Caribbean Economy and Slavery · CSEC Caribbean History

64 past-paper questions on Caribbean Economy and Slavery, part of Section A, from every CSEC Caribbean History paper on Quelpr.

1. 3(a)6 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2005 · Paper 2What steps do you take in England before the beginning of a slave trading voyage?
2. 3(b)9 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2005 · Paper 2In what ways do some African states and African people benefit economically from the Atlantic slave trade?
3. 3(c)10 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2005 · Paper 2Explain why so many slaves die during the voyage from Africa to the Caribbean.
4. 4(a)3 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2005 · Paper 2Identify THREE jobs on a sugar plantation that were considered "particularly hard".
5. 4(b)3 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2005 · Paper 2Name THREE jobs on a sugar plantation which were usually given to men.
6. 4(c)9 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2005 · Paper 2Explain why so many field workers were women.
7. 4(d)10 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2005 · Paper 2Describe the various uses made of land on a sugar plantation, apart from the growing of sugar cane.
8. 3 EITHER25 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2006 · Paper 2Compare the organisation of slave labour in the logwood and mahogany industries of Belize with that of the sugar industry in other British Caribbean territories.
9. 3(a) OR16 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2006 · Paper 2Describe the roles of enslaved people in the main stages of the manufacture of sugar and rum in the Caribbean.
10. 3(b) OR9 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2006 · Paper 2Explain three difficulties that could have affected the manufacturing of sugar and rum in the Caribbean.
11. 425 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2006 · Paper 2Imagine 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…
12. 3(a)10 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2007 · Paper 2Describe the MAIN features of the organisation of the triangular trade.
13. 3(b)15 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2007 · Paper 2Explain SIX major ways in which West Africa was affected by the slave trade.
14. 4(a)12 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2007 · Paper 2Explain why it was difficult for the enslaved Africans to practise their traditional culture on the plantation.
15. 3(a)9 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2008 · Paper 2Give THREE reasons why enslaved Africans were brought to the Caribbean by Europeans during the 1500s.
16. 3(b)16 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2008 · Paper 2Outline FOUR reasons for the increased use of African labour in the Caribbean from the 1600s to the 1800s.
17. 4(a)12 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2008 · Paper 2Describe FOUR ways in which race affected social relations on the sugar plantations in the Caribbean during the 1700s.
18. 4(b)13 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2008 · Paper 2Discuss THREE ways in which class and gender affected family life on the sugar plantations in the Caribbean.
19. 3(a)4 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2009 · Paper 2Outline TWO major concerns of sugar plantation owners.
20. 3(b)9 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2009 · Paper 2Explain THREE ways in which any of these concerns affected the utilization of labour on the estates.
21. 3(c)12 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2009 · Paper 2Describe FOUR roles performed by enslaved women on sugar plantations.
22. 4(a)4 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2009 · Paper 2Give TWO reasons why some enslaved African women disliked working in the Great House on a Caribbean sugar plantation.
23. 4(b)9 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2009 · Paper 2Explain THREE advantages of working in the Great House on a Caribbean sugar plantation.
24. 4(c)12 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2009 · Paper 2Examine FOUR reasons why raising a family was difficult for an enslaved African woman on a Caribbean slave plantation.
25. 3(a)4 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2010 · Paper 2Outline TWO factors that could cause disruption of the process of sugar production.
26. 3(b)9 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2010 · Paper 2Explain THREE ways in which planters sought to maximize the use of labour on the estates.
27. 3(c)12 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2010 · Paper 2Describe the work done by enslaved women in the production of sugar.
28. 4(a)4 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2010 · Paper 2Describe TWO ways in which the European planter can be seen as "all-powerful".
29. 7(a)9 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2010 · Paper 2Explain THREE reasons why the European planters supported slavery.
30. 3(a)4 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2011 · Paper 2Identify two Caribbean territories that produced tobacco and two Caribbean territories that produced logwood during the 1600s.
31. 3(b)9 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2011 · Paper 2Explain three reasons for the transition from tobacco cultivation to sugar production in the Caribbean during the 1600s.
32. 3(c)12 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2011 · Paper 2Examine three economic consequences of the shift from tobacco to sugar cultivation.
