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WorksheetsGrade 5 Social Studies Revision_Jan 2025
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 25mins
What is the term used to describe Caribbean countries being owned and ruled by European countries?
migration
colonialism
Middle Passage
Organize these options into the right categories
Were given rations to eat
Slave women cooked for them
Wore rags
Wore fancy outfits
Lived in very small huts
Lived in large houses
Had no healthcare. Relied on bush medicines
Healthcare was good and easy
Religious practices were forced on them
Practiced Christianity
No clean water
Had clean refreshing water
Replace the words in the brackets with the correct word.
Slavery lasted for over three (hundred years) (a) during which many enslaved Africans (fought against) (b) slavery through many protests and revolts. Many ran away from sugar (farms) (c) and sometimes managed to escape into the mountains to join the (runaway enslaved Africans) (d) . Many enslaved people worked hard for the (ending) (e) of slavery.
Match the following words with their correct meanings.
Buying and selling
Trading
Owned territories
Colonies
Treated as property of European planters
Enslaved People
Rule of the land
Law
Freedom
Emancipation
Reasons for ethnic diversity among Caribbean people
Wanted to find gold and a new route to the East
Spanish
Forced to come to provide free labour on plantations
Africans
Were jealous of Spanish wealth in New World
British
Were brought over as indentured labourers after abolition of slavery
Chinese
_________ is the period of service of the enslaved Africans between the Emancipation Act and full Emancipation.
Slavery
Indentureship
Apprenticeship
Which of the following ethnic groups colonised the Caribbean?
Indigenous people
East Indians
Europeans
Chinese
Which of the following activities are ways to promote Caribbean cultural heritage at a festival
I. National dishes of the islands on sale
II. Quadrille, Kumina & Maypole dance demonstrations
III. Water slides, ferris wheel & bounce-abouts
IV. Cricket competition
I and II only
I, II and III
I, II and IV
I, III and IV
Our __________ speaks to ways of life that have been inherited over time, handed down from one generation to the next.
cultural heritage
caribbean diversity
caribbean identity
Identify the primary aspect of Caribbean culture that is a part of worship
Food
Government
Architecture
Music
Which ethnic group dominated the languages now spoken in the Caribbean?
Europeans
Africans
Chinese
East Indians
Complete the following statement.
Rumba is to Cuba as merengue is to ______
Jamaica
Trinidad & Tobago
Dominican Republic
Barbados
Select the TWO ethnic groups that have had the greatest influence on Caribbean music and dance.
Africans
Chinese
Europeans
East Indians
What are the names of three major types of landforms found in Jamaica?
Mountains, rivers, and deserts
Hills, sand dunes, and glaciers
Forests, plains, and caves
b) Mountains,, valleys and plateaus
What is the best definition of erosion?
The building of new mountains
The movement of soil and rocks by wind, water, or ice
The growing of trees in forests
The breaking of rocks to make tools
True or False?
Wind is the natural force responsible for most of the erosion of Jamaica's landforms.
True
False
Leaving land without plants or grass is one of the contributors to soil erosion in Jamaica.
True
False
Match the following pictures to the type of landform.
Always >600m above sea leavel
May appear in groups
Vast area of low lan anywhere from 0 - 200m above sea level
May have steep slopes
Flat area of land at an elevation above 200m
Round in shape and can lie between 200 and 600m above sea level
Match the following landforms to the process that contributed to its formation.
Waterfall
Plateau
Valley
Hills
Beach
Plains
Delta
Reorder the following from greatest to lowest height above sea level
Mountain
Hill
Plateau
Plain
Math the definitions with the correct words
Antonym for deposition
erosion
Synonym for erosion
removal
features sometimes formed at river mouths due to deposition
deltas
feature formed at coastline due to erosion
cliff
feature formed at coastline due to deposition
beach
