Social Studies Quiz June 12, 2020

A town is different from a community mainly because:

• at town has a larger area of land than a community

• the roads in a town are better than those in a community

• more goods and services are available in a town

• more houses are in a town than in a community

Where would your parents go to pay taxes on the land they own?

• Parish Council

• The Collectorate

• National Housing Trust

• The Police Station

A visiting group toured Jamaica and slept in three towns that are not capitals. Which of the following would that be?

• Mandeville, Lucea, Port Antonio

• Browns Town, Santa Cruz, Old Harbour

• St. Anns Bay, Montego Bay, Port Maria

• Black River, May Pen, Falmouth

Your teacher tells you that it would be fun to visit a mountain range on your next field trip. Where would you likely visit?

• May Day

• Cockpit country

• Santa Cruz

• Dolphin Head

Beverly bragged about travelling to a landform that measured 700 meters in height. Which landform would that be?

• calley

• hill

• plain

• mountain

I am a tourist in Jamaica. One of the following rivers was recommended for rafting. Which river would that be?

• Rio Grande

• Rio Cobre

• Rio Bueno

• Rio Minho

Highlands are used for all but one of the following:

• encourage rainfall

• build factories

• sight-seeing

• grow coffee and cocoa

Which river flows eastward?

• The Black River

• Rio Cobre

• The Milk River

• The Plantain Garden River

Into how many parishes is Jamaica divided?

• 17

• 14

• 7

• 3

Which is not an important building in the parish capital?

• court house

• police station

• collectorate

• grocery store