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1. Which of the following territories is still a colonial dependency of the UK
(A) Jamaica (B) Cayman Islands (C) St. Kitts & Nevis (D)Grenada
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2. Which country can be classified as a Republic in the Caribbean?
(A) Dominica (B) Jamaica (C) Grenada (D) Aruba

3. The Head of State of Trinidad, Dominica and Guyana is:

(A) the President (C) The Governor General
(B) the Prime Minister (D) The Governor

4. The Head of State of Jamaica, Antigua and St. Vincent is the:

(A) President (C) the Governor General
(B) the Prime Minister (D) the Governor

5. Which group of Caribbean territories has similar political structures?

(A) Guyana, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago (C) Dominica, St. Lucia, Grenada
(B) Barbados, Bahamas, Monserrat (D) Trinidad, Puerto Rico, Cuba

6. The Commonwealth Caribbean refers to

(A) Caribbean countries that are republics
(B) Caribbean countries that are independent
(C) Caribbean countries that were once part of the British Empire
(D) Caribbean countries that are British Overseas Territories

7. Which of the following Caribbean territories is located in the Atlantic ocean

(A) The Bahamas
(B) The Cayman islands
(C) Trinidad and Tobago
(D) St. Vincent and the Grenadines
8. Which of the following countries is NOT located in the Caribbean Sea?
(A) Guyana, Barbados, the Bahamas
(B) Antigua, St.Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat
(C) Haiti, Cuba, Jamaica
(D) Grenada, St.Vincent, St. Lucia
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9. Which of the following countries have coastlines bordering the Atlantic Ocean not the Caribbean
Sea?
(A) Suriname, French Guiana, Panama
(B) Trinidad, Barbados, Mexico
(C) Guyana, Trinidad, Belize
(D) Suriname, French Guiana and Guyana

10. Montserrat is a British overseas territory, this means its people are
(A) Caribbean citizens
(B) American citizens
(C) British citizens
(D) Crown citizens

11. Countries such as Mexico, Panama and Nicaragua are NOT considered part of the Caribbean
because
(A) They are not washed by the Caribbean Sea
(B) Their historical experiences are different from many of the other Caribbean territories
(C) They do not sit within the Caribbean plate
(D) They are not islands

12. The Northern boundary of the geological Caribbean is

(A) The line of the Greater Antilles
(B) The line of the Lesser Antilles
(C) A line through Trinidad and Northern Venezuela and Columbia
(D) The Pacific coast of central America

13. The ‘political’ Caribbean includes all of the following, EXCEPT

(A) St. Lucia
(B) Barbados
(C) Belize
(D) Guadeloupe
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14. Even those these countries are geographically located in the Caribbean, they are not
considered part of the political Caribbean

(A) Bermuda, St. Lucia, Suriname

(B) Montserrat, Grenada, and St, Vincent
(C) Martinique, Guadeloupe, and French Guiana
(D) Grenada, St. Vincent, Barbados

15. Which of the following islands are excluded under the geographical definition of the
Caribbean
(A) Barbados, Bahamas
(B) Trinidad, Tortola
(C) Barbados, Cuba
(D) Jamaica, Haiti

16. Which of the following cannot be classified under the ‘geological’ Caribbean?
(A) Bahamas, St. Lucia, Antigua
(B) Much of Cuba, Guyana, Bahamas
(C) Trinidad, Barbados, Guadeloupe
(D) Cuba, Trinidad, Guyana

17. The definition of the Caribbean that is concerned with the practical matter of longitude and
latitude is
(A) Geographical
(B) Geological
(C) Historical
(D) Diasporic

18. Sam is from Barbados and Mary is from Grenada. They met at a conference and were surprised
that they shared similar cultural practices.
The definition of the Caribbean that will help to explain this is
(A) Geographical
(B) Geological
(C) Historical
(D) Diasporic
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19. Which of the following definitions of the Caribbean relies heavily on the existence of the
Caribbean sea
(A) Historical
(B) Geological
(C) Political
(D) Geographical

20. The geographical definition of the Caribbean has the advantage of

(A) limiting the term ‘Caribbean’ to those territories that identify themselves as such
(B) mirroring the political grouping known as the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)
(C) including all the territories generally considered part of the Caribbean cultural sphere
(D) being linked to a defined physical space

21. Which island/s is/are on the Lucayan Archipelago?

(A) Bahamas
(B) Puerto Rico
(C) Netherland Antilles
(D) Tobago

22. Identify two sets of islands belonging to the French Caribbean.

(A) Saint Martin and Haiti
(B) Montserrat and Guadeloupe
(C) Bermuda and Puerto Rico
(D) Saint Martin and Martinique

23. Which country is not a mainland Caribbean territory?

(A) Guyana
(B) Belize
(C) Venezuela
(D) Suriname

24. Which island lies farthest east of the Caribbean Basin?

(A) Bahamas
(B) Barbuda
(C) Barbados
(D) Bonaire
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25. Which Caribbean country is nearest to the US mainland?

(A) Belize
(B) Bahamas
(C) Barbados
(D) Barbuda

26. Identify one Caribbean island from the list that's under US administration.
(A) Dominica Republic
(B) Puerto Rico
(C) Bonaire
(D) Curacao

27. Which set of Islands make up the Dutch Antilles?

(A) Antigua, Barbuda, Grenadines
(B) Martinique, Saint Martin, Haiti
(C) Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominica Republic
(D) Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao

28. Which is the largest Anglo-Caribbean Island?

(A) Belize
(B) Jamaica
(C) Suriname
(D) Trinidad and Tobago

29. Name two Islands from the list that were in the Windward Island Group.
(A) Grenada and St Lucia
(B) Barbados and Dominica
(C) Jamaica and Cayman
(D) Antigua and Montserrat

30. The language Papiamento is spoken in

(A) Curacao (B) Martinique (C) Cuba (D) Montserrat