Globalization and Diversity, 5e (Rowntree et al.)
Chapter 5 The Caribbean
1) What is the rimland of the Caribbean?
A) Belize and Costa Rica
B) the Guyanas
C) the coastal zone of the mainland, beginning with Belize and extending along the coast of
Central America to northern South America
D) the countries of the Greater and Lesser Antilles
E) Panama
2) The island arc running from Cuba to Trinidad is called
A) Key West.
B) the Bahamas.
C) the Guianas.
D) the Antilleans.
E) the Windwards.
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3) The Caribbean Sea has never supported large-scale commercial fishing because
A) there were never large quantities of any one species of fish.
B) the water to too warm to support large quantities of fish.
C) the water is too clear to support large quantities of fish.
D) commercial tourism has ruined fishing grounds.
E) the first European settlers overfished the region and destroyed commercial fishing.
4) The mountains of the Greater Antilles were of little commercial value because
A) the high-altitude soils were too poor.
B) the coastal plains and valleys were preferred by plantation owners.
C) the cooler temperatures were not right for the agricultural products Europeans desired.
D) there was too much precipitation at the higher altitudes.
E) runaway slaves made it dangerous for Europeans to farm there.
5) The primary agricultural product of the Guianas was
A) fish and shrimp.
B) cotton.
C) bananas.
D) citrus.
E) sugarcane.
6) French Guiana is still important to France because
A) it is the home of the Devil’s Island penal colony.
B) the French conduct their nuclear testing program there.
C) it is the site of the European Space Agency.
D) it is a major tourist destination for French citizens.
E) it is the source of most of the wood used for commercial buildings in France.
7) What Caribbean country is most at risk because of sea-level rise?
A) Cuba
B) the Bahamas
C) Suriname
D) Jamaica
E) Belize
8) Which country is home to both a howler monkey preserve and a jaguar preserve?
A) Guyana
B) Puerto Rico
C) Cuba
D) Belize
E) Haiti
9) Why hasn’t the Caribbean Sea supported large commercial fishing operations?
A) There are no fish in the Caribbean Sea.
B) The presence of sharks in the Caribbean Sea makes it too dangerous to fish there.
C) Other resources are much more valuable.
D) The quantity of any one species in the Caribbean Sea is limited.
E) The people in the region cannot afford the equipment.
10) At what wind speed does a tropical disturbance become a hurricane?
A) 50 mph
B) 74 mph
C) 90 mph
D) 100 mph
E) 114 mph
11) In which Caribbean country did the 2005 Hurricane Dennis have the most devastating effect?
A) Jamaica
B) Haiti
C) Dominican Republic
D) Cuba
E) Granada
12) What practice was most responsible for the deforestation of the islands of the Caribbean?
A) road construction
B) subsistence agriculture
C) suburbanization
D) urbanization
E) sugarcane plantation agriculture
13) According to your text, how did European colonialists in the Caribbean view forests?
A) as unproductive
B) as a valuable resource worth preserving
C) as a beautiful environment
D) as a hunting ground
E) as a barrier to travel
14) In which part of the Caribbean is the forest cover largely intact?
A) island states
B) rimland states
C) In no part of the Caribbean is the forest cover largely intact.
D) throughout the region
E) Puerto Rico
15) How much of its original forest cover has Haiti lost?
A) none of it
B) a little of it
C) half of it
D) most of it
E) all of it
16) What is the source of the place-name, “Caribbean“?
A) the French explorer who discovered the region
B) its major export
C) its former native people
D) the primary language in the region
E) the species of tree that dominates the region
17) Which of the following is NOT a factor that has contributed to deforestation in the
Caribbean?
A) the accidental introduction of exotic caterpillars that killed forests throughout the region
B) population growth
C) commercial harvesting of lumber
D) sugarcane plantations
E) provide fuel
18) Which of the following islands is NOT part of the Greater Antilles?
A) Cuba
B) Hispaniola
C) Bahamas
D) Jamaica
E) Puerto Rico
19) What area of the Caribbean is the most biologically diverse ecosystem of the marine world?
A) river system
B) coral reef
C) the deepest parts of the Caribbean Sea
D) the western edge of the Caribbean Sea
E) the Bermuda Triangle
20) The isolated proximity of the Caribbean refers to all of the following EXCEPT
A) the sustained cultural diversity that the region has maintained.
B) the early and continued independence of all of the nations contained within the region.
C) the limited economic opportunities the region has been offered.
D) the geographic closeness to North America.
E) the region‘s unique position in the world.
21) Which of the following species has (have) become extinct as a consequence of deforestation
in the Caribbean?
A) indigenous shrubs and trees
B) songbirds
C) large mammals
D) monkeys
E) all of the above
22) According to the graphic below, Port Au Prince, Haiti, lies within which of the following?
