were colonized by the (b)   .

• Spanish
• Dutch
• British
• English
• Spaniards