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WorksheetsOur Common Heritage
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Who were the first group of people to come to the Jamaica?
The British
The East Indians
The Tainos
The Chinese
An ethic group is BEST described as _____________
A group of people
A group of people who share common history and culture
A group of people with mixed heritage
African people
Culture is defined as_________
The way of life of a group of people
Shared beliefs of a group of people
Traditional customs.
Festivals and celebrations
The people who came after emancipation were called ______
slaves
Amerindians
Indentured servants
Europeans
What year did the East Indians come?
1839
1865
1838
1821
What were the three main groups of people who came to the Caribbean?
Africans, Europeans, Amerindians
Amerindians, Asians, Africans
Asians, Africans, Europeans
What is the order in which the different groups of people came to the Jamaica?
Spanish, Africans, Chinese, East Indians, Africans, Tainos, British
Tainos, Spanish, Africans, British, Chinese, Africans, East Indians
Tainos, Africans, British, Spanish, East Indians, Chinese, Africans,
Tainos, Spanish, Africans, British, Africans, East Indians, Chinese
Why did the East Indians and Chinese come to Jamaica?
To work on the apprenticeship program
To work on sugar plantations after slavery was abolished
To be plantation owners
To purchase land
Which is the BEST definition for migration.
movement from one place to another
movement of people of people from one place to another to settle
movement of people
transportation
Those favourable conditions which cause people to move to a particular area are called.
external migration
pull factors
push factors
immigration
few schools, no running water, poor health care are classified as
push factors
pull factors
unemployment
emigration
Sophia just moved to Orange Village from Herbert Town. This is her second time moving from her home. This time she moved because of the poor roads and low employment rate. The factors causing Sophia to move are called
pull factors
push factors
migration
immigration
dress, food, dance, music etc. are called
ethnic groups
items on a menu
aspects of culture
cultural celebrations
Which style of music is incorrectly matched with its country of origin?
Cuba - Rhumba
Jamaica - Mento
Trinidad and Tobago - Bomba
Haiti - Merengue
Haiti is to Mardi Gras and Barbados is to __________
Chinese new year
Crop Over
Carnival
Which of the following BEST promotes Caribbean culture?
Selling drinks at a school fair
setting up displays with Caribbean craft items, brochures about Caribbean history and playing Caribbean music
Having street parades with people dancing to Caribbean music.
Singing the National anthem of a particular Caribbean country
Divali, Idul-fit-tr , Divali, Christmas and Easter are all
Secular festivals
Hindu Festivals
Islamic Festivals
Religious Festivals
Different groups of people from different ethnicities and cultures existing as one nation is expressed in the _______
Jamaican Anthem
Jamaican motto
The national pledge of Jamaica
The National song for schools
The different ethnic groups came from all the following continents EXCEPT _______________
Asia
Africa
South America
Australia
Europe
What is meant by indentureship?
a contract of employment for a set period of time
An East Indian or Chinese labourer
A passage from India to the Caribbean
Wages for paid work
