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1. The area where the Kalinagos lived before they migrated to the Caribbean islands is labelled
(A) I
(B) II
(C) III
(D) IV

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2. Which of the following territories was 8. The granting of trade licences to private ship
inhabited by the Tainos in 1492 captains led to the practice of illegal raids called
(A) Belize (A) piracy
(B) Jamaica (B) colonizing
(C) Dominica (C) privateering
(D) St. Vincent (D) buccaneering

3. In which of the following territories were

9. In which chronological order did the
both Tainos and Kalinagos resident in 1492?
following conflicts occur?
(A) Cuba
I. Seven Years War
(B) Antigua
II. Third Anglo-Dutch War
(C) Barbados
III. War of Spanish Succession
(D)Puerto Rico
IV. English Conquest of Jamaica
(A) I, II, III and IV
4. Which of the following materials was NOT
(B) II, III, IV and I
one of the building materials used by the Maya?
(C) III, II, I and IV
(A) Iron
(D) IV, II, III and I
(B) Paint
(C) Stone
(D) Wood 10. The Spanish monarchs readily supported
Columbus’ voyages because of Spain’s trade
rivalry with
5. Which of the following leaders is NOT
(A) Italy
correctly matched to his indigenous people?
(B) France
(A) Nacoms - Tainos
(C) England
(B) Cacique - Tainos
(D) Portugal
(C) Ubutu - Kalinago
(D) Halach Uinic – Maya
11. Which of the following reasons BEST
explains the change from tobacco to sugar in
6. The factor which did NOT play a key role in
the British Caribbean?
bringing the Europeans to the Americas is the
(A) High quality of West Indian sugar
(A) desire for wealth
(B) Poor quality of West Indian tobacco
(B) established trade routes
(C) Competition from British American
(C) development of the compass
colonies
(D) existence of financial support
(D) Decline in demand for West Indian
Tobacco
7. The Spaniards who were assigned to care for 12. Which of the following were the most
the Indigenous Peoples were called common methods of sale for Africans in the
(A) Alcaldes West Indies?
(B) Audiencias (A) Auction and barter
(C) Governors (B) Scramble and barter
(D) Encomenderos (C) Auction and scramble
(D) Barter and consignment

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13. The transition was made from logwood to
mahogany because of
(A) adequate supplies of labour 17. The MAIN reason for the success of the
(B) protests from the Baymen Haitian revolution was the
(C) easy access to mahogany trees (A) superior leadership of Toussaint
(D) decline in demand for logwood (B) guerrilla tactics of the enslaved Africans
dye (C) alliance the enslaved Africans made
with the coloureds
(D) support the enslaved Africans received
14. The final place where African captives were
from the British
held in Africa before transportation to the
Caribbean was the
(A) fort 18. The existence of maroon societies in
(B) coffle Jamaica in the 1700s may BEST be explained by
(C) prison the
(D) barracoon (A) influence of Haitian slaves
(B) presence of the British soldiers
(C) presence of mountainous terrain
15. Which of the following was the correct
(D) influence of newly arrived Africans
order of status on the plantation during what
period?
(A) Manager, bookkeeper, attorney 19. In the British colonies, laws regulating the
(B) Bookkeeper, manager, attorney institution of slavery were created by the
(C) Attorney, manager, bookkeeper (A) British Parliament
(D) Bookkeeper, attorney, manager (B) stipendiary magistrates
(C) governor of each colony
(D) legislature of each colony
16. In which order did the following revolts
occur?
(A) Christmas Rebellion, Berbice Rebellion, 20. Which of the following freedom fighters is
Haitian Revolution, Bussa Rebellion NOT correctly paired to the territory?
(B) Berbice Rebellion, Haitian Revolution, (A) Cuffy - Berbice
Bussa Rebellion, Christmas Rebellion (B) Bussa - Barbados
(C) Bussa Rebellion, Haitian Revolution, (C) Sam Sharpe - Jamaica
Christmas Rebellion, Berbice Rebellion (D) Toussaint - Santo Domingo
(D) Haitian Revolution, Berbice Revolt,
Bussa Rebellion, Christmas Rebellion

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21. Which of the following British amelioration
proposals did planters object to MOST ?
23. Who led the campaign for the abolition of
(A) Marriage of slaves
the slave trade in the British Parliament in the
(B) Abolition of Sunday market
1830s?
(C) Abolition of flogging for males
(D) Slaves giving evidence in court (A) Granville Sharpe
(B) Thomas Buxton
(C) Thomas Clarkson
22. What is the correct chronological order of
(D) William Wilberforce
the following events?

