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WorksheetsGrade 5 Social Studies Quiz July 24
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
The Spanish came to Jamaica in______.
1495
1494
1492
1490
_____ were the first European group to come to Jamaica.
The Spanish
The English
The French
The Dutch
When Christopher Columbus came to Jamaica, he found the ____ living there
The natives
The Tainos
The Caribs
The Aztecs
The main reasons for the Europeans had for exploring the new world were________.
To find new people
To find the Tainos
To plant cane
To find new trade routes and to find precious metals such as gold.
In which century did the English come to Jamaica?
The 17th century
The 18th century
The 19th century
The 20th century
When the English came to Jamaica in 1655, all the Tainos were ______.
Alive and happy
Living peacefully with the Spanish
All extinct
Had moved away
The ______ were taken to the Caribbean to work as slaves.
English
Africans
Americans
Caribs
The main crop that was planted by the English was ______.
Ginger
Pimento
Sugar cane
banana
Which part of the Caribbean did the Tainos settle?
The lesser Antilles
Only in Jamaica
The Greater Antilles
In Guyana
At first, Columbus thought he had sailed to ______ when he first arrived in the Caribbean.
China
North America
Brazil
India
What is colonisation?
The take over and fully control another country
To share ideas with another country
To take the people of one country and bring them to another
To invite the people to live in another country
In what year did Jamaica gain its independence from England?
1920
1953
1962
1980
