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Jamaica: Parishes and Capitals

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the capital of Kingston?

a)

Half-Way-Tree

b)

Spanish Town

c)

Morant Bay

d)

Kingston

2.

Lucea is the capital of:

a)

St. Thomas

b)

Trelawny

c)

Hanover

d)

Westmoreland

3.

Which parish is correctly matched to its capital?

a)

St. James - Morant Bay

b)

Portland- Port Antonio

c)

St. Elizabeth- Santa Cruz

d)

St. Catherine - Portmore

4.

Which parish is located in the county of Middlesex

a)

St, Mary

b)

St. James

c)

Trelawny

d)

St. Andres

5.

Which set shows the parishes of Surrey only?

a)

Kingston, Half-Way Tree, St. Thomas, Portland

b)

Portland, St. Thomas, St. Mary, Kingston

c)

St. Andrew, Portland, Kingston, St. Mary

d)

St. Thomas, Kingston, St. Andrew, Portland

6.

What is the name of the parish shown in diagram?

a)

Clarendon

b)

St. Catherine

c)

Manchester

d)

Kingston

7.

What is the capital of the parish shown i the diagram?

a)

Lucea

b)

Morant Bay

c)

Savanna-la-mar

d)

Port Antonio

8.

What is the name of the parish to the north of the parish shown in the diagram?

a)

St. James

b)

Hanover

c)

Portland

d)

St, Ann

9.

Which parish is shown in the diagram?

a)

ST. Elizabeth

b)

St. Andrew

c)

St. Ann

d)

St. Catherine

10.

What is the capital of the parish labelled 8?

a)

Port Maria

b)

Port Antonio

c)

St. Ann's Bay

d)

Ocho Rios

11.

What is the capital of the parish labelled 7?

a)

Mandeville

b)

Vere

c)

May Pen

d)

Black River

12.

What is the capital of the parish labelled 3?

a)

Morant Bay

b)

St, Ann's Bay

c)

Black River

d)

Montego Bay

13.

Which parish is to the immediate west of the parish labelled 8?

a)

St. Ann

b)

St. Catherine

c)

Trelawny

d)

St. Mary

14.

Which statement is FALSE?

a)

All parishes have a main town called a capital.

b)

All parishes have a coastline

c)

The parishes of Jamaica are grouped into three counties.

d)

Jamaica was divided into parishes by the Spaniards

15.

Which was the first parish of Jamaica

a)

Sevilla la Nueva

b)

Spanish Town

c)

Kingston

d)

Montego Bay

16.

Which of the following is not a capital town in Jamaica?

a)

Montego Bay

b)

Port Maria

c)

Santa Cruz

d)

Mandeville

17.

Which of the following capitals is an inland capital?

a)

Montego Bay

b)

Half-Way- Tree

c)

Port Antonio

d)

Savanna-la-mar

18.

Clarendon is to Middlesex as St. Elizabeth is to:

a)

Surrey

b)

Cornwall

c)

Middlesex

d)

No answer given

19.

Who is the head of the Parish Council (Municipal Corporation)?

a)

Councillor

b)

Prime Minister

c)

Governor

d)

Mayor

20.

The residents of River Valley have not had their garbage collected in 4 weeks. To whom should they first go to with this problem?

a)

Prime Minister

b)

Mayor

c)

Member of Parliament

d)

Councillor for the area