(A) Amelioration, abolition of slave trade, 24. The slave rebellion which forced the British
Mansfield judgement, apprenticeship government to seriously consider an
(B) Mansfield judgement, abolition of slave emancipation proposal was the
trade, amelioration, apprenticeship (A) Bussa Rebellion
(C) Apprenticeship, Mansfield judgement, (B) Berbice Rebellion
amelioration, abolition of slave trade (C) Haitian Revolution
(D) Abolition of slave trade, apprenticeship, (D) Christmas Rebellion
amelioration, Mansfield judgement

25. Which reason BEST explains why 27. Which Caribbean country was the greatest
compensation was paid to the planters in 1833? recipient of East Indian migrants between 1838
(A) Planters were bankrupt. and 1917?
(B) Government owed the planters. (A) Guyana
(C) Property was being taken away. (B) Jamaica
(D) Planters needed money to pay debts. (C) Grenada
(D) Trinidad
26. English-speaking Caribbean planters sought
alternative forms of labour after 1838 for all the 28. The Chinese immigration scheme failed
following reasons EXCEPT because
(A) the freed people were lazy I. the scheme was more expensive than
(B) freed people sought employment other schemes
(C) they were unable to pay the high wages II. Chinese immigrants were too few in
(D) there was a large scale exodus from the number to be significant
estates III. Chinese immigration negatively
affected Chinese family structure
IV. the British government had no control
over Chinese immigration
(A) I and IV only
(B) II and III only
(C) III and IV only
(D) I, II, III and IV

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29. What reason BEST explains why Jamaican 32. Peasants introduced all of the following
planters imported Germans for their sugar crops to the English-speaking economies
plantations after 1835? EXCEPT
(A) Many blacks had already left the (A) Rice
plantations. (B) Limes
(B) Planters wanted Germans to be (C) Wheat
policemen. (D) Arrowroot
(C) Jamaica had a severe labour shortage.
(D) Planters wanted Germans to occupy the 33. A political effect of the development of the
highlands. peasantry was the acquisition of
(A) business
(B) property
30. The BEST reason for explaining why Indian
(C) social status
immigration was described as a ‘new system of
(D) voting rights
slavery’ was the
(A) conditions aboard ship in the Atlantic
(B) way in which Indians were recruited
34. In which of the following territories were
(C) long journey from India to the
formerly enslaved persons MOST successful in
Caribbean
setting up free villages after emancipation?
(D) working and living conditions on the
(A) Antigua
plantations
(B) Jamaica
(C) Grenada
31. Which of the following actions were used to (D) Barbados
obstruct the development of the peasantry in
the British Caribbean? 35. Which territory experienced the most rapid
peasant development in the period 1838 to
I. Signing long labour contracts 1860?
II. Selling crown lands at high prices (A) St Lucia
III. Evicting squatters from crown lands 36 (B) Jamaica
IV. Refusing to issue licenses to work (C) Trinidad
outside estates (D) British Guiana
(A) I and IV only
(B) I and III only 36. The MAIN reason for the USA’s invasion of
(C) II, III and IV only Cuba in 1898 was to
(D) I, II and III only (A) establish naval bases
(B) protect American residents in Cuba
(C) fulfil an old desire to take control of Cuba
(D) punish Spain for the sinking of the USS
Maine

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37. The BEST explanation of the aims of the 40. The United States involvement in Puerto
USA’s intervention in Haiti in 1915 was to Rico did NOT result in the
(A) replace voodoo with (A) granting of independence to Puerto
Christianity Rico
(B) promote religious freedom in (B) establishment of naval bases in Puerto
Haiti Rico
(C) facilitate government reforms (C) migration of Puerto Ricans to the
in Haiti United States
(D) prevent a possible German (D) production of goods for the United
takeover in Haiti States market

