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Social Studies
9th
grade
Unit Quiz: Trade Relations in The Bahamas
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- 1. Multiple Choice
In what year was the Burma Road Riot?
1492
1942
1962
1967
- 2. Multiple Choice
Where was the new airport built?
Fox Hill
Coral Harbour
Governor's Harbour
Windsor Field
- 3. Multiple Choice
Name the Construction Company that built the airport.
Pleasantville Company
H& A Construction
Brokell Construction
United Shipping Company
- 4. Multiple Choice
What was one immediate cause of the Riot?
No promotion opportunities
Workers wanted a new boss
discrimination against taxicab drivers
Unequal pay in the workplace
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which trade/profession did not join the Strike?
hotel workers
teachers
sanitation workers
Church pastors
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which main industry in The Bahamas was impacted by the General Strike?
Tourism
Banking
Agriculture
Fishing
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which political party supported the General Strike?
Bahamas Democratic Reform
Democratic National Alliance
Free National Movement
Progressive Liberal Party
- 8. Multiple Choice
Who was the leader of the Progressive Liberal Party during the General Strike?
Sir Randol Fawkes
Sir Alvin Brennen
Sir Clifford Darling
Sir Lynden Pindling
- 9. Multiple Choice
Who led the taxicab drivers in a Strike?
Sir Clifford Darling
Sir Lynden Pindling
Dr. Hubert Minnis
Dame Ivy Dumont
- 10. Multiple Choice
Who called the General Strike of 1958?
Sir Lynden Pindling
Sir Clifford Darling
Sir Randol Fawkes
Hon. Hubert Ingraham
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which political party was government at the time of the General Strike?
United Bahamian Party
Progressive Liberal Party
Free National Movement
Bahamas Democratic Alliance
- 12. Multiple Choice
How many persons died during the Burma Road Riot?
2
4
6
8
- 13. Multiple Choice
How many persons were injured during the Burma Road Riot?
5
15
25
50
- 14. Multiple Choice
In what year was the General Strike?
1942
1958
1962
1967
- 15. Multiple Choice
What were THREE results of the General Strike?
Trade Union Act passed
Industrial Conciliation Act passed
Discriminatory practices banned
Taxicab drivers were imprisoned
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