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

The scattering of the Jews to countries outside Palestine

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

Puerto Rico and Belize

Barbados and Guyana

Guyana and Belize

Puerto Rico and Barbados

geographical

geological

diasporic

historical

Montserrat

Grenada

Dominica

Barbados

60°E to 90°W

60°E to 90°E

90°E to 60°W

60°W to 90°W

III

I

I and II

II and III

Barbados

Jamaica

Guyana

Bahamas

Suriname

Martinique

Montserrat

Turks & Caicos

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

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

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

I II and III

II III and IV

I II III and IV

I and II

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

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

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

There is an emphasis on national sentiments in writing Caribbean history

Early peoples crossing the Bering Strait

The Orinoco Valley northwards to the Caribbean Basin

African trading voyages in the 13th century

Europe at the time of Contact

I II and III

I II III and IV

II and III

I and II

II and III

I and II

I II and IV

I II and III

buccaneers

privateers

pirates

conquistadores