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The British Quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This treaty signed in 1763 gave the British permission to cut logwood.

a)

Treaty of Madrid

b)

Treaty of Paris

c)

Treaty of Versailles

d)

Treaty of Belize

2.

The British pirates could no longer rob Spanish ships due to this agreement.

a)

Convention of London

b)

Treaty of Versailles

c)

1859 Treaty

d)

Treaty of Madrid

3.

The Spaniards gave the British permission to cut logwood between the Rio Hondo and Belize rivers in this treaty.

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

Treaty of Madrid

c)

Treaty of Paris

d)

Anglo-Guatemalan Treaty

4.

The British agreed to evacuate this place in the Convention of London.

a)

St. George's Caye

b)

Ambergris Caye

c)

Mosquito Shore

d)

Omoa, Honduras

5.

The Spaniards successfully removed the British from St. George's Caye after they surrendered.

a)

1655

b)

1798

c)

1859

d)

1779

6.

The British first settled in Belize to extract which commodity?

a)

mahogany

b)

logwood

c)

sugar

d)

gold

7.

The mahogany revolution occurred in:

a)

the 1770s

b)

1779

c)

1670

d)

the 1600s

8.

When a minority of settlers owned the majority of the land, this was called:

a)

democracy

b)

colonization

c)

monopolization of land

d)

location laws

9.

Logwood was transported down the river using

a)

location laws

b)

bark logs

c)

barbecues

d)

Baymen

10.

The British passed these regulations to establish how land would be owned in the settlement.

a)

Burnaby's Code

b)

Customs of the Bay

c)

location laws

d)

Convention of London

11.

The _____ attacked the British because they were encroaching on their lands.

a)
Mayas
b)

Slaves

c)

Spanish pirates

d)

Baymen

12.

The early British settlers called themselves _________ ___________ to distinguish them from new settlers.

a)
principal inhabitants
b)

mighty Baymen

c)

first settlers

d)

logwood cutters

13.

In the Convention of London, the settlement boundary was extended to the _____ River.

a)
Sibun
b)

New

c)

Sarstoon

d)

Belize

14.

A ________ work was where the large trees were found and cut down for export.

a)
mahogany
b)

logwood

c)

barbecue

d)

cedar

15.

The _________ were responsible for taking care of and guiding the oxen that dragged the mahogany logs to the river.

a)
cattlemen
b)

huntsmen

c)

axemen

d)

cowboys

16.

They were responsible for cutting down the trees and trimming them as well.

a)

huntsman

b)

axemen

c)

cattlemen

d)

woodcutters

17.

How many enslaved Africans did a British settler have to own in order to acquire a mahogany work?

a)

10

b)

2

c)

12

d)

4

18.

This would be the last time the Spaniards attempted to remove the British from the settlement.

a)

1798

b)

1779

c)

1796

d)

1783

19.

The switch from focusing on the extraction of logwood to focusing on mahogany instead.

a)

forestocracy

b)

mahogany revolution

c)

logwood trade

d)

mahogany works

20.

This negative impact of the switch involved the removal of trees without replanting any.

a)

monopolization of land

b)

afforestation

c)

deforestation

d)

forestocracy

21.

When the British first came to Belize, they were (a)   .

22.

The (a)   was the slave responsible for identifying mahogany trees before they were cut down.

23.

The British who were in the forest during the Spanish attack in 1779 escaped to (a)   .

24.

The British who first settled at St. George's Caye also called themselves (a)   .

25.

By the time of the mahogany revolution, the British were using (a)   to cut the logs they were exporting.