CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2006 · Paper 2

46 questions and parts from this paper. Open one to see it in full, then practise it on Quelpr and get it marked against the mark scheme.

1. 1(a)4 marksOutline two reasons why Columbus undertook voyages out of Europe.
2. 1(b)9 marksExplain three ways in which Columbus' voyages affected Europe and Europeans.
3. 1(c)12 marksDiscuss the ways in which Columbus' voyages affected the Indigenous peoples of the New World.
4. 2(a)4 marksOutline four forms of resistance used by the Indigenous peoples against enslavement by the Europeans.
5. 2(b)9 marksDiscuss three advantages that Indigenous peoples had in their resistance to the Spaniards.
6. 2(c)12 marksExplain why resistance by Indigenous people against the Spaniards was generally not successful.
7. 3 EITHER25 marksCompare the organisation of slave labour in the logwood and mahogany industries of Belize with that of the sugar industry in other British Caribbean territories.
8. 3(a) OR16 marksDescribe the roles of enslaved people in the main stages of the manufacture of sugar and rum in the Caribbean.
9. 3(b) OR9 marksExplain three difficulties that could have affected the manufacturing of sugar and rum in the Caribbean.
10. 425 marksImagine that you are a journalist visiting a Caribbean plantation in 1800. Write a report for your newspaper describing the social relations of plantation society, with reference to family life, gender, and race and…
11. 5(a)6 marksOutline three factors that contributed to the development of Maroon societies in the Caribbean.
12. 5(b)10 marksOutline three difficulties faced by the developing Maroon societies in the Caribbean.
13. 5(c)9 marksDiscuss the measures taken by the Maroons to overcome the difficulties they encountered in the development of their societies.
14. 6(a)10 marksExplain five factors that led the slaves in Barbados to revolt against the system of slavery in 1816.
15. 6(b)9 marksExplain the factors that were responsible for the defeat of the slaves by the authorities in Barbados in 1816.
16. 6(c)6 marksTo what extent did the 1816 Barbados revolt advance the cause of the anti-slavery movement?
17. 7(a)2 marksName two groups who supported the abolition of slavery in the British Caribbean in the 1800s.
18. 7(b)2 marksName two groups who opposed the abolition of slavery in the British Caribbean in the 1800s.
19. 7(c)12 marksExplain why there was opposition to the abolition of slavery in the British Caribbean in the 1800s.
20. 7(d)9 marksDescribe how the anti-slavery movement organised its activities to end slavery in the British Caribbean in the 1800s.
21. 8(a)12 marksAccount for the success of the British anti-slavery movement in 1834.
22. 8(b)8 marksOutline four reasons why France abolished slavery in 1848.
23. 8(c)5 marksExplain why Spain abolished slavery in Cuba in 1886.
24. 9(a)6 marksApart from the shortage of labour, what fears did sugar planters in the British Caribbean have in 1838 about their labour force?
25. 9(b)10 marksDescribe four actions taken by the planters after 1838 to ensure that they had an adequate number of labourers.
26. 9(c)9 marksExplain why sugar production decreased in some British Caribbean territories between 1838 and 1850.
27. 1025 marksImagine that you are the owner of a large sugar plantation in a British Caribbean territory in the 1850s with a mixed labour force primarily composed of Indians. Write a letter to a friend in England describing your…
28. 11(a)9 marksOutline the main factors which enabled the British Caribbean sugar industry to recover from the crisis it faced in the late 1800s.
29. 11(b)16 marksExplain why the Cuban sugar industry was more prosperous than the British Caribbean sugar industry in the early 1900s.
30. 12(a)10 marksDiscuss five factors that were responsible for the development of the bauxite industry in British Guiana (Guyana) and Jamaica in the 1900s.
31. 12(b)15 marksExamine the effects of the bauxite industry on the economies of British Guiana (Guyana) and Jamaica.
32. 13(a)15 marksExplain five factors that led many residents of English-speaking Caribbean countries to migrate in the 1900s.
33. 13(b)10 marksDiscuss the effects of this migration between 1900 and 1985 on the society of the English-speaking Caribbean.
34. 1425 marksDiscuss the major policies adopted by British Caribbean governments to improve education and health for their people between 1962 and 1985.
35. 15(a)13 marksExplain four ways in which the British Caribbean was affected between 1776 and the 1820s by the North American War of Independence.
36. 15(b)12 marksDescribe the ways in which the United States of America demonstrated its interest in Cuba between 1776 and 1870.
37. 16(a)5 marksDescribe four other ways in which the United States influenced the British Caribbean between 1939 and 1945, apart from popular culture.
38. 16(b)20 marksOutline the main reasons for the growth of United States' trade and investment in the British Caribbean after 1945.
39. 17(a)9 marksOutline four arguments used to justify the efforts to establish federations in the Leeward and Windward Islands in the nineteenth century.
40. 17(b)16 marksExplain why the efforts to unite the Windward and Leeward Islands during the nineteenth century met with considerable opposition.
41. 18(a)10 marksExplain four factors which led British Caribbean leaders to support a Federation of the British West Indies in 1958.
42. 18(b)15 marksAccount for the collapse of the Federation in 1961.
43. 19(a)15 marksExamine the evidence to support the claim that there was widespread poverty in the British Caribbean in the 1930s and 1940s.
44. 19(b)10 marksDescribe some of the measures taken by the colonial governments to bring relief to the working peoples of the British Caribbean between 1945 and 1962.
45. 20(a)15 marksOutline six factors which led the Christian Church in the British Caribbean to retain its influence within the African community in the British territories in the years just after slavery was abolished.
46. 20(b)10 marksExplain why the Christian Church in the British Caribbean during the 1800s found it difficult to convert the Indian immigrant population to Christianity.