33. 4(a)4 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2011 · Paper 2Identify four countries from which white indentured servants were brought to the Caribbean.
34. 4(b)9 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2011 · Paper 2Explain three reasons why enslaved Africans became the preferred labor force in the Caribbean during the 1600s.
35. 4(c)12 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2011 · Paper 2Examine three reasons for the marked increase in the demand for enslaved Africans in the British and French Caribbean after 1700.
36. 3(a)4 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2012 · Paper 2Outline TWO reasons for the changeover from the production of tobacco to sugar.
37. 3(b)9 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2012 · Paper 2Describe THREE economic outcomes of the changeover to sugar.
38. 3(c)12 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2012 · Paper 2Explain THREE social changes that resulted from the introduction of sugar.
39. 4(a)4 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2012 · Paper 2Outline TWO reasons why the Spaniards first imported captive Africans into the Caribbean.
40. 4(b)9 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2012 · Paper 2Give THREE reasons why there was only a small number of enslaved Africans in the Caribbean in the early 1500s.
41. 4(c)12 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2012 · Paper 2Examine THREE factors responsible for the rapid increase in the number of enslaved Africans in the British Caribbean by the end of the 1600s.
42. 3(a)(i)2 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2013 · Paper 2Name TWO groups of people employed as labourers by European settlers in the Caribbean prior to the introduction of African slaves.
43. 3(a)(ii)2 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2013 · Paper 2Identify TWO Caribbean territories that produced logwood during the 1600s.
44. 3(b)9 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2013 · Paper 2Describe THREE ways the Dutch helped French and English settlers transition from tobacco to sugar cultivation during the 1600s.
45. 3(c)12 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2013 · Paper 2Examine THREE social effects resulting from EITHER the shift from tobacco to sugar OR the transition from logwood to mahogany.
46. 4(a)4 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2013 · Paper 2List FOUR examples of restrictions imposed on free coloured men and women in any Caribbean territory.
47. 4(b)9 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2013 · Paper 2Describe THREE activities allowing individuals across all social classes to interact during the era of slavery.
48. 4(c)12 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2013 · Paper 2Examine THREE ways the social standing of free blacks and coloureds could be enhanced.
49. 3(a)4 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2014 · Paper 2List four Western European nations directly participating in the trade of enslaved Africans along the West African coast during the 1600s.
50. 3(c)12 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2014 · Paper 2Examine three reasons provided by British and French colonists for the increased importation of enslaved Africans after 1700.
51. 4(a)4 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2014 · Paper 2Identify four factors that determined social ranking within the plantation pyramid.
52. 4(b)9 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2014 · Paper 2Describe three qualities that could determine the status of an enslaved man or woman among their fellow enslaved people.
53. 4(c)12 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2014 · Paper 2Examine three characteristics of housing on a sugar plantation during slavery and explain how they reflected social standing.
54. 3(a)(i)2 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2016 · Paper 2Name TWO English ports that were involved in the transatlantic trade.
55. 3(a)(ii)2 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2016 · Paper 2Name TWO West African places from which captives were obtained.
56. 3(b)9 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2016 · Paper 2Outline THREE ways in which captives were obtained in Africa for the transatlantic trade in captive Africans.
57. 3(c)12 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2016 · Paper 2Explain THREE features of the process involved in bringing captives from the point of capture to the plantations in the Caribbean.
58. 4(a)4 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2016 · Paper 2State FOUR uses of land on a typical sugar estate.
59. 4(b)9 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2016 · Paper 2Describe the functions of THREE types of buildings that could be found on a typical sugar estate.
60. 4(c)12 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2016 · Paper 2Explain how labour was organized on a typical sugar estate.
61. 3(a)(i)2 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2017 · Paper 2Identify TWO of the territories labelled A, B and C on the map.
62. 3(a)(ii)2 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2017 · Paper 2For EACH of the two territories identified, give ONE nonsugar agricultural pursuit for which African labour was used.
63. 3(b)9 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2017 · Paper 2Explain THREE reasons why African labour was used for nonsugar agricultural pursuits.
64. 3(c)12 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2017 · Paper 2Examine THREE social effects of the shift to mahogany as the main economic activity in Belize.