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Our Common Heritage

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who were the first group of people to come to the Jamaica?

a)

The British

b)

The East Indians

c)

The Tainos

d)

The Chinese

2.

An ethic group is BEST described as _____________

a)

A group of people

b)

A group of people who share common history and culture

c)

A group of people with mixed heritage

d)

African people

3.

Culture is defined as_________

a)

The way of life of a group of people

b)

Shared beliefs of a group of people

c)

Traditional customs.

d)

Festivals and celebrations

4.

The people who came after emancipation were called ______

a)

slaves

b)

Amerindians

c)

Indentured servants

d)

Europeans

5.

What year did the East Indians come?

a)

1839

b)

1865

c)

1838

d)

1821

6.

What were the three main groups of people who came to the Caribbean?

a)

Africans, Europeans, Amerindians

b)

Amerindians, Asians, Africans

c)

Asians, Africans, Europeans

7.

What is the order in which the different groups of people came to the Jamaica?

a)

Spanish, Africans, Chinese, East Indians, Africans, Tainos, British

b)

Tainos, Spanish, Africans, British, Chinese, Africans, East Indians

c)

Tainos, Africans, British, Spanish, East Indians, Chinese, Africans,

d)

Tainos, Spanish, Africans, British, Africans, East Indians, Chinese

8.

Why did the East Indians and Chinese come to Jamaica?

a)

To work on the apprenticeship program

b)

To work on sugar plantations after slavery was abolished

c)

To be plantation owners

d)

To purchase land

9.

Which is the BEST definition for migration.

a)

movement from one place to another

b)

movement of people of people from one place to another to settle

c)

movement of people

d)

transportation

10.

Those favourable conditions which cause people to move to a particular area are called.

a)

external migration

b)

pull factors

c)

push factors

d)

immigration

11.

few schools, no running water, poor health care are classified as

a)

push factors

b)

pull factors

c)

unemployment

d)

emigration

12.

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

a)

pull factors

b)

push factors

c)

migration

d)

immigration

13.

dress, food, dance, music etc. are called

a)

ethnic groups

b)

items on a menu

c)

aspects of culture

d)

cultural celebrations

14.

Which style of music is incorrectly matched with its country of origin?

a)

Cuba - Rhumba

b)

Jamaica - Mento

c)

Trinidad and Tobago - Bomba

d)

Haiti - Merengue

15.

Haiti is to Mardi Gras and Barbados is to __________

a)

Chinese new year

b)

Crop Over

c)

Carnival

16.

Which of the following BEST promotes Caribbean culture?

a)

Selling drinks at a school fair

b)

setting up displays with Caribbean craft items, brochures about Caribbean history and playing Caribbean music

c)

Having street parades with people dancing to Caribbean music.

d)

Singing the National anthem of a particular Caribbean country

17.

Divali, Idul-fit-tr , Divali, Christmas and Easter are all

a)

Secular festivals

b)

Hindu Festivals

c)

Islamic Festivals

d)

Religious Festivals

18.

Different groups of people from different ethnicities and cultures existing as one nation is expressed in the _______

a)

Jamaican Anthem

b)

Jamaican motto

c)

The national pledge of Jamaica

d)

The National song for schools

19.

The different ethnic groups came from all the following continents EXCEPT _______________

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

South America

d)

Australia

e)

Europe

20.

What is meant by indentureship?

a)

a contract of employment for a set period of time

b)

An East Indian or Chinese labourer

c)

A passage from India to the Caribbean

d)

Wages for paid work