Haiti 2001

 

1. Haiti occupies the western one-third of ____________________.

a.  French Guyana       b.  Jamaica           c.  Hispanola         d.  Saint Lucia

2. Haiti is about the size of ________________.

a. Maryland b. Delaware c. Minnesota d. Texas

3.       The island nearest Haiti, to the northwest, is ___.

a.  Puerto Rico      b.  Cuba                 c.  Martinique         d. Jamaica

 

4.  As a French colony during the 18^th century, Haiti provided ___% of France's overseas Gross Nat'l Product.

            a.  10%             b.  25%                         c. 50%                          d. 75%

 

5. French colonial Haiti, officially called Saint Domingue, was nicknamed ___ .

 

6.   After arrival & beginning to work on the plantations, life expectancy of African slaves was ____           

a.  1-2 years                b.  7 years                  c.  15 years    d.  30 years

 

7.       The Golden Triangle of the slave trade brought Africans from ___.

a.  South Africa      b. North Africa                c.  all of Central Africa      d.  all of Africa

 

8.       Which was NOT imported to France from colonial Haiti?

a.  cotton          b.  silver            c.  sugar                d.  coffee         

 

9.       True/False.  Haiti is the oldest black republic, and the only slave population to successfully revolt. 

 

10. Jean-Claude Duvalier, aka "Baby Doc," president-for-life who fled Haiti in 1986, lives today in ___.

a.       relative poverty in the USA                       c.  Switzerland in hiding

b.       southern France in lessening luxury         d.  an unknown location in an African country

 

11.   The 1990's well-documented suit to reclaim from the Duvalier family millions of dollars of Haitian government funds resulted in ___.

a.       restoration of $10 million to the gov't     

b.       a case which is still under review in 2001

c.    Duvalier offering to settle for an undisclosed amount

d.    denial of any funds to Haiti

 

12.   Which is not a socio-economic issue which Haiti faces today:

a.       deforestation & loss of topsoil                        d. population density

b.       subsistence farming on small plots               e. flight of intellectuals

c.    lack of a democratically elected government

 

13.   Which is NOT a source of economic support for the Haitian population today: 

a.       US & international gov't aid                  d.  money sent by family outside Haiti

b.       International mission aid                       e.  raising livestock: pigs, chickens

c.       export of agricultural products: rice, corn, sugar

 

14.   In November 2000 current president ___ was chosen for a second term by a popular vote generally considered to be free and fair.

a.  François Duvalier      b.  General Namphy      c.  Jean-Bertrand Aristide       d.  René Preval

 

15.  French, spoken only by educated Haitians (& less than 10% of the population), and the only official  language for nearly 300 years, now shares official language status with ____

       a.  Creole                           b.  English             c.  Spanish            d.  Portuguese

 

                                                                              sln 5.31.01

 

Ans:  1.  Hispaniola   2 a   3 b   4 d   5 a   6 b   7 c   8 b   9 T   10 b   11 d   12 c   13 c   14 c   15  a