Defining The Caribbean
15 Questions
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This first quiz is based on the handout posted on the class website hist150. Pbworks. Com
The handout is entitled 'Defining the Caribbean'
Questions and Answers
- 1.
The Caribbean Islands make an arc which begins from the south of Florida in the north to the north of Venezuela in the south
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 2.
The Greater Antilles is made up of Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico and Trinidad
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 3.
The most easterly of the Caribbean islands is Tobago
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 4.
Two countries which are not islands but are historically considered part of the Caribbean are,
- A.
Trinidad and Tobago
- B.
Trinidad and Belize
- C.
Belize and Venezuela
- D.
Guyana and Belize
Correct Answer
D. Guyana and Belize -
- 5.
The cultural variety of the Caribbean is most readily seen in its linguistic traditions.
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 6.
The earliest inhabitants of the Caribbean, who arrived here circa 5000BCE, are referred to by archeologists as...
- A.
The paleo-indians
- B.
The meso-indians
- C.
The first peoples
- D.
The neo-indians
Correct Answer
A. The paleo-indians -
- 7.
The neo-indians were hunter-gatherers who also supplemented their diet with agriculture
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 8.
The group of salodoid indiand who spoke an Arawakan language and settled mainly in the Greater Antilles, called themselves
- A.
Kalinago
- B.
Taino
- C.
Comanche
- D.
Iroquois
Correct Answer
B. Taino -
- 9.
The Caribs were thought to be canibals since they ate human flesh as a source of sustenance
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
- 10.
The notion of Kalinago cannibalism was exposed by historians to be a myth
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 11.
The Europeans interpretation of the indigenous people of the Caribbean can be referred to as ethnocentric
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 12.
The economic role of Taino women was mainly
- A.
Farming
- B.
Pottery making
- C.
Basketry
- D.
Canoe making
Correct Answer
A. Farming -
- 13.
Miniature representations of the deity of the Taino was called
- A.
Manioc
- B.
Bohio
- C.
Fetish
- D.
Zemi
Correct Answer
D. Zemi -
- 14.
The agricultural plots of the Taino indigenes were called conucos
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
A. True -
- 15.
Taino dug-out canoes held a maximum of 200 people
- A.
True
- B.
False
Correct Answer
B. False -
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