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CAPE CARIBBEAN STUDIESREVIEW OF PAST PAPERSCAPE 2004SHORT PAPER

QUESTION 1State One meaning of the term culture, supporting your answer with an example.

RESPONSECulture refers to the ways of life of a people e.g. forms of dress.

QUESTION 2Describe TWO ways in which Rastafarianism has had an impact on cultures outside of the Caribbean region.

QUESTION 3Explain what is meant by social stratification.

RESPONSEThis refers to the ranking of different groups in the society according to criteria that are valued.

QUESTION 4Explain Two ways in which education influences social stratification.

RESPONSEIndividuals who have minimal education are usually confined to manual or working class jobs. With educational qualifications one can access elitist social clubs and professional circles.Highly qualified and learned individuals can become members of the intelligentsia.

QUESTION 5Explain the meaning of cultural pluralism in the context of Caribbean societies.

QUESTION 6Describe ONE negative and ONE positive impact of emigration on Caribbean countries.

RESPONSENegative impact:Emigration results in a brain drain from Caribbean countries The country very often suffers from the loss of many professionals and many skilled personnel to the big countriesThe country also loses investment after training a number of persons who leave at the end of training (for example nurses and teachers)

RESPONSEPositive Impact:The country benefits economically through the remittance of funds to the home country by the migrantsThe festivals staged by the new or newly adopted countries aid the Caribbean as Caribbean artistes often have to be imported for these festivals.Less population pressure in the Caribbean, for example, less competition for jobs and other resources.Recognition of Caribbean people and their potential through the achievements of the Caribbean diaspora.

QUESTION 7Explain what is meant by indentureship in the context of the Caribbean experience.

RESPONSEThis refers to the contracting of mainly East Indians and Chinese to work on sugar plantations in the period after emancipation.

QUESTION 8State TWO ways in which indentureship differed from slavery in the Caribbean.

RESPONSEIndentureship involved East Indians and Chinese while slavery involved West AfricansIndentured labourers were contracted to work for a time and paid a wage. African slaves were regarded as chattel.Indentureship was confined to certain territories such as Trinidad and Guyana whilst slavery was widespread.While indentured labourers were treated harshly, they were not systematically beaten, tortured and murdered as were Africans.

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