41. Which of the following helped to create the

38. Which of following BEST describes the labour unrest in the 1930s in the British
Monroe Doctrine? Caribbean?
(A) A statement warning European imperial I. High unemployment
powers to stay out of the Americas II. Poor working conditions
(B) A belief that the United States was III. Desire for independence
destined to conquer the whole of the (A) II only
Americas (B) I and II only
(C) The belief that the United States had (C) I and III only
the right to act as a policing power in (D) I, II and III
the Americas
(D) The use of diplomacy and military force 42. Which of the following persons played an
by the United States to control important part in the struggle for social justice
Caribbean and Latin American nations in St Kitts in the 1930s?
(A) Uriah Butler
39. Item 39 refers to the following statement. (B) Clement Payne
This policy dominated United States relations (C) Grantley Adams
with its Latin American neighbors in the 1930s. (D) Robert Bradshaw
The policy referred to in the statement was
known as the 43. Which of the following was NOT a feature of
(A) Big Stick Policy the labour unrest in the British Caribbean in the
(B) Good Neighbour Policy 1930s?
(C) Policy of Dollar Diplomacy (A) Riots
(D) Policy of Alliance for Progress (B) Strikes
(C) Civil wars
(D) Demonstrations

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44. The Moyne Commission blamed the poor working conditions in the British Caribbean in the 1930s on
the
(A) Worker
(B) political parties
(C) trade union leaders
(D) British Government

48. Which of the following were contributing

45. The rapid growth of trade unions in the factors to the outbreak of the Morant Bay
British 48 Caribbean after 1939 was due Rebellion?
MAINLY to the I. Denial of justice to black people
(A) support of church leaders II. Very restricted voting rights of blacks
(B) passage of favourable laws III. The intolerant policy of Governor Eyre
(C) increase in the labour force towards the poor
(D) influence of Marcus Garvey IV. The willingness of the planter class to make
land available to freed people
46. The factors which contributed to the failure
of the West Indies Federation of 1958 tol962 (A) I and III only
were the (B) I, II and IV only
I. lack of funding for the Federation (C) I, II and III only
II. insularity of Caribbean political leaders (D) I, II, III and IV
III. withdrawal of Jamaica from the Federation
IV. individual governments retaining control
overtaxation
(A) I and II only 49. After the Morant Bay Rebellion, Crown
(B) I and IV only Colony government was introduced in all the
(C) I, III and IV only following territories EXCEPT
(D) I, II, III and IV (A) Jamaica
(B) Barbados
47. All of the following persons played a role in (C) Montserrat
the West Indies Federation EXCEPT (D) British Virgin Islands
(A) Eric Williams
(B) Arthur Cipriani 50. All of the following persons led their
(C) Grantley Adams territories to independence EXCEPT
(D) Norman Manley (A) Eric Williams
(B) Errol Barrow
(C) Forbes Burnham
(D) Grantley Adams

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51. Colonialism is BEST decribed as the 56. In which of the following systems of
(A) spread of culture by force government in the British Caribbean did the
(B) killing of native peoples by foreign governor have MOST power?
invaders (A) Self-government
(C) settlement and control of one country (B) Proprietary government
by another (C) Crown Colony government
(D) conversion of native peoples to the (D) Representative government
Christian religion
57. To solve their labour problems immediately
52. In which chronological order were the after emancipation, MOST British Caribbean
following cultivated for export from the British planters were in favour of
Caribbean area? (A) immigration
(A) Tobacco, sugar, bananas (B) higher wages
(B) Sugar, bananas, tobacco (C) diversification
(C) Bananas, tobacco, sugar (D) mechanization
(D) Tobacco, bananas, sugar
58. The movement towards independence in
53. The policy of improving the conditions the British Caribbean was an evolution rather
under which enslaved persons in the British than a revolution MAINLY because
colonies lived and worked was known as (A) all islands did not gain independence at
(A) abolition the same time
(B) amelioration (B) political parties in the Caribbean
(C) emancipation demanded change
(D) apprenticeship (C) the British government was not against
the change
54. Which of the following groups of countries (D) it came after years of gradual
is arranged in the chronological order in which constitutional change
they freed their enslaved?
(A) France, Spain, Britain 59. Which of the following statements is true of
(B) Spain, France, Britain BOTH Dr Eric Williams and Sir Alexander
(C) Britain, France, Spain Bustamante?
(D) Britain, Spain, France (A) They gave active support to the 1958
Federation.
55. The notable event in British Caribbean (B) Each led his country into independence
history which occurred in 1838 was the from Britain in 1962.
(A) end of the apprenticeship system (C) Each was the political leader of his
(B) introduction of the apprenticeship country at the start of the 1958
system Federation.
(C) approval of the amelioration proposals (D) They started their careers as active
(D) abolition of the tax on manumission trade union leaders and later entered
politics.

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60. In which chronological order did the following territories gain their independence?
I. Haiti
II. Cuba
III. Trinidad
(A) I, II and III
(B) II, I and III
(C) II, III and I
(D) III, II and I