1.  Answer the following questions about Trinidad:
a)  Name the capital.
b)  What type of government does Trinidad have?
c)  Who is the head of state?
d)  What natural resources account for about 40% of Trinidad's GDP?
e)  Where is Trinidad located?
(Find the answers at the CIA World FactBook website here.)

2.  How do the current leaders of Trinidad aim to free the country from the legacies of slavery and colonialism?

3.  How is Denise Thompson, head of a graduate program at the University of Trinidad and Tobago, working to help people create wealth within the country?

4.  What government policies have contributed to a drop in the unemployment rate from 10.5% in 2003 to 5% in 2007?

5.  What resources have Trinidad's leaders used to attract non-native employers to spend billions of dollars investing in new factories that will in turn help the economy become self-sustaining?

6.  What problems have been created in Trinidad by its policy of favoring export-oriented, extractive industries for many years?

7.  a) Who is Ken Julien? Be specific.
b)  What is Mr. Julien's aim for UTT?

8.  What do you think of the statement made by Leonard Ochoa, UTT graduate and entrepreneur who said "In Trinidad, up till now, we have only been taught to be consumers. We haven't been taught to be producers. It's a mindset thing."

9.  In what way does this article inspire you?