Module 1

Question 1

Ways to Define the Caribbean

Answer 1

Geographical- based on the concept of the Caribbean Basin and refers to lands washed by the Caribbean Sea including all West Indian islands and surrounding mainland territories (generally between 60^W and 90^W of the Greenwich and 5-25^N of equator.

Geological- an area located on the Caribbean Plate (Excluding Belize, Cuba, Guyana & Mexico)

Historical- areas which share the same processes and cultural history of slavery, indentureship, European colonization and plantation society.

Political-countires that belong to the political affiliations such a CARICOM. Excluding territories owned/governed by the US or European nations.
OECS (Organization of Eastern Caribbean States)

Diasporic- the dispersion of people from their original homeland (Caribbean people living overseas)

Question 2

Historical Process- Chronological Order of the Historical TImeline

Answer 2

1. Amerindians
2. Europeans
3. Africans
4. East Indians
5. Chinese
6. Syrians, Lebanese

Question 3

The Arrival of the Amerindians (Pre- Columbian Amerindians 10,000-13,00 Years Ago)

Answer 3

ROUTES TRAVELLED
- down through the Florida peninsula into the greater Antilles into Cuba

• through the bering strait from Russia to Alaska

Question 4

Geographical Area From Which Slaves were Taken

Answer 4

The West African gold coast (stretching from the Senegal river to the Congo River- 300 miles)

• Upper and Lower Guinea
• Senegambia

Question 5

The End of Slavery TImeline

Answer 5

• Abolition of the Slave Trade 1807
  -Amelioration 1823
  -Apprenticeship 1833
  -Emancipation 1838