A) Tropical Rainy
B) Tropical Wet and Dry Savanna
C) Tropical Monsoon
D) Tropical and Subtropical Desert
E) none of the above
23) According to the graphic below Cayenne, French Guiana, lies within which of the following?
A) Tropical Rainy
B) Tropical Wet and Dry Savanna
C) Tropical Monsoon
D) Tropical and Subtropical Desert
E) none of the above
24) Beginning in the seventeenth century, the Caribbean forests were removed for all of the
following purposes, EXCEPT
A) ship building.
B) to clear land for sugarcane cultivation.
C) fuel for sugar processing.
D) timber for home building.
E) the export of tropical hardwoods.
25) Which U.S. city has become the destination of choice for Cubans migrating to the United
States?
A) New York City
B) Houston
C) Los Angeles
D) Chicago
E) Miami
26) On which island of the Caribbean did HIV/AIDS first appear?
A) Haiti
B) Dominican Republic
C) Puerto Rico
D) Montserrat
E) Jamaica
27) What was the most common number of crops grown under the plantation system of
agriculture?
A) one
B) two
C) five
D) seven
E) ten
28) Which Caribbean country has the highest population density?
A) Bermuda
B) Barbados
C) Grenada
D) Guyana
E) Martinique
29) What was the main cause of the Caribbean demographic collapse?
A) slavery
B) war
C) migration
D) disease
E) drought
30) What is the primary difference between the populations of Haiti and Cuba?
A) Cuba’s population is much younger and growing faster.
B) Haiti’s population is getting older with fewer young people.
C) Cuba’s population is stable and older with smaller families.
D) Haiti’s population is growing very slowly.
E) There is no difference—the two populations are basically the same.
31) What is the cultural region from Brazil up to the Southeastern United States?
A) plantation America
B) Greater Antilles
C) Lesser Antilles
D) Guyanas
E) the Rimland
32) Which Caribbean country is the most urbanized?
A) Cuba
B) Jamaica
C) Haiti
D) Guyana
E) Puerto Rico
33) What is the oldest continuously occupied European city in the Caribbean?
A) Havana
B) San Juan
C) Santo Domingo
D) Kingston
E) Port–au–Prince
34) What percentage of the people in Haiti between the ages of 15 and 49 are infected with the
HIV/AIDS virus?
A) just below 2%
B) about 10%
C) just under 15%
D) almost 20%
E) 25%
35) Which of the following is NOT believed to be a cause of the high rate of HIV/AIDS in the
Caribbean?
A) prostitution
B) the region’s proximity to Africa
C) international tourism
D) lack of education programs and screening
E) poverty
36) What is the Caribbean diaspora?
A) the movement of Africans into the region during the twentieth century
B) the gradual separation of the islands through the tectonic movement of the Caribbean Plate
C) the economic flight of Caribbean peoples across the globe
D) the increasing number of international tourists to the region during the last twenty years
E) the refugee movements within each country in the region
37) Which Caribbean country sends the most emigrants to England?
A) Cuba
B) Barbados
C) Grenada
D) Guyana
E) Martinique
38) What is the approximate population of the Caribbean?
A) 12 million
B) 22 million
C) 44 million
D) 57 million
E) 94 million
39) Which Caribbean countries have the lowest rates of natural increase in the region?
A) Cuba and Puerto Rico
B) Trinidad and Tobago
C) French Guiana and Suriname
D) Guyana and Belize
E) Guadelupe and Martinique
40) Why were many cities of the Caribbean surrounded by walls?
A) to protect against attacks by indigenous peoples
B) to protect against raids from rival European powers and pirates
C) to protect against raids by Maroons
D) to protect people from attacks by wild animals
E) The walls were nothing more than copies of European architectural styles.
41) Which of the following is NOT one of the characteristics of “plantation America”?
A) It relied on an African labor force.
B) It was managed by European elites.
C) It practiced mono-crop production.
D) It concentrated land in the hands of elite families.
E) It produced crops primarily for domestic consumption.
42) Which pattern of emigration from the Caribbean is LEAST likely to occur?
A) A Haitian migrates to Liverpool, England.
B) A citizen of Barbados settles in the London suburb of Brixton.
C) A Puerto Rican moves to New York City.
D) A native of Suriname sets up housekeeping in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
E) A Cuban establishes residency in Miami, Florida.
43) To which of the countries below would a person who is part of the Caribbean diaspora be
LEAST likely to emigrate?
A) United States
B) Canada
C) Germany
D) France
E) England
44) What element of plantation life was missing from the Caribbean when Europeans established
the plantation economy there?
A) labor
B) land
C) market for the plantation crop
D) a suitable commodity crop
E) good weather