CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2013 · Paper 2

32 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 features of Columbus' proposal presented to the King and Queen of Spain.
2. 1(b)9 marksExplain THREE reasons why Columbus sought a new route to Asia.
3. 1(c)12 marksExamine THREE factors explaining the willingness of the King and Queen of Spain to back Columbus' enterprise.
4. 2(a)4 marksList FOUR agricultural crops cultivated by the Indigenous Peoples that were introduced to Europeans.
5. 2(b)9 marksExplain THREE reasons why European settlers in the New World came to depend on Indigenous Peoples' food.
6. 2(c)12 marksExamine THREE factors demonstrating the impact of European contact on the population of Indigenous Peoples.
7. 3(a)(i)2 marksName TWO groups of people employed as labourers by European settlers in the Caribbean prior to the introduction of African slaves.
8. 3(a)(ii)2 marksIdentify TWO Caribbean territories that produced logwood during the 1600s.
9. 3(b)9 marksDescribe THREE ways the Dutch helped French and English settlers transition from tobacco to sugar cultivation during the 1600s.
10. 3(c)12 marksExamine THREE social effects resulting from EITHER the shift from tobacco to sugar OR the transition from logwood to mahogany.
11. 4(a)4 marksList FOUR examples of restrictions imposed on free coloured men and women in any Caribbean territory.
12. 4(b)9 marksDescribe THREE activities allowing individuals across all social classes to interact during the era of slavery.
13. 4(c)12 marksExamine THREE ways the social standing of free blacks and coloureds could be enhanced.
14. 5(a)(i)2 marksIdentify TWO forms of resistance utilized by enslaved Africans during the Middle Passage.
15. 5(a)(ii)2 marksName TWO Caribbean territories where substantial maroon settlements formed.
16. 5(b)9 marksDescribe THREE tactics used by enslaved women to withhold labour from plantation owners.
17. 5(c)12 marksExamine THREE ways insurrectionary resistance by enslaved individuals created difficulties for plantation owners.
18. 6(a)4 marksName FOUR leaders of the Haitian Revolution.
19. 6(b)9 marksExplain ONE way the Haitian Revolution posed a threat to the United States and TWO ways it benefited the Caribbean.
20. 6(c)12 marksExamine THREE ways the protracted war for independence damaged Haiti's economy and society.
21. 725 marksWrite a parliamentary speech as an abolitionist debating slavery in the British Parliament, opposing any FIVE arguments made by proslavery opponents.
22. 825 marksAs an absentee planter in London supporting amelioration, write a letter to a friend in England discussing the objectives of the 1823 Amelioration policy, including at least TWO proposals and THREE reasons for its…
23. 925 marksAs a sugar plantation owner in British Guiana (1838–1876), write a letter to your banker explaining the success of Indian immigration, discussing FIVE specified factors.
24. 1025 marksAs a journalist in the English-speaking Caribbean around 1850, write a newspaper article assessing the social and economic impact of free village settlements, covering at least FIVE points across TWO selected areas.
25. 1125 marksWrite a letter to the London Chamber of Commerce evaluating how survival measures improved the Caribbean sugar industry during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, addressing at least FIVE measures from TWO chosen…
26. 1225 marksAs a Ministry of Energy employee in Trinidad and Tobago, write a response to an investor providing background information on the petroleum industry, discussing at least FIVE points across TWO selected areas.
27. 1325 marksExamine the reasons for growing United States interest in the Caribbean between 1776 and 1870, presenting at least FIVE points across TWO chosen areas.
28. 1425 marksAssess the measures taken by the United States between 1959 and 1962 regarding the Castro revolution in Cuba, including at least FIVE points from TWO specified areas.
29. 1525 marksAssess the effects of any FIVE recommendations of the Moyne Commission on political development in the region.
30. 1625 marksExamine the causes of the collapse of the British West Indies Federation in 1962, arguing at least FIVE points from TWO selected factors (Economic, Political, Social).
31. 1725 marksExamine working and health conditions of working men and women in the Caribbean during the 1930s, detailing FIVE conditions with at least TWO from each area.
32. 1825 marksDiscuss THREE missionary initiatives aimed at converting individuals from Hindu, Muslim, and African religious faiths to Christianity, along with TWO reasons why these efforts met with limited success.