CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2010 · 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)3 marksIdentify THREE places of origin of the Indigenous Peoples who occupied the Caribbean region when the Europeans arrived.
2. 1(b)6 marksExplain THREE factors which influenced the location of indigenous settlements.
3. 1(c)16 marksExamine FOUR aspects of the culture of the Indigenous Peoples that allowed them to travel easily through the region.
4. 2(a)4 marksOutline TWO of the MAIN motives for the voyages of Columbus.
5. 2(b)9 marksExplain THREE difficulties faced by Europeans during the EARLY stages of New World settlement.
6. 2(c)12 marksDiscuss FOUR effects of European activities on the environment of the New World.
7. 3(a)4 marksOutline TWO factors that could cause disruption of the process of sugar production.
8. 3(b)9 marksExplain THREE ways in which planters sought to maximize the use of labour on the estates.
9. 3(c)12 marksDescribe the work done by enslaved women in the production of sugar.
10. 4(a)4 marksDescribe TWO ways in which the European planter can be seen as "all-powerful".
11. 4(b)9 marksExplain THREE reasons why the enslaved Africans feared the European planters.
12. 4(c)12 marksExamine FOUR reasons why the European planters feared the enslaved Africans.
13. 5(a)9 marksDescribe THREE ways in which physical conditions favoured the setting up of Maroon communities.
14. 5(b)16 marksExamine FOUR reasons, other than physical conditions, why planters found it difficult to defeat the Maroons.
15. 625 marksImagine that it is 1804 and you are a French priest stationed in St Domingue. Write a letter to your Bishop explaining why the enslaved Africans succeeded in destroying slavery in the island.
16. 7(a)9 marksExplain THREE reasons why the European planters supported slavery.
17. 7(b)16 marksExamine, in detail, FOUR reasons why enslaved Africans opposed their enslavement.
18. 8(a)9 marksExplain THREE reasons why the planters of the British Caribbean resisted the amelioration proposals.
19. 8(b)16 marksExamine FOUR ways in which the reactions of the planters in the British Caribbean to the amelioration proposals helped to hasten the abolition of slavery.
20. 9(a)9 marksExplain THREE reasons why the planters of Guyana and Trinidad feared that the freed Africans would not continue to work on the sugar plantations once slavery was abolished.
21. 9(b)16 marksExamine FOUR measures adopted by some planters to secure a supply of labour on their plantations between 1838 and 1876.
22. 10(a)9 marksExplain THREE reasons why the recently freed Africans were so keen to become educated.
23. 10(b)16 marksExamine FOUR reasons why some colonial legislatures were so reluctant to provide education for the recently freed Africans.
24. 11(a)9 marksDescribe THREE factors which led to large scale cultivation of rice in Guyana especially from the early 1900s.
25. 11(b)16 marksExamine FOUR difficulties which affected the Guyana rice industry during the period 1900–1985.
26. 1225 marksWrite an essay outlining the stages of development of the bauxite industry in Jamaica up to 1985, identifying the reasons for its emergence, its growth and expansion, problems encountered and its overall impact on…
27. 13(a)9 marksDiscuss THREE social or economic problems which faced Caribbean people during the early 1900s.
28. 13(b)16 marksExamine FOUR strategies adopted by union leaders which were aimed at improving the social and economic conditions of Caribbean people.
29. 14(a)9 marksExplain THREE reasons why colonial legislatures did not recognize trade unions in the British Caribbean during the early 1900s.
30. 14(b)16 marksExamine FOUR factors which contributed to the growth of trade unions during the early 1900s.
31. 15(a)9 marksDiscuss THREE reasons why the United States of America was concerned about developments in the Dominican Republic in the early 1900s.
32. 15(b)16 marksExamine FOUR features of United States involvement in the Dominican Republic in 1916.
33. 16(a)9 marksDiscuss THREE reasons why the Civil Rights Movement in the USA appealed to Caribbean people.
34. 16(b)16 marksExamine FOUR ways in which the Civil Rights Movement influenced the Caribbean.
35. 17(a)9 marksDescribe THREE responses of British colonies to metropolitan rule by the end of World War II.
36. 17(b)16 marksExamine FOUR results of the struggle by British colonies against metropolitan rule.
37. 18(a)9 marksDescribe THREE benefits to Puerto Rico from being an "associated free state" of the United States of America.
38. 18(b)16 marksExamine FOUR reasons why some Puerto Ricans opposed "associated" status.
39. 19(a)9 marksExplain THREE factors responsible for the persistence of poor public health conditions throughout the British Caribbean in the early 1900s.
40. 19(b)16 marksExamine FOUR measures taken by colonial governments to improve public health conditions in the British Caribbean after 1945.
41. 20(a)9 marksExplain THREE factors responsible for the practice of African-based religions in the Caribbean in the late 1900s.
42. 20(b)16 marksExamine FOUR ways in which the Church responded to the practice of African-based religions in the British Caribbean especially after the 1940s.