Social Studies (G-SAT Revision 1)

1. What is the average temperature of the Caribbean region?

(A) 27oC
(C) 12oC

(B) 72oC
(D) 20oC

2. Which of these is not true about the tropical marine climate of the
Caribbean?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

When the wind blows from the sea to the land it cools the land down.
The sea is cooler than the land during the day.
The mountainous countries have less rain.
The water does not heat up as quickly as the land does.

3. What is the main wind system in the Caribbean region?

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

Conventional winds
North-east trade winds
Windward trade winds
Inter-tropical convergence zone winds

4. What is the calm centre of a hurricane called?

(A) The nucleus
(C) A vacuum

(B) The eye

(D) A needle

5. Which of these is as mainland country in the Caribbean?

(A) Hisponiola
(C) Barbados

(B) Trinidad
(D) Colombia

6. What is an island?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

a land with a river

a land with a volcano
a land surrounded completely by water
a land attached to another land

7. Which of these influences the climate of a place?

(A) vegetation
(C) longitude

(B) the planets

(D) population

8. Which of the following is not an island?

(A) Belize
(C) Guadeloupe

(B) Jamaica
(D) Curacao

Questions 9 to 11 are based on the diagram below:

Fig. 1

9. Which of these countries is not an island?

(A) 2
(C) 1

(B) 3 and 4
(D) 6

10. Which of these towns in country 2 are coastal towns?

(A) P & Q
(C) U only

(B) R only
(D) Q and R

11. Which of the towns in country 2 is North of town S

(A) T
(C) N

(B) O
(D) M