The Indigenous peoples pt.4 Flