The scattering of the Jews to countries outside Palestine

The forced migration of Africans from their ancestral homeland to the new world

A social group forming a distinct cultural community who live in a society where there are other groups who practice different beliefs and norms

A large group of people with similar heritage who live in places beyond their ancestral homeland

Puerto Rico and Belize

Barbados and Guyana

Puerto Rico and Barbados

Guyana and Belize

geological

geographical

diasporic

historical

Barbados

Grenada

Montserrat

Dominica

90°E to 60°W

60°E to 90°W

60°W to 90°W

60°E to 90°E

I and II

I

III

II and III

Bahamas

Barbados

Jamaica

Guyana

Montserrat

Suriname

Turks & Caicos

Martinique

when a culture is transformed by adding new elements and the loss of existing ones

when groups come into continuous contact with those of a different culture bringing about changes in the original culture patterns of either or both groups

socialization into and maintenance of the norms of one’s indigenous culture

the incorporation of a group of people or migrants into the dominant culture of the metropolitan or host country

I II III and IV

I and II

I II and III

II III and IV

There are inconsistencies or outright fallacies in Caribbean history and historians seek to correct or revise the account

Caribbean history was written by Europeans who judged people and events from their own point of view

There is an emphasis on national sentiments in writing Caribbean history

The historical account is written from them understanding that events occur within a particular cultural context

The Orinoco Valley northwards to the Caribbean Basin

Europe at the time of Contact

African trading voyages in the 13th century

Early peoples crossing the Bering Strait

II and III

I II III and IV

I II and III

I and II

I and II

I II and IV

II and III

I II and III

buccaneers

pirates

privateers

conquistadores