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A test of knowledge of the history of Jamaica
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1
Bustamante and Manley moved Jamaica toward self government. When was the first election?
December 1962
August 1962
August 1944
December 1944
2
What was the original name for the island of Jamaica?
Land of the Arawak Indians
Sun Paradise
Xaymaca
West Indies Town
3
What was the name of the only developed town in Jamaica when the Spaniards came?
Port Antonio
Port Royal
Spanish Town
Morant Bay
4
The slave rebellion named the "Easter Rebellion of 1760" was led by whom?
Norman Manley
Sam Sharpe
Paul Bogle
Nanny of the Maroons
5
Who led an attack on Jamaica in 1665, in which the Spaniards freed slaves and fled to Cuba?
Both Admiral Penn and Robert Venables
Henry Morgan
General Robert Venables
Admiral William Penn
6
Sir Alexander Bustamante founded the BITU and led the JLP; who founded the NWU and led the PNP?
Sir Florizel Augustus Glasspole
Norman Washington Manley
Marcus Mosiah Garvey
Michael Norman Manley
7
430 died in the Morant Bay Rebellion of 1865, a prominent legislator was blamed, name him?
William Wilberforce
George William Gordon
Granville Sharp
Paul Bogle
8
In the 1930s Jamaica was in crisis which led to violence and rioting, what factors caused this?
World-wide economic depression and falling sugar prices
Lack of migration and steeply rising population growth
All of the above
Ruin of the banana industry by the Panama industry disease
9
Riots of the 1930s led to 2 labor unions, Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU) and ______?
People's National Party (PNP)
Universal Adult Suffrage (UAS)
Jamaica Labour Party (JLP)
National Workers Union (NWU)
10
How did the Spaniards get the land from the Arawak Indians.
All of the Above
Introduced European diseases to which they had no resistance
Tortured and Killed them
Overworked and ill-treated them
11
In 1509 the first Spanish colonists came to Jamaica , what is the name of their first town?
Colonia de Espana
St. Ann's Bay
Discovery Bay
Sevilla La Nueva
12
What was the most popular past time for the original inhabitants of Jamaica?
Eating
Fishing
Farming
Smoking
13
Name the Buccaneer captain who was knighted by King Charles II and became Lt. Governor in 1673?
Henry Morgan
Juan de Esquivel
Hermano Castro
Christopher Columbus
14
What was the name given to the island by Cuban settlers before it was "discovered"?
The Land of Sunshine
Island Paradise
The Land of Water and Sunshine
The Land of Blessed Gold
15
Slave rebellions led to the abolition of the slave trade. When was full freedom granted?
1834
1944
1838
1808
16
After earthquake destroyed Port Royal in 1692, what did it become?
Vacation Beach
Naval Base
Commercial Fishing Port
Fish Trade Marketplace
17
In 1872 the island's capital was moved from where, to where?
Spanish Town to Kingston
Kingston to St. Andrew
Kingston to Spanish Town
Spanish Town to St. Andrew
18
On what date was the island of Jamaica "discovered"?
June 12, 1945
May 7, 1944
August 1, 1943
May 5, 1494
19
What is the name of the European explorer who was credited with "discovering" Jamaica?
Christopher Columbus
Juan de Esquivel
Christian Corrobo
William Penn
20
Under the leadership of wild, rough and ruthless Buccaneers, Port Royal become known as what?
Land of Lawlessness
The Wild Wild West
Wealthiest and Wickedest City in the World
Shanty Town
21
England brought in slaves from Africa to work the sugar plantations, for what were they traded?
Molasses
Rum
All of the Above
Sugar
22
Where did the European "discoverer" first landed on his arrival to Jamaica?
St. Ann's Bay
Spanish Town
Discovery Bay
Port Antonio