Migration from Pre-Columbian times to 1838

Identify TWO indigenous groups that lived in the Caribbean before the coming of Columbus.

2a. Write a definition of the following terms: (i) the Middle Passage; (ii) the Triangular Trade.

In the 15th century, the Taino inhabited

• Jamaica, Puerto Rico and Belize
• Cuba, Puerto Rico and Jamaica
• St. Vincent, Grenada and St. Lucía
• Jamaica, Hispaniola and Antigua

Which of the following group did not occupy the Caribbean?

• The Taino
• The Lucayan
• The Aztec
• The Kalinago

Which of the following groups were subjected to genocide in the Caribbean? I. Africans II. Amerindians III. East Indians IV. Europeans

• I and II
• I and III
• II and IV
• III and IV

The MAIN purpose of the encomienda system was to

• impose the Spanish government on the Indians
• regulate the use of land in the Americas
• provide the Spanish with an effective system of labour
• ensure the Christianization of the Indians

Which of the following BEST describes the encomienda system?

• An organized system of forced Indian labour
• A trusteeship that gave Spanish colonists land and Indian labour
• A contractual system of labour between the Indians and the Spanish
• A system of labour that revolved around the enslavement of Indians

All of the following territories used the encomienda system in the early 1500s EXCEPT

• Puerto Rico
• Cuba
• Barbados
• Hispaniola