CARIBBEAN STUDIES Instructions for Preparation of School Based Assessment The School Based Assessment section of Caribbean Studies accounts for 40% of the final grade. This section of the paper is internally assessed and externally moderated. This section of the examination gives candidates the chance to maximize their performance on the final examination. To this end‚ candidates are encouraged to explore possible topics to choose from the syllabus. At the back of the syllabus (pgs. 42-44)
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Impact on Small Island States: Caribbean January 6th 2011 Kole’ Mascoll Student ID: COPY [1] Globalisation and the Economic impact on small island states: Caribbean This paper conducts an analysis of Small Island States of the Caribbean‚ the Economic effects of Globalisation and addresses both the macroeconomic and microeconomic issues. The paper will begin by defining globalization from a generic perspective and then focus more specifically on Caribbean. In addition‚ the paper will
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Nottoway Plantation‚ Restaurant‚ and Inn: White Castle of Louisiana 5. What does the plantation tour industry in the New Orleans area look like? Who are the major players and what are their relative strengths? The plantation tour industry in Southern Louisiana takes advantage of the proximity of both New Orleans‚ a major international tourist destination‚ and Baton Rouge‚ a medium sized state Capitol and college city‚ to draw visitors interested in experiencing antebellum plantation life on the
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Intangible But Impossible to Go Beyond “Cloud Cover Caribbean” tells us the story: a Haitian‚ Antenor‚ fled his country on a small boat. During this unpredictably dangerous sea adventure‚ he rescued a Dominican‚ Diogenes‚ and a Cuban‚ Carmelo‚ who both shared the same dream with Antenor of going to Miami to start a new life. Some conflicts‚ subtle or obvious‚ took place while these three men of different countries and cultural backgrounds were struggling together in one little skiff. The moment
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Caribbean Studies Past paper questions MODULE 1- CARIBBEAN SOCIETY AND CULTURE 1. Define the term ‘Commonwealth Caribbean’. 2 marks 2. Name TWO geographical sub-regions in the Caribbean. 2 marks 3. Identify TWO territories which are located in the Caribbean but are not politically defined as the Caribbean. 2 marks 4. Outline ONE advantage of defining the Caribbean in geographical terms. 2 marks 5. Outline ONE disadvantage of using a geological basis for defining
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Course: HM323 Date: February 13th 2013 Topic: The Privy Council vs. Caribbean Court of Justice The Privy Council vs. Caribbean Court of Justice At the center of the judicial system in the Commonwealth Caribbean lies the English Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. "The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is primarily the final Court of Appeal for those Commonwealth territories which have retained the appeal to Her Majesty in other matters."’ The Privy Council is an institution
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comprise less than one-tenth of one percent of the world’s marine environment‚ yet are home to at least twenty-five percent of all known marine species. Different structural types of coral reefs are distinguished but only some exist within the Caribbean: i. Fringing reefs are the most common type of coral reefs. They develop adjacent to the shore usually along rocky coasts of uplifted islands or along the shores of exposed limestone islands. Burke and Maidens (2004) estimated that 1010-1260
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The Impact of Hurricane‚ Earthquake and volcanoes on named Caribbean territories. The Caribbean territories are at the mercy of hurricanes‚ earthquakes and volcanoes. The region have a history of devastating geographical phenomena such as hurricane Gilbert in 1988 which kill 45 persons in Jamaica‚ 30 in Haiti and 5 in the Dominican republic‚ but the most devastating period for any one country in territories was in 2008‚ where in a three week span Haiti was hit by tropical storm Fay‚ hurricane
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International Labour Organization International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) Investigating the Worst Forms of Child Labour No. 17 Lebanon: Child Labour on Tobacco Plantations: A Rapid Assessment By Consultation and Research Institute May 2002‚ Geneva ISBN: 92-2-112973-X Preface Unacceptable forms of exploitation of children at work exist and persist‚ but they are particularly difficult to research due to their hidden‚ sometimes illegal or even criminal
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What was life like for enslaved people on the plantations? In the 1400s to the 1900s‚ many Americans asked for slaves in exchange for American goods‚ and forced them to work on their fields for no money at all. The Americans treated the Africans cruelly‚ and were extremely violent with their punishments. The slaves were taken to a variety of places in The New World‚ such as the West Indies and South America (Ms. Jones 2013). In this essay‚ I will be finding the answer to the question “What was life
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