3 Caribbean Social Studies Workbook
Jain Cook
Contents Unit 1 Our heritage ............................................................................................5 Unit 2 Economic growth and development .....................................................15 Unit 3 Ethics and relationships .........................................................................25 Unit 4 How we govern ourselves ......................................................................35 Unit 5 Our environment ...................................................................................45 Unit 6 The physical Earth and human interactions ......................................... 55 Unit 7 Caribbean integration and global links ................................................66 Unit 8 Personal development .......................................................................... 77 Unit 9 History of the Eastern Caribbean ..........................................................87 3
7 Caribbean integration and global links
1 Read 7.1 in the Student’s Book. Then answer the questions below.
a) What is the expression for when countries in an area cooperate and work together towards common goals?
b) What does integration aim to do for groups of varying backgrounds?
c) What is it called when people of different cultural backgrounds learn tolerance and respect for each other?
d) What is the definition of racial integration?
e) How is economic integration achieved?
f) What is a country’s economy made up of?
g) What does cooperation mean?
h) Why does dependence on other people have so many disadvantages?
i) From the 1950s onwards, what did some Caribbean countries start to establish among themselves?
j) What did leaders of Caribbean states see as the way forward to help develop their countries in the Caribbean region?
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2 Read 7.2 and 7.3 in the Student’s Book. Then answer the questions below.
a) What did ten Caribbean countries form in 1958?
b) What was this the first example of in the region?
c) What word refers to an organisation that has business interests in more than one country?
d) What was the primary intention of the West Indian Federation?
e) What happened to the West Indian Federation in 1962?
f) What was held in Jamaica in September 1961?
g) Who were the two largest countries in the West Indian Federation?
h) What did the member countries of the Federation disagree about?
i) What did the smaller countries of the Federation fear?
j) What was signed in 1965?
k) What was formed from signing this agreement?
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7 Caribbean integration and global links (cont.)
3 Read 7.3–7.5 in the Student’s Book. Then read the statements below and write CARIFTA, CARICOM, CSME or OECS next to each one.
a) Formed to promote unity and solidarity amongst its members
b) One economic objective is expansion of trade and economic relations with other states
c) Promotes cooperation and integration between member states, especially in areas like trade and transportation
d) Member states buy and sell more goods amongst themselves
e) Trade between member states was liberalised
f) Free movement of money and skilled labour between member states
g) People can move around freely to study and to look for work
h) Anguilla, the British Virgin Islands and Montserrat are associate members
i) A main economic objective is increased production and productivity
j) They can respond as a group to the challenges of opportunities of globalisation
k) To make sure there was fair competition, especially for smaller businesses
l) This organisation coordinates foreign policy
m) An inter-governmental organisation
n) It gives increased cooperation of common services and activities
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4 Read 7.5 and 7.6 in the Student’s Book. Then complete the statements below.
a) The five sections of OECS are:
i) leads on policy and makes decisions on all matters related to the OECS; made up of the heads of government from each country
ii) implements the policies made by the Authority
iii) reviews legislation passed by the Authority
iv) helps to develop close working relationships with all member countries
v) the administrative part of the organisation
b) The five objectives of the ACS are:
i) of the Caribbean Sea – to ensure that the region as a natural resource is protected for future generations
ii) – protecting the environment, while developing long-term economic opportunities
iii) to develop between the nations
iv) – to develop and put measures in place that will help protect countries and their economies in the event of a natural disaster (such as a hurricane)
v) – better air and sea routes between the member states
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7 Caribbean integration and global links (cont.)
5 Read 7.7–7.9 in the Student’s Book. Then write the words in the box in the correct place in the circles.
Carifesta occupational health
autonomous
cultural bonds
environmental management
international tournaments
University of West Indies Windies diversity
CARICOM countries research facilities
Caribbean Environmental Health Institute
Cricket Medicine
Education Culture
6 Choose one of the athletes or cricketers listed on page 186 of the Student’s Book and research and write their biography. Write 250 words.
Think about:
• where they were born
• how old they were when they took up their sport
• who encouraged them to be an athlete/cricketer
• which country they represented
• their career statistics
• if they have retired, how old they were when they retired and what they are doing now
• their personal life.
Add any pictures you can find of your chosen athlete/cricketer.
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7 Read 7.9–7.11 in the Student’s Book. Use the words in the box below to complete the blank in each sentence.
unemployment earnings regional market legislation prosperity reliable information traditions hurricanes family duties global scale employment combat crime
a) Citizens share , such as washing and cleaning, and looking after family members.
b) is a big problem across the whole of the Caribbean region.
c) Steady economic growth and mean that there is more money available for social programmes, such as better housing, health care, sanitation.
d) CDEMA (the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency) was set up to coordinate responses to natural disasters such as , volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis in CARICOM member states and associate member states.
e) Regional integration offers greater opportunities for the Caribbean region to compete on a
f) One of the responsibilities of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency is getting after a disaster.
g) Regional integration helps member states to through the Regional Security Service.
h) Retaining a strong also means that the region does not need to rely on global markets in times of global economic difficulty.
i) Increased competition can help to raise and boost sales outside the region, which in turn increases and improves living standards.
j) The role of government includes making sure that works across the region.
k) One of the aims of Carifesta is to depict the myths and of the region.
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7 Caribbean integration and global links (cont.)
8 Complete the crossword. All the words are words from 7.5–7.10 in the Student’s Book.
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1 2 3 4 56 78 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Across
2. A particular place or group of people that a product is sold to
4. Something that happens in nature and causes damage or kills many people (7, 8)
5. The qualities that make someone or something what they are and different from other people
11. Capable of continuing having visitors for a long time at the same level (11, 7)
13. The careful use of something so that it is not lost or destroyed
14. Money or property that can be used to start or invest in a business
15. Items that someone owns that can be moved from one place to another
16. Combining things, people or ideas into one effective unit, group or system
17. Conditions and processes relating to people’s health, especially the systems that supply water and deal with human waste
18. Freedom from control by another country
19. The workers in a country, industry or company
Down
1. A government department
3. Something that gives people a reason to love one another or feel they have a duty to each other because of what they have in common (8, 5)
6. A situation in which people, groups or countries join together or agree about something
7. A celebration showing the similarities and differences among different groups of people (8, 8)
8. Able to attend certain meetings (8, 6)
9. A group of people or a country that is not allowed to take part in all of another group’s activities (9, 6)
10. To make a situation or state continue without changing
12. An arrangement between two or more countries on trade between them (5, 9)
16. Involving governments of different countries (5–12)
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7 Caribbean integration and global links (cont.)
9 Read 7.11–7.13 in the Student’s Book. Then join the beginnings of the sentences in Column A with the correct ending in Column B.
Column A Column B
a) Businesses often need
i) raise employment investment to and boost sales.
b) Increased competition can
ii) legislation works help to across the region.
c) The role of government
iii) expand or bring in includes making sure that new equipment.
d) Substance abuse can
iv) drugs and crime in cause both the Caribbean.
e) Gangs are often associated v) long- and short-term with health problems.
f) A way to combat crime is
vi) but the effects of the to disease can be treated.
g) There is no cure for vii) is cuts in government HIV/AIDS at the moment, spending.
h) One reason for high viii) make sure that unemployment crimes are punished fairly.
i) The role of businesses in regional ix) enough money to live a integration includes comfortable life.
j) Multinational companies are large x) better education and training, companies that are and increasing economic growth.
k) Poverty is the state of being poor xi) based in different countries in and not having the region, and often produce a number of different products.
l) Strategies to combat poverty include xii) increasing the range of goods and services.
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