Social Studies

What does the term "Ethnic Group" means?

• A way of life of a group of people

• A set of people who share a common cultural background or way of life

• Something passed down from one generation to the next

What does the term "culture" means

• A word which describe the "way of life" of groups of people

• Traditions handed down from one generation to the next

• One from whom a person is descended

What does the word "ancestors" mean

• A way of life of a group of people

• One from whom a person is descended

• A common way of doing things

What does "heritage" means:

• A set of people who share a common cultural background or way of life

• A way of life of a group of people

• The traditions, achievements, beliefs that are part of the history of a group or nation.

What does "descendants" mean?

• The way of life of a group of people

• Traditions, beliefs, culture that has been passed down from one generation to the next

• Someone related to a person or group of people who lived at an earlier time.

We are descendants from the people who settled in the Caribbean?

• True

• False

The number of Africans who came to the Caribbean was much more than any other group that came?

• True

• False

How did the various ethnic groups came about?

• From social media

• Through intermarriages and having children together

• From the Sunday Gleaner

What does "Out of many one people" mean on the state arm?

• It reflects the diversity of the Jamaican people, being that we are descendants from different ethnic groups, culture and religion.

• It represents the colour of the Jamaican flag

• It represents the Caribbean sea

The Europeans include:

• The Tainos and Kalinagos

• Spanish, English, Portuguese and Jews

• Africans

• Chinese, Indians, Lebanese and Syrians