Question 1

What is the most common language in the Caribbean?

Accepted Answer

A)  English
B)  Spanish
C)  French
D)  Portuguese
E)  DutchF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 2

The Caribbean basin has one of the highest net migration rates in the world. For every one thousand people in the region, how many leave each year?

Accepted Answer

A)  40.4
B)  40
C)  0.4
D)  4
E)  400F) A) and B)
G) None of the above

Question 3

Olympic gold medal sprinter Usain Bolt is from which island nation in the Caribbean?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jamaica
B)  Bahamas
C)  Dominica
D)  Cuba
E)  BarbadosF) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 4

Which Caribbean country was a close ally of the former Soviet Union in the Cold War era after World War II?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jamaica
B)  Haiti
C)  Montserrat
D)  Cuba
E)  Puerto RicoF) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 5

The newest industry to take hold in the microstates (ex. Antigua and St. Kitts) of the Caribbean is

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A)  offshore accounts
B)  on-line gambling
C)  money laundering
D)  insurance underwriting
E)  cosmetic surgeryF) B) and C)
G) C) and D)

Question 6

The most widely practiced religion in Haiti is

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A)  Obeah.
B)  Umbanda.
C)  Candomble.
D)  Santeria.
E)  Voodoo.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 7

What is creolization?

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A)  the creation of a distinctive Caribbean-style political system
B)  the development of a Caribbean-based cuisine (food preparation) 
C)  the means by which Caribbean nations gained their independence
D)  the evolution of a Caribbean language family
E)  the blending of African and European cultures in the CaribbeanF) A) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 8

Capital leakage is best defined as

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A)  the movement of profits to offshore accounts
B)  the loss of profits due to governmental corruption
C)  the migration of tourism away from the Caribbean market to other destinations
D)  the loss of tourism revenue due to external factors (such as war or an epidemic) 
E)  the huge gap between gross receipts from tourism and the amount which remains in the local island economyF) All of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 9

What practice was most responsible for the deforestation of the islands of the Caribbean?

Accepted Answer

A)  subsistence agriculture
B)  road construction
C)  suburbanization
D)  sugarcane plantation agriculture
E)  urbanizationF) C) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 10

Discuss the role of slavery in the Caribbean region.

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Question 11

Of the following Caribbean countries, which one is the farthest north?

Accepted Answer

A)  Suriname
B)  Belize
C)  Haiti
D)  Cuba
E)  JamaicaF) C) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 12

Which of the following is NOT a common form of destruction associated with hurricanes?

Accepted Answer

A)  high winds
B)  heavy downpours
C)  loss of marine biodiversity
D)  severe flooding
E)  coastal storm surgesF) A) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 13

A sizeable percentage of the population of the former British colonies of Trinidad and Tobago and of Guyana claim ancestry from which region?

Accepted Answer

A)  United States
B)  West Africa
C)  South Asia
D)  Australia
E)  ChinaF) All of the above
G) None of the above

Question 14

Caribbean hurricanes

Accepted Answer

A)  are a minor inconvenience, but not a real problem.
B)  often enter the Caribbean at the Lesser Antilles.
C)  are not officially hurricanes until they reach winds of 110 miles per hour.
D)  originate in the west Atlantic.
E)  are relatively rare.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 15

Who are the Garifuna?

Accepted Answer

A)  the union between Africans and Carib Indians on the island of St. Vincent who were forcibly transported to the Caribbean coast of Central America
B)  maroons who escaped into the interior of Surinam and Guyana
C)  freed slaves who emigrated from the Caribbean to the United States
D)  people of direct African descent who have rarely intermarried outside of their tight kinship network
E)  African slaves who were repatriated to Africa after their servitude was overF) C) and D)
G) C) and E)

Question 16

Which of the following areas received the largest number of slaves between 1492 and 1870?

Accepted Answer

A)  Spanish America
B)  Brazil
C)  the Danish Caribbean
D)  the French Caribbean
E)  the British CaribbeanF) B) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 17

The nation which initially dominated the Caribbean tourism trade was

Accepted Answer

A)  Dominican Republic
B)  Bahamas
C)  Barbados
D)  Cuba
E)  Puerto RicoF) A) and B)
G) C) and E)

Question 18

What is the major attraction of offshore banking in the Caribbean?

Accepted Answer

A)  confidential services
B)  specialized services and tax exempt deposits
C)  tax-exempt deposits
D)  confidential and specialized services
E)  specialized services that are confidential and tax-exemptF) C) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 19

Which pattern of emigration from the Caribbean is LEAST likely to occur?

Accepted Answer

A)  A Puerto Rican moves to New York City.
B)  A Cuban establishes residency in Miami, Florida.
C)  A Haitian migrates to Liverpool, England.
D)  A citizen of Barbados settles in the London suburb of Brixton.
E)  A native of Suriname sets up housekeeping in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 20

The population pyramids for Cuba and Haiti reveal

Accepted Answer

A)  the population of Haiti is stable and older than that of Cuba
B)  Cuba will expect explosive population growth in coming decades
C)  life expectancy is longer in Haiti than in Cuba
D)  there are more children as percentage of the Cuban population than the Haitian population
E)  the population of Cuba is stable and older than that of HaitiF) A) and D)
G) C) and D)

Exam 5: The Caribbean

What practice was most responsible for the deforestation of the islands of the Caribbean?

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Of the following Caribbean countries, which one is the farthest north?

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Which Caribbean country was a close ally of the former Soviet Union in the Cold War era after World War II?

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Olympic gold medal sprinter Usain Bolt is from which island nation in the Caribbean?

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The newest industry to take hold in the microstates (ex. Antigua and St. Kitts) of the Caribbean is

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What is creolization?

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What is the major attraction of offshore banking in the Caribbean?

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Who are the Garifuna?

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What is the most common language in the Caribbean?

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Capital leakage is best defined as

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The Caribbean basin has one of the highest net migration rates in the world. For every one thousand people in the region, how many leave each year?

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The most widely practiced religion in Haiti is

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The population pyramids for Cuba and Haiti reveal

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The nation which initially dominated the Caribbean tourism trade was

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Which pattern of emigration from the Caribbean is LEAST likely to occur?

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Discuss the role of slavery in the Caribbean region.

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Which of the following is NOT a common form of destruction associated with hurricanes?

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A sizeable percentage of the population of the former British colonies of Trinidad and Tobago and of Guyana claim ancestry from which region?

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Which of the following areas received the largest number of slaves between 1492 and 1870?

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