What best explains why there is there so much cultural diversity in the caribbean today? a. around 1000, the caribs, a south american group, arrived and lived in the region for about 400 years. b, spanish, dutch, french, and english colonists arrived and established sugar plantations. c. many different european groups colonized and brought enslaved africans. in modern times, people from china, india, and the middle east have come to work in the caribbean. d. the ciboney and other native american groups lived in the region for thousands of years.