45) What well-known form of music is most closely associated with the Caribbean?
A) jazz
B) reggae
C) heavy metal
D) rap
E) rock and roll
46) What is the most common language in the Caribbean?
A) English
B) Spanish
C) French
D) Dutch
E) Portuguese
47) What is creolization?
A) the development of a Caribbean-based cuisine (food preparation)
B) the evolution of a Caribbean language family
C) the blending of African and European cultures in the Caribbean
D) the creation of a distinctive Caribbean–style political system
E) the means by which Caribbean nations gained their independence
48) What is “indentured labor”?
A) another phrase for slavery
B) professional workers specially recruited for niche positions
C) workers contracted to work on estates for a set period of time
D) workers in dental offices
E) workers in technical fields
49) According to the graphic below, what is the official language of St. Lucia?
A) Spanish
B) English
C) Portuguese
D) Dutch
E) Creole
50) The mix of European and African cultures is called
A) Amerindian.
B) Mestizo.
C) the African Diaspora.
D) creolization.
E) a maroon society.
51) In 1989, how did Cuba respond to pressing food shortages?
A) They increased imports from China.
B) The Cuban government normalized relations with the United States.
C) They instituted a massive urban-to-rural migration to increase production.
D) They created an urban agricultural program.
E) They switched from farming to commercial fishing.
52) In Trinidad, discarded oil drums were used to make
A) cooking utensils.
B) steel pan drums.
C) housing.
D) water containers to catch rain.
E) fish farms.
53) What Caribbean country sends the most players to Major League Baseball in the United
States?
A) Puerto Rico
B) Cuba
C) Jamaica
D) Dominican Republic
E) Haiti
54) Maroon societies were composed of which group of people?
A) Asian immigrants to the Caribbean
B) European managers of plantations in the Caribbean
C) Hindu immigrants to the Caribbean
D) escaped slaves
E) wealthy Caribbean landowners
55) Which of the following types of music is NOT associated with the Caribbean?
A) reggae
B) calypso
C) merengue
D) jazz
E) rumba
56) Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons for treating the Caribbean as a region that
is distinct from Latin America?
A) The region contains a large native population that still exists on the landscape today.
B) It has a more diverse European colonial history.
C) There is a stronger African influence in the region.
D) The region lacks a strong Iberian influence.
E) The region has only a minor legacy of Amerindians.
57) From which part of Africa did the majority of slaves who were brought to the Caribbean
come?
A) West Africa
B) South Africa
C) East Africa
D) North Africa
E) the Horn of Africa
58) By the middle 1800s, when most colonial governments in the Caribbean began to free slaves,
they sought indentured laborers from which other world region(s)?
A) East Africa
B) South and Southeastern Asia
C) North America
D) West Africa
E) Western and Southern Europe
59) Which of the following African traditions survived in the Caribbean because of Maroons?
A) farming practices
B) house designs
C) community organization
D) language
E) all of the above
60) From which country did the indentured workers who migrated to Guyana and Trinidad
come?
A) India
B) China
C) Kenya
D) Tanzania
E) Ghana
61) Maroon societies
A) existed only in the Caribbean islands.
B) usually included blacks and whites.
C) allowed the perpetuation of African culture.
D) usually had the official blessing of colonial governments.
E) were made up of indentured servants who completed their work terms.
62) In which Caribbean country is the Santeria religion most common?
A) French Guiana
B) Hispaniola
C) Cuba
D) Belize
E) Suriname
63) By the early twentieth century, which foreign country was dominant in the Caribbean?
A) Britain
B) Spain
C) France
D) United States
E) Russia
64) What is Puerto Rico’s relationship to the United States?
A) It is a territory.
B) It is in the process of becoming the 51st state.
C) It is a commonwealth.
D) It is under military occupation of the United States.
E) It is a colony of the United States.
65) What was the name of the official United States policy that held that the United States would
not tolerate European military involvement in the Western Hemisphere?
A) Manifest Destiny
B) the Monroe Doctrine
C) the New Deal
D) the Great Society
E) the U.S. Constitution
66) Which American president was responsible for the construction of the Panama Canal?
A) William McKinley
B) Warren Harding
C) Woodrow Wilson
D) Ronald Reagan
E) Theodore Roosevelt
67) Which of the following is TRUE of Cuba?
A) In 1990, the country denounced communism.
B) Since 1995 the country has had multi-party democracy.
C) Raul Castro succeeded his brother Fidel Castro as President in 2008.
D) It has the fastest growing population in the Caribbean.
E) In 2001 Cuba launched a failed invasion of the United States.