Caribbean Society, 1900–1985 · CSEC Caribbean History

46 past-paper questions on Caribbean Society, 1900–1985, part of Section C, from every CSEC Caribbean History paper on Quelpr.

1. 13(a)15 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2005 · Paper 2Explain why wages were so low in the British Caribbean and in the Spanish Caribbean in the 1930s.
2. 13(b)10 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2005 · Paper 2Explain why unemployment increased in the British Caribbean in the 1930s.
3. 19(a)3 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2005 · Paper 2Identify THREE means, other than by foot, by which travel was possible in the mid-nineteenth century Caribbean.
4. 19(b)10 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2005 · Paper 2Outline THREE difficulties encountered in transportation in the Caribbean in the mid-nineteenth century.
5. 19(c)12 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2005 · Paper 2Outline the reasons for the changes in the means of transportation in the Caribbean between 1850 and 1962.
6. 20(a)4 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2005 · Paper 2Describe the different roles performed by men and women in the Caribbean during the period 1838–1962.
7. 20(b)15 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2005 · Paper 2Discuss the factors that affected the position of women in Caribbean society between 1838 and 1962.
8. 20(c)6 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2005 · Paper 2Outline TWO ways in which the roles of working-class women differed from those of upper-class women in Caribbean society, between 1838 and 1962.
9. 13(a)15 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2006 · Paper 2Explain five factors that led many residents of English-speaking Caribbean countries to migrate in the 1900s.
10. 13(b)10 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2006 · Paper 2Discuss the effects of this migration between 1900 and 1985 on the society of the English-speaking Caribbean.
11. 1425 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2006 · Paper 2Discuss the major policies adopted by British Caribbean governments to improve education and health for their people between 1962 and 1985.
12. 19(a)15 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2006 · Paper 2Examine the evidence to support the claim that there was widespread poverty in the British Caribbean in the 1930s and 1940s.
13. 19(b)10 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2006 · Paper 2Describe some of the measures taken by the colonial governments to bring relief to the working peoples of the British Caribbean between 1945 and 1962.
14. 13(a)10 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2007 · Paper 2Explain why women became more active in public life in the British Caribbean between 1900 and 1962 than they were before this period.
15. 13(b)15 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2007 · Paper 2Describe the ways in which women's organisations and clubs helped to improve women's lives in the British Caribbean between 1900 and 1962.
16. 19(a)15 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2007 · Paper 2Discuss FIVE factors that led to discrimination against women in Caribbean societies between 1838 and 1945.
17. 19(b)10 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2007 · Paper 2Explain THREE factors that accounted for an improvement in attitudes to women in Caribbean societies after 1945.
18. 20(a)12 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2007 · Paper 2Explain how Caribbean architecture has been influenced by its colonial past.
19. 20(b)13 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2007 · Paper 2Describe the ways in which local conditions and circumstances influenced Caribbean architecture.
20. 13(a)15 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2008 · Paper 2Outline FIVE methods used by Marcus Garvey and the UNIA to improve the condition of Blacks in the Caribbean.
21. 13(b)10 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2008 · Paper 2Give THREE reasons why many people were opposed to Marcus Garvey.
22. 14(b)12 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2008 · Paper 2Outline FOUR ways in which labour laws have benefited Caribbean workers.
23. 19(a)3 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2008 · Paper 2Identify ONE Christian, ONE Hindu, and ONE Islamic festival celebrated in the Caribbean.
24. 19(b)12 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2008 · Paper 2Examine FOUR reasons why government officials of the period disapproved of non-Christian cultures in the Caribbean.
25. 19(c)10 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2008 · Paper 2Outline THREE reasons why attitudes of government officials towards Hinduism and Hindu festivals changed after the 1960s.
26. 20(a)13 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2008 · Paper 2Examine FOUR reasons why Rastafarianism was unpopular in some sections of Caribbean society between the 1920s and the 1960s.
27. 20(b)12 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2008 · Paper 2Account for the more general acceptance of Rastafarianism in the Caribbean since the 1960s.
28. 13(a)9 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2009 · Paper 2Explain THREE reasons why authorities opposed the activities of Marcus Garvey and the UNIA.
29. 13(b)16 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2009 · Paper 2Examine FOUR features of Garvey's proposals that aimed to improve social and economic conditions for Caribbean people.
30. 20(a)9 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2009 · Paper 2Explain THREE reasons why many Africans continued to practise African-based religions after 1838.
31. 20(b)16 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2009 · Paper 2Examine FOUR factors that enabled the Church to maintain its influence in the African community long after the abolition of slavery.
32. 13(a)9 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2010 · Paper 2Discuss THREE social or economic problems which faced Caribbean people during the early 1900s.
33. 19(a)9 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2010 · Paper 2Explain THREE factors responsible for the persistence of poor public health conditions throughout the British Caribbean in the early 1900s.
34. 19(b)16 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2010 · Paper 2Examine FOUR measures taken by colonial governments to improve public health conditions in the British Caribbean after 1945.
35. 20(a)9 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2010 · Paper 2Explain THREE factors responsible for the practice of African-based religions in the Caribbean in the late 1900s.
36. 20(b)16 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2010 · Paper 2Examine FOUR ways in which the Church responded to the practice of African-based religions in the British Caribbean especially after the 1940s.
37. 1225 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2011 · Paper 2Write a letter to a newspaper as a Caribbean trade unionist in the 1900s explaining how industrialization affected occupations (at least three points) and the standard of living (at least three points) in the…
38. 1725 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2011 · Paper 2Explain the factors that hindered travel around a named Caribbean country between 1900 and 1950, and why travel became substantially easier by 1985, addressing geography, transport methods, evolving demands, and…
39. 1825 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2012 · Paper 2Examine the reasons why young women in the British Caribbean tended to move from rural districts to towns between the 1920s and 1930s, and the ways in which women's organizations tried to assist them, discussing at…
40. 1725 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2013 · Paper 2Examine 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.
41. 1825 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2013 · Paper 2Discuss 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.
42. 1725 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2014 · Paper 2Examine five social conditions in the British Caribbean between 1900 and 1935 across housing and health, selecting at least two conditions from each area.
43. 1725 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2016 · Paper 2Write 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…
44. 1825 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2016 · Paper 2Write 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…
45. 1725 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2017 · Paper 2Examine THREE housing and TWO unemployment conditions that existed in the Caribbean between 1900 and 1935.
46. 1825 marks· CSEC Caribbean History · May/June 2017 · Paper 2Choose EITHER cricket OR transportation. Examine THREE ways in which the upper class experienced that aspect of social life in the Caribbean from 1945 to 1985, and TWO ways in which the working class experienced that…