Exam 5: The Caribbean

A) strong and self-sufficient female networks have developed due to men leaving home for seasonal employment
B) women typically are the ones in charge of local street markets
C) in rural regions men earn wages whilst women provide subsistence
D) men account for most new hires in assembly plants, data-entry firms and the tourism industry
E) women may have local power in their communities but that power does not transfer into a higher status

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D

A) a cultural region within the Americas.
B) the way of life found with the American Deep South prior to the Civil War
C) a cultural region within the Americas that was primarily coastal and engaged in monocropping.
D) villages for freed or runaway slaves.
E) a primarily coastal area engaged in monocropping.

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A) Jamaica
B) Bahamas
C) Dominican Republic
D) Cuba
E) Cayman Islands

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A) Jamaica
B) Great Britain
C) United States
D) France
E) Dominican Republic

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A) the movement of Africans into the region during the twentieth century
B) the increasing number of international tourists to the region during the last twenty years
C) the refugee movements within each country in the region
D) the gradual separation of the islands through the tectonic movement of the Caribbean Plate
E) the economic flight of Caribbean peoples across the globe

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A) French Guiana
B) Cuba
C) Haiti
D) Belize
E) Trinidad and Tobago

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B

A) It is a possession of the United States, but its residents are not U.S. citizens.
B) It is an independent country.
C) It is a state of the Republic of the Greater Antilles.
D) It is a colony of Spain.
E) It is a commonwealth of the U.S. and its residents can move freely to the U.S. mainland.

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A) oranges
B) sugar cane
C) coffee
D) tobacco
E) bananas

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A) Trinidad and Tobago
B) Jamaica
C) Haiti
D) Dominica
E) Cuba

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A

A) the vulnerability of the industry to external market forces (such as a 9/11 style attack or a global recession) that would lead to a dramatic drop in international arrivals
B) a trend towards cruise ship visits which limits tourist interaction N both cultural and economic N with the local islanders
C) capital leakage where most the profits rarely remain in the local economy
D) a trend of Americans to either opt for domestic beach resorts and/or more exotic locales such as Costa Rica or the Persian Gulf
E) geopolitical instability throughout the Caribbean Basin which has proven to be detriment to tourism

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A) South Asia and Java
B) Kenya and Ethiopia
C) Ghana and Tanzania
D) China and Hong Kong
E) India and Borneo

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A) English
B) Dutch
C) French
D) Spanish
E) French Creole (patois)

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A) Montserrat
B) Puerto Rico
C) Cuba
D) Jamaica
E) Grenada

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Former slaves who escaped their captors ...

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The American involvement in the Caribbea...

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There are several migratory trends prese...

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A) 12%
B) 4%
C) 9%
D) 1%
E) 16%

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A) Tropical rainy and subtropical desert
B) Humid subtropical and desert
C) Tropical rainy and tropical savanna
D) Tropical savanna and subtropical desert
E) desert and polar

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