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Indentured Labourers

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

People who move out of a country are called immigrants

a)

True

b)

False

2.

The East Indians who came to the Caribbean were immigrants from India.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

After emancipation, the Chinese came as immigrants to work on the sugar plantations.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

The East Indians became immigrants when they settled in Jamaica.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Rajiv's parents were indentured servants. Which of the following were parts of the contract that they signed?

a)

To work for three years and then return home.

b)

To work for wages.

c)

To pay their own rent.

d)

To work for five or ten years to the end of their contract.

6.

Which ethnic group am I? We came to Jamaica from 1860 to 1893.

a)

Africans

b)

East Indians

c)

Chinese

d)

Spaniard

7.

Which ethnic group am I? We came from small villiages in South China.

a)

British

b)

Chinese

c)

East Indians

d)

Arawak

8.

Which ethnic group am I? We came to the British Caribbean Islands in 1838 and 1917

a)

East Indian

b)

Chinese

c)

British

d)

Spanish

9.

What are some of the reasons why people move?

a)

To get a better paid job.

b)

To find a disaster area.

c)

To avoid areas high crime rate.

d)

To experience better weather conditions.

10.

Which option correctly shows the time line in which the different ethnic groups came to the Caribbean?

a)

Spanish, British, Africans

b)

Spanish, Africans, British

c)

British, Spanish, Africans

d)

Africans, Spanish, British

11.

What were the push factors that made the Indians leave India?

a)

Famine, poverty, employment

b)

Employment, paid passage to the West Indies, a better way of life

c)

Unemployment, famine, poverty

d)

poverty, bad weather, famine

12.

What is NOT TRUE of the conditions of the East Indian labourers?

a)

They were given housing

b)

They were given clothing and tools

c)

They were given basic food rations

d)

They were not allowed to leave the plantations

13.

Mr Chan left small villages in South China in 1884 and migrated to Jamaica. What two pull factors helped Mr Chan decide to migrate?

a)

working long hours

b)

secure employment and housing

c)

poverty

d)

land or cash payment at the end of the contract

14.

People who move into a country are called immigrants.

a)

True

b)

False