CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2016 · Paper 2

34 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)(i)2 marksName TWO islands that were occupied by the Kalinagos.
2. 1(a)(ii)2 marksName TWO islands that were occupied by the Tainos.
3. 1(b)9 marksOutline THREE reasons for the migrations of Taino and Kalinago peoples within the Caribbean.
4. 1(c)12 marksExamine THREE features of the settlement patterns of Taino and Kalinago peoples when the Europeans came.
5. 2(a)(i)1 markWhat was the Kalinago chief called?
6. 2(a)(ii)3 marksState THREE qualities a Kalinago chief was expected to possess.
7. 2(b)9 marksDescribe THREE features of the raids which the Kalinagos made against the Taino villages.
8. 2(c)12 marksExamine THREE features of the government of a Kalinago society.
9. 3(a)(i)2 marksName TWO English ports that were involved in the transatlantic trade.
10. 3(a)(ii)2 marksName TWO West African places from which captives were obtained.
11. 3(b)9 marksOutline THREE ways in which captives were obtained in Africa for the transatlantic trade in captive Africans.
12. 3(c)12 marksExplain THREE features of the process involved in bringing captives from the point of capture to the plantations in the Caribbean.
13. 4(a)4 marksState FOUR uses of land on a typical sugar estate.
14. 4(b)9 marksDescribe the functions of THREE types of buildings that could be found on a typical sugar estate.
15. 4(c)12 marksExplain how labour was organized on a typical sugar estate.
16. 5(a)4 marksList FOUR geographical features which facilitated the development of maroon communities in the Caribbean.
17. 5(b)9 marksDescribe THREE features of the origins and growth of maroon communities in Jamaica.
18. 5(c)12 marksExamine THREE strategies used by maroon communities to overcome the obstacles to their development.
19. 6(a)(i)1 markName the leader of the Jamaican rebellion of 1831.
20. 6(a)(ii)3 marksName THREE religious leaders who were blamed for the rebellion of 1831.
21. 6(b)9 marksState THREE causes of the 1831 rebellion in Jamaica.
22. 6(c)12 marksExplain THREE consequences of the 1831 rebellion in Jamaica.
23. 725 marksAs a former enslaved person and a deacon in a Baptist Church, write a speech explaining TWO reasons why enslaved Africans actively supported the movement to end plantation slavery and THREE reasons why Caribbean sugar…
24. 825 marksAs a humanitarian speaking in a session on the abolition of African enslavement, write a speech explaining TWO reasons why France abolished the enslavement of Africans in 1848 and THREE reasons why Spain did not abolish…
25. 925 marksAs a planter in 1876 who inherited a plantation that engaged in large-scale importation of Indian labour after 1838, write a newspaper article explaining TWO ways in which Indian immigrant labour affected the fortunes…
26. 1025 marksAs a former governor returned to England discussing recent changes in the British Caribbean with a friend, explain TWO reasons why crown colony government replaced representative government in some British Caribbean…
27. 1125 marksAs a merchant doing business in the Caribbean, write a letter to the owner of your merchant house examining TWO factors which caused the British Caribbean sugar industry to decline in the late 1800s, and THREE reasons…
28. 1225 marksAs a woman and active trade unionist in the 1980s, write a report on the bauxite industry examining TWO factors responsible for the development of this industry in Guyana and Jamaica, and THREE effects of the industry…
29. 1325 marksWrite an essay examining ANY THREE reasons for the interest of the United States in acquiring Cuba up to the 1870s, and examine TWO strategies used by the United States to gain control of Cuba during the same period.
30. 1425 marksWrite an essay examining ANY THREE factors which led the United States to exert greater influence in the British Caribbean between 1939 and 1985 and discussing TWO ways in which the United States involvement affected…
31. 1525 marksWrite an essay explaining THREE arguments used to justify these attempts and examining TWO reasons why these attempts met with resistance.
32. 1625 marksWrite an essay discussing THREE reasons why the French government adopted the policy of Assimilation in 1871 and examining TWO arguments used to support the decision of French Guiana, Martinique and Guadeloupe to remain…
33. 1725 marksWrite an essay examining THREE ways in which racial discrimination was practised in the British Caribbean between 1900 and 1962 and discussing TWO ways in which the activities of women's organizations improved the…
34. 1825 marksWrite an essay explaining THREE reasons why cricket became popular in the British Caribbean in the 1900s and examining TWO ways in which cricket contributed to Caribbean identity and social life during the period…