Questions
1. Which of the following best describes a map?
A. A photograph of islands, mountains and rivers.
B. A photograph of the earth.
C. A plan of the earth as seen from above.
D. A plan of the earth as seen from below.
2. What is the name given to the four main compass points?
A. Cardinal points
B. Dew points
C. North point
D. Powell points
3. Which of the following best describes an island?
A. A piece of land around which two oceans meet.
B. A piece of land projecting into the sea.
C. A piece of land with water all around it.
D. A piece of land with water on three sides.
4. Which of the following is the only line of latitude that is a great circle?
A. Arctic Circle
B. Equator
C. Tropic of Cancer
D. Tropical Capricorn
5. Which one of the following best describes what weather is?
A. The average conditions of the atmosphere over a long period of time.
B. The condition of the atmosphere over a specific place at a specific time.
C. The total amount of cloud cover over a place.
D. The total amount of rainfall over a place for a long time.
6. Which is the vegetation type of the Steppes of Russia and the Pampas of Argentina?
A. Temperate grasslands.
B. Temperate forests.
C. Tropical forests.
D. Tropical grasslands.
7. When Columbus arrived in the Caribbean, which of the following were the dominant groups?
A. Arawaks and Caribs.
B. Arawaks and Yucatans.
C. Caribs and Ciboneys.
D. Ciboneys and Arawaks.
8. Where was the first Spanish colony established?
A. Cuba
B. Hispaniola
C. San Salvador
D. Trinidad
9. How were buccaneers different from pirates?
A. They attacked any ship on the seas.
B. They attacked English treasure ships.
C. They attacked Spanish settlements.
D. They conquered Aztec and Inca kingdoms.
10. Which of the following best describes Woods Rogers’ job responsibilities?
A. To build a strong colony.
B. To collect the revenue for the Proprietors.
C. To ensure the safety of pirates while in port.
D. To expel the pirates and restore trade.
11. How did the coming of the Loyalists affect the population of the Bahamas?
A. Blacks outnumbered whites.
B. Influx of foreign labourers
C. Slaves gained political power.
D. Whites outnumbered blacks.
12. In which year was the first Bahamian newspaper published?
A. 1783
B. 1784
C. 1785
D. 1786
13. Who brought the first slaves to the Bahamas?
A. Andrew Deveaux
B. Lord Dunmore.
C. Nicholas Trott
D. William Sayle.
14. Why were Bahamians slaves treated better then slaves of the West Indies?
A. Bahamian laws controlled treatment of slaves.
B. Bahamian masters usually lived on their plantations and did not use overseers.
C. Slave worked hard so they were hardly punished.
D. The churches were able to convince slave masters to be kind to their slaves.
15. What does the term ‘culture’ mean?
A. Our belief system
B. Our economic system
C. Our political system
D. Our way of life
16. Which group is responsible for most of our architectural designs of the 18th century?
A. Eleuthera Adventurers
B. Europeans
C. Loyalists
D. Slaves
17. Which of the following is regarded as the civic duty if a citizen?
A. Right to assemble
B. Right to speak
C. Right to vote
D. Right to worship
18. In which year Local Government brought into effect?
A. 1995
B. 1996
C. 1997
D. 1998
19. Which of the following government departments was first established in The Bahamas?
A. The Bahamas Customs Department.
B. The Bahamas immigration Department.
C. The Royal Bahamas Defence Force.
D. The Royal Bahamas Police Force.
20. In which year did the General Strike occur in The Bahamas?
A. 1953
B. 1956
C. 1957
D. 1958
21. Which of the following direction points lie halfway between South and West?
A. NE
B. NW
C. SE
D. SW
22. Which compass point has a bearing of 90°?
A. East
B. North
C. South
D. West
23. Which of the following represents a ‘flowing stream”?
A. Ocean
B. River
C. Sea
D. Strait
24. Which section of the map tells what a map is about?
A. Border
B. Legend / Key
C. Scale
D. Title
25. What do we call a person who studies the weather?
a. Archaeologist
b. Cartographer
c. Geographer
d. Meteorologist
26. Which island in The Bahamas has only ONE settlement?
