CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2009 · Paper 2

42 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 marksIdentify TWO areas through which Indigenous Peoples entered and settled in the Caribbean islands before the arrival of Europeans.
2. 1(b)9 marksDescribe the settlement pattern of the THREE primary groups of Indigenous Peoples in the Caribbean region at the time of European arrival.
3. 1(c)12 marksExamine THREE reasons why Indigenous Peoples migrated into the Caribbean region.
4. 2(a)4 marksOutline TWO reasons for the voyages undertaken by Columbus.
5. 2(b)9 marksExplain THREE benefits Europeans derived from their contact with the New World.
6. 2(c)12 marksDiscuss FOUR effects of the European voyages on the way of life of Indigenous Peoples.
7. 3(a)4 marksOutline TWO major concerns of sugar plantation owners.
8. 3(b)9 marksExplain THREE ways in which any of these concerns affected the utilization of labour on the estates.
9. 3(c)12 marksDescribe FOUR roles performed by enslaved women on sugar plantations.
10. 4(a)4 marksGive TWO reasons why some enslaved African women disliked working in the Great House on a Caribbean sugar plantation.
11. 4(b)9 marksExplain THREE advantages of working in the Great House on a Caribbean sugar plantation.
12. 4(c)12 marksExamine FOUR reasons why raising a family was difficult for an enslaved African woman on a Caribbean slave plantation.
13. 5(a)9 marksExplain THREE reasons why enslaved Africans ran away from plantations to join Maroon communities.
14. 5(b)16 marksExamine FOUR factors that influenced the development of Maroon communities in Jamaica.
15. 625 marksWrite a letter as a French official visiting St. Domingue in August 1791 to your Supervisor explaining FIVE factors responsible for the outbreak of the Haitian Revolution.
16. 7(a)9 marksExplain THREE economic arguments used by planters to defend slavery in the British Caribbean.
17. 7(b)16 marksExamine TWO religious reasons and TWO humanitarian reasons why many Christian missionaries attacked plantation slavery in the British Caribbean.
18. 8(a)9 marksExplain THREE reasons why amelioration measures were introduced in the British and French Caribbean territories.
19. 8(b)16 marksExamine FOUR reasons why these amelioration measures failed in the Caribbean.
20. 9(a)9 marksDiscuss THREE major problems faced by the Caribbean sugar industry between 1838 and 1876.
21. 9(b)16 marksExamine FOUR measures adopted by planters to resolve the problems in the Caribbean sugar industry between 1838 and 1876.
22. 10(a)9 marksExplain THREE difficulties the Church faced in its efforts to provide education in the British Caribbean between 1838 and 1876.
23. 10(b)16 marksDiscuss TWO positive and TWO negative effects of the education provided to Caribbean children between 1838 and 1876.
24. 11(a)9 marksDescribe THREE factors that led to the large-scale cultivation of bananas in the Caribbean from the late 1800s.
25. 11(b)16 marksExamine FOUR difficulties that affected the Caribbean banana industry during the 1900s.
26. 1225 marksWrite an essay tracing the development of EITHER the bauxite industry in Guyana OR the oil industry in Trinidad up to 1985, addressing reasons for emergence, growth, challenges faced, and societal impact.
27. 13(a)9 marksExplain THREE reasons why authorities opposed the activities of Marcus Garvey and the UNIA.
28. 13(b)16 marksExamine FOUR features of Garvey's proposals that aimed to improve social and economic conditions for Caribbean people.
29. 14(a)9 marksGive THREE reasons for the rapid growth of trade unions in the British Caribbean during the first half of the twentieth century.
30. 14(b)16 marksDescribe FOUR obstacles trade unions encountered during the first half of the twentieth century.
31. 15(a)9 marksOutline THREE main provisions of the Monroe Doctrine.
32. 15(b)16 marksExamine FOUR reasons why the United States intervened in the Dominican Republic in 1916.
33. 16(a)9 marksSuggest THREE reasons why American culture was able to influence the British Caribbean.
34. 16(b)16 marksExamine FOUR examples of the negative impact of American cultural influence in the Caribbean.
35. 17(a)9 marksExplain THREE factors leading to the formation of the British West Indies Federation of 1958.
36. 17(b)16 marksExamine FOUR reasons for the collapse of the British West Indies Federation.
37. 18(a)9 marksGive THREE reasons why French Guiana, Martinique, and Guadeloupe became departments of France rather than independent nations.
38. 18(b)16 marksExamine FOUR benefits these territories experienced after becoming departments of France.
39. 19(a)9 marksDescribe THREE major public health problems in the British Caribbean between 1838 and 1876.
40. 19(b)16 marksExamine FOUR measures taken by colonial governments to improve public health conditions in the British Caribbean after 1846.
41. 20(a)9 marksExplain THREE reasons why many Africans continued to practise African-based religions after 1838.
42. 20(b)16 marksExamine FOUR factors that enabled the Church to maintain its influence in the African community long after the abolition of slavery.