Caribbean History Quiz

Study Notes

Mayan farmers traditionally farmed their land.
Common political features included inheritance rules, a tribute system, and religion's role.
European exploration in the 15th century was facilitated by the Renaissance, advancements in cartography, and imperial funding.
A slave society is defined by enslaved people being the majority of the population.
The switch from logwood to mahogany in Belize in the 1770s was due to a drop in logwood price.
Molasses was a by-product of sugar (among other things) exported from the British Caribbean to Europe.
Provision grounds, factories and fields were all parts of a typical sugar estate.
Planters used economic, political, psychological, and social controls to control the enslaved.
Maroons faced problems like movement restrictions, limited resources, and capture.
Haiti's post-revolutionary political problems included unstable governmental systems, lacking trade, and a scarcity of financial resources.

A map of the migratory route of Amerindians is described from A to B to C, and their locations are detailed.
Sugar estate activities on typical 18th-century estates including the milling process, boiling house, and curing house are described.
Two factors that could disrupt sugar production are poor weather, and lack of labor (unrest or disease).
Rapid population growth in the British Caribbean during the late 1700s resulted from increased enslaved population.
The measures planters used to control enslaved workers included economic control, political control, psychological control, and social control.
Locations with major revolts in the 1800s are described.
The effects the 1800s-era revolts had on the emancipation process are discussed.