What do you think you know about the caribbean?

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session title: quiz
What do you think
you know about the
Caribbean?
session 1: introduction
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Session 1 - Quiz:
What do you think you know about the Caribbean?
Section A: Geography
1. Approximately how many islands are located in the Caribbean Sea?
70
700
7000
2. Approximately how big is the Caribbean Sea?
1.5 million km²
2.7 million km²
9.9 million km²
3. Which of these maps is an outline of the island of Trinidad in the Caribbean Sea?
Island A?
Island B?
Island C?
4. Which of these Caribbean countries is located in the
north-east of the continent of South America?
Bermuda
Guyana
Martinique
5. Match these flags to the correct Caribbean country:
Flag A?
Flag B?
Flag C?
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
Dominica
Guadeloupe
Jamaica
St. Kitts and Nevis
Barbados
Antigua and Barbuda
Jamaica
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Session 1 - Quiz:
What do you think you know about the Caribbean?
Section B: People and Places
1. Match each of these famous people to their place of birth in the
Caribbean region. The first one has been done for you.
Famous Caribbean People and their Birthplaces
Trinidad
Jamaica
Cuba
Jamaica
Dominica
Jamaica
Barbados
Guyana
Antigua
Haiti
Paul Bogle (? - d.1865) –
Baptist deacon and leader
of the Morant Bay Rebellion
Rihanna / Robyn Rihanna
Fenty (b.1988-) – Singer
Claudia Jones (1915-1964)
– Journalist and human
rights campaigner
Jamaica
Toussaint L’Ouverture
(1743-1803) –
Leader of the 1791 Revolution
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Jamaica Kincaid
(b.1949-) – Writer
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Session 1 - Quiz:
What do you think you know about the Caribbean?
Section B: People and Places
1. Match each of these famous people to their place of birth in the
Caribbean region. The first one has been done for you.
Famous Caribbean People and their Birthplaces
Trinidad
Jamaica
Cuba
Jamaica
Dominica
Jamaica
Barbados
Guyana
Antigua
Haiti
Usain Bolt (b.1986-)
– Olympic athlete
Dr James Risien Russell
(1863-1939) – Army captain
and professor of medicine
Carlos Acosta (b.1973-)
– Ballet dancer
Eugenia Charles / Dame Mary Eugenia
Charles, DBE (1919-2005) – Lawyer and the first
female Prime Minister in a Caribbean country
Una Marson (1905-1965) –
Broadcaster and journalist
2. Mary Prince (c.1788-1833) was one of the first Caribbean women to have
her biography (life story) published in Britain. The title of her book was
“The History of Mary Prince”. When was it published?
1731
1831
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1931
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Session 1 - Quiz:
What do you think you know about the Caribbean?
Section C: History and Culture
1. The first successful revolution to end slavery in a Caribbean country took
place between 1791 and 1803. Where did this take place?
Guyana
(formerly Demerara)
Haiti
(formerly
Saint Domingue)
Barbados
2. What does “emancipation” mean?
To set someone
free from the control
of another person.
Freedom from
enslavement.
To leave the
country where
you were born
and settle in
a new place.
To transport something
from one place
to another place –
usually between
different countries.
3. When did enslaved Africans in the Caribbean achieve emancipation?
1807
1834
1838
4. In the Caribbean during the 19th century,
what type of work did most people do?
Agricultural labour
/ farming work
Jobs in tourism
Industrial manufacturing /
factory work
5. Which of these cash crops was most commonly grown on
plantations in the Caribbean during the 19th century?
Maize (Corn)
Tabacco
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Sugar cane
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Session 1 - Quiz:
What do you think you know about the Caribbean?
Section C: History and Culture
6. Why did thousands of Caribbean workers migrate to Panama in
Central America between the 1880s and the early 1900s?
To build the Bridge
of the Americas
To build the
San Lorenzo Castle
To build the
Panama Canal
7. Quadrille has been a very important part of Caribbean culture since the
18th century and it is still performed today. What is a “quadrille”?
A traditional song
A traditional dance
A traditional play
8. Look at this historical photograph of the Caribbean? The title is “Sugar-Cane
Cutters in Jamaica” and the original image is stored in the archives at the
National Maritime Museum (London). When do you think this picture was taken?
18th century
19th century
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20th century
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Section C: History and Culture
9. Approximately how many Caribbean soldiers of the British West Indies Regiment fought for the Allied forces during World War 1 (1914-1919)?
560
5,600
15,600
10. Approximately how many Caribbean men and women volunteered to serve
with the British military forces (army, navy and air crew) during the Second
World War (1939-1945)?
6,000
10,000
16,000
11. The Empire Windrush was a famous ship that travelled to Britain in June 1948
with approximately 500 passengers on board from the Caribbean.
Where did it dock?
Portsmouth
Southampton
Tilbury in Essex
12. Which of these Caribbean islands became an independent country in 1962?
Antigua and Barbuda
Dominica
Trinidad and Tobago
13. Eugenia Charles was the first woman to become Prime Minister in Dominica.
When did this happen?
1960
1980
2000
14. What of these sayings is the national motto of Trinidad and Tobago?
Together We Aspire,
Dios, Patria, Libertad
Together We Achieve. (God, Country, Liberty).
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One People, One
Nation, One Destiny.
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Session 1 - Quiz:
What do you think you know about the Caribbean?
Section C: History and Culture
15. Which of these famous Caribbean poets won the
Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992?
Aimé Césaire
Louise Bennett
(‘Miss Lou’)
Derek Walcott
16. What is the national fruit of Jamaica?
Ackee
Breadfruit
Guava
17. Which of these styles of music is the oldest?
Calypso
Mento
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Reggae
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Section C: History and Culture
18. What is the official language spoken on the island of Guadeloupe?
Dutch
English
French
19. Carnivals are an important cultural tradition in many Caribbean countries
and take place in different months of the year. Match these three annual
festivals to their dates:
1
Barbados ‘Crop Over’ Carnival
2
Carnival in Montserrat
3
Trinidad Carnival and ‘Mardi Gras’ Masquerade
Between February
or early March,
before the Christian
Festival of Lent
During late July,
or early August
Between Christmas
and New Year’s Day
(December-January)
20. Match each Coat of Arms shown below to the correct country.
Coat of Arms A?
Coat of Arms B?
Coat of Arms C?
Dominica
Cuba
Anguilla
Jamaica
Grenada
Barbados
St Vincent and the Grenadines
St Kitts and Nevis
Haiti
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