A. Bimini
B. Inagua
C. Mayaguana
D. San Salvador
27. Which of the following best describes a characteristic of Desert Climate Zone?
A. High rainfall and high temperatures
B. High rainfall and low temperatures
C. Low rainfall and high temperatures
D. Low rainfall and low temperatures
28. What is The Supreme Law of The Bahamas called?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Articles
Constitution
Green Paper
White Paper
29. Before 1962 to what was the franchise to vote in The Bahamas limited?
A. Birth place
B. Colour
C. Education
D. Property
30. Who is in charge of the proceedings in the House?
A. Governor-General
B. President
C. Prime Minister
D. Speaker
31. What can “National Independence” best be defined as?
A. Being responsible for one’s national affairs
B. Dying for one’s country
C. Performing civic duties for one’s country
D. Voicing one’s opinion on national issues
32. What can “Party Politics” best be defined as?
A. Being pressured to vote in an election
B. Belonging to several political parties
C. Divorcing oneself from politics
D. Supporting the political party of your choice
33. By what means does the Government of The Bahamas raise most of its revenue?
A. Customs Duties
B. Department Tax
C. Levy on Family Islands
D. Real Property Tax
34. Why did Columbus leave 39 men at La Navidad?
A. Columbus was afraid of mutiny
B. The Santa Marie’s destruction made adequate accommodation impossible
C. These men had become citizens of Hispaniola
D. These men were to establish coffee plantations
35. What was the religion of the Eleuthera Adventures?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Anglican
Catholic
Puritan
Royalist
36. For what was Nicholas Trott best remembered?
A. Being a dictator
B. Developing the straw industry
C. Erecting the first House of Assembly
D. Laying out the town of Nassau
37. The Proprietary Period was plagued with which of the following problems?
A. Privateers and pirates incited the town’s people to riot
B. Settlers could not be controlled
C. The Spaniards often attacked and burned settlements
D. The Lord Proprietors went bankrupt
38. How did the Buccaneers earn a living on Tortuga?
A. Catching conch and crawfish
B. Hunting wild cattle and trading in skins
C. Mining of gold
D. Pearl fishing
39. Which three islands were represented in the first House of Assembly?
A. Abaco, Eleuthera, and New Providence
B. Eleuthera, New Providence and Spanish Wells
C. Eleuthera, New Providence and Harbour Island
D. Grand Bahama, Harbour Island New Providence
40. Which hotel was used to make business deals during the alcohol smuggling era?
A. The Colonial Hotel
B. The Fort Montagu Hotel
C. The Lucerne Hotel
D. The Royal Victoria Hotel
41. Which is the largest planet in the Solar System?
A. Earth
B. Jupiter
C. Mars
D. Venus
42. What are the names of the two movements made by earth?
A. Rotation and Relocation
B. Rotation and Revolution
C. Rotation and Swirl
D. Rotation and Swivel
43. What is the path taken by the earth around the sun called?
A. Lap
B. Navigate
C. Orbit
D. Trail
44. How long does it take the earth to spin on its axis?
A. 4 minutes
B. 1 hour
C. 12 hours
D. 24 hours
45. When does the Summer Solstice occur in the Northern Hemisphere?
a. March 21st
b. June 21st
c. September 23rd
d. December 21st
46. Which of the following are the main seasons in the Bahamas?
A. Autumn and Spring
B. Autumn and Winter
C. Summer and Spring
D. Summer and Winter
47. Which one of the following best describes what climate is?
A. The average condition of the atmosphere over a long period of time
B. The condition of the atmosphere over a specific place at a specific time
C. The total amount of cloud over a place
D. The total amount of rainfall over a place for a long time
48. Which of the following land areas receives little or no rainfall per year?
A. Desert
B. Oasis
C. Plain
D. Valley
49. What unit of measurement is use to record the amount of rainfall?
A. Degrees
B. Feet
C. Inches
D. Miles
50. Which two are major industries in The Bahamas?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Agriculture and fishing
Banking and tourism
Salt and aragonite
Straw work and clothing manufacturing
51. Which of the following is a service industry?
A. Aragonite
B. Fishing
C. Shoe manufacturing
D. Tourism
52. Which of the following represents a tertiary industry?
A. Blanco bleach
B. Echo Bahamas
C. Royal Bank of Canada
D. Sun Tee
53. Which of the following is a characteristic of commercial farming?
A. Farming for personal consumption
B. Farming on a small scale
C. Use of modern equipment
D. Use of small labour force
54. Which of the following products is mined off the coast of Bimini?
A. Aragonite
B. Crude oil
C. Gasoline
D. Salt
55. Which of the following is exported from the Bahamas?
A. Asphalt
B. Cascarilla bark
C. Gasoline
D. Steel
56. From which country does the Bahamas import most of its food?
A. Australia
B. Britain
C. Canada
D. USA
57. What is referred to as the “buying and selling of goods”?
A. Export
B. Import
C. Services
D. Trade
58. Which bank was established to assist entrepreneurs in starting small business?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Bahamas Development Bank
Bank of The Bahamas
Central Bank of The Bahamas
Commonwealth Bank
59. Why is it important for a country to be dependent on more than one industry?
A. To assist the people in enjoying a higher standard of living
B. To ensure economic stability for all people
C. To manage how the people earn and spend their money
D. To provide freedom and safety of resources
60. The College of The Bahamas represents which level of education?
A. Kindergarten
B. Primary
C. Secondary
D. Tertiary
61. Why is higher education important to a developing nation?
A. To allow students to study at home
B. To give citizens an opportunity to obtain free education
C. To have a well trained workforce to perform jobs
D. To provide jobs for trained education
62. From which Bahamian institution can students learn skills in masonry or cosmetology?
A. Bahamas Technical and Vocational Institute
B. The College of the Bahamas
C. The Hotel Training College
D. Success Training College
63. How does The Bahamas Government assist the students who are unable to pay for College
education?
A. Giving plaques for completing high school
B. Granting of scholarships to qualified candidates
C. Placing them in a special College programme
D. Producing a column about them in the newspaper
64. Which university benefits from subscriptions paid to it by The Bahamas Government?
A. Howard University
B. Saint Benedictine
C. Sojourner-Douglas
D. University of the West Indies
65. Which best describes how work is done in the Arawak community?
A. By indentured servants
B. By salaried workers
C. Through co-operations
D. Through slave labour
66. Why did Spain agree to help Columbus in 1942?
A. King Ferdinand wanted to discover the West Indies
B. Queen Isabella had inherited much wealth
C. Sailors had proven Columbus’ theory
D. Spain hoped to reach the East before the Portuguese
67. Why did the Lord Proprietors lease The Bahamas in 1670?
a. To control the mail shipping routes
b. To cultivate sugar as their main cash crop
c. To develop the tourist industry
d. To make profits on their “investments”
68. What was the purpose of the Royal Proclamation of Pardon
A. To give Governor Woodes Rogers absolute power
B. To grant immunity to pirates who surrendered
C. To lay down the laws regulating custom duties
D. To proclaim the rights and privileges of the settlers
69. Who was the wreck-master?
A. The first person to reach the wreck
B. The judge of the Vice Admiralty Court
C. The preacher who spied the wreck
D. The ship’s captain
70. Which music is native to The Bahamas?
A. Calypso
B. Goombay
C. Junkanoo
D. Reggae
71. Which is the oldest church in New Providence?
A. Bethel Baptist
B. Christ Church Cathedral
C. St. Francis Xavier’s
D. St. Matthew’s Church
72. Which was a traditional means of passing on the history of the nation?
A. Drawings on walls
B. Story telling
C. Taking photographs
D. Video taping
73. What document is needed by all Bahamians to travel internationally?
A. Birth certificate
B. Passport
C. Photograph
D. Police record
74. Which of the following is a Bahamian delicacy?
A. Bonefish
B. Conch
C. Crab
D. Crawfish
75. How is it that The Bahamas has a common bond with such countries as Australia, Barbados and
Botswana?
A. They were once a part of the British Empire
B. They were once a part of the French Empire
C. They were once a part of the Spanish Empire
D. They were once a part of the Portuguese Empire
76. After Independence the Bahamas became a member of which two organizations?
A. United Nations of the Common Market
B. United Nations and Organization of American States
C. United Stated and Common Market
D. United States and Eastern Caribbean Community
77. Which of the following agencies was developed by assistance from the Food and Agriculture
Organization?
A. Gladstone Road Agricultural Complex
B. Gladstone Farm
C. Marigold Farm
D. Sunshine Farm
78. If The Bahamas Government wanted to build a new Industrial Training Centre to which bank
might it go to obtain a loan?
A. Caribbean Development Bank
B. Commonwealth Bank
C. Royal Bank of Canada
D. World Bank
79. Which of the following is an important aim of Caricom?
A. To encourage free trade between member countries
B. To find solutions to problems facing some members
C. To promote world peace
D. To stimulate economic development for large countries
80. Which of the following social ills is killing most of our teenagers today?
A. Alcoholism
B. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
C. Drug addiction
D. Teenage pregnancy
81. Which has become a costly problem for The Bahamas Government?
A. Eliminating illiteracy in our nation
B. Providing jobs for all Bahamians
C. Providing homes for the aged
D. Repatriation of illegal immigrants
82. Which of the following can best be described as a reason for the increase in drug trafficking in
the Bahamas?
A. Increase in manpower on the Police Force
B. Increase in needed equipment for the Defence Force
C. Increase in people who want quick money without working
D. Increase in public support for Law Enforcers
83. What is the Royal Bahamas Police Force’s attitude to crime in our country?
A. High tolerance to crime
B. No tolerance to crime
C. Refusal to track down criminals
D. Refuse to work long hours
84. What has led to The Bahamas Government encouraging investors to our shores?
A. Crime
B. Old age
C. Poverty
D. Unemployment
85. Why was the Pleasantville Construction Company in New Providence in 1942?
A. Construction to Nassau International Airport
B. Erecting the Paradise Island Bridge
C. Expending the Princess Margaret Hospital
D. Selecting a site for the Water Tower
86. Who was the leader of the Labour Movement in The Bahamas during the 1960s?
A. Sir Alvin Braynen
B. Sir Cecil Wallace-Whitfield
C. Sir Milo Butler
D. Sir Randolf Fawkes
87. Why did the Burma Road occur?
A. American workers were paid more than Bahamian Workers
B. Bahamian workers were not satisfied being paid the American Negro rate
C. Immigration official took into custody all foreigners working on “The Project”
D. The workers had a political argument
88. Which party was the first to be formed in The Bahamas?
A. F.N.M.
B. N.D.P.
C. P.L.P.
D. U.B.P.
89. In which year was The Bahamas granted internal self-government?
A.
B.
C.
D.
1958
1964
1969
1973
90. Which body decides the main policies of CARICOM?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Caribbean Development Bank
The CARICOM electorate
The Conference of Heads of Government
The Queen
91. On which island is the Caribbean Development Bank located?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Barbados
Grenada
Jamaica
St. Lucia
92. The Bahamas cannot meet its balance of payments. The economy is declining rapidly.
To which organization might the government turn for financial help?
A.
B.
C.
D.
EU
IMF
OPEC
UN
93. War has broken out between two of the Caribbean islands.
Which organization has the right under international law to intervene?
A.
B.
C.
D.
EU
IMF
OPEC
UN
94. . Which is one way to conserve the environment?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Build any new factories
Continue to look for new resources to use
Help companies to exploit natural resources
Pass and enforce laws preventing pollution
95. Which programme was developed to assist the government in eradicating illiteracy in The
Bahamas?
A.
B.
C.
D.
After school care
A time for Education
Let’s Read Bahamas
Technical Cadet Corps
96. It is simply not possible for a government to reach out and help everyone who is in need. What
is the name given to groups in society who assist the government without charge?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Public Servants
Social Clubs
Trade Unions
Voluntary Societies
97. Which of the following groups of Law Enforcers was established in 1840?
A.
B.
C.
D.
The Royal Bahamas Customs Department
The Royal Bahamas Defence Force
The Royal Bahamas Police Force
The Royal Bahamas Prison Department
98. . What is the correct order in which a policeman may be promoted?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Commissioner, constable, corporal, inspector
Constable, corporal, inspector, commissioner
Corporal, inspector, commissioner, constable
Inspector, commissioner, constable, corporal
99. What was the lesson learned by workers in the Burma Road Riot in 1942?
A.
B.
C.
D.
100.
One must always talk with the employers
One should file a dispute with the Labour Board
The company should go on a go-slow first
There is strength in numbers
What is the correct order for an effective industrial action?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Go-slow, strike, sick-out
Go-slow, sick-out strike
Sick-out, go-slow, strike
Sick-out, strike, go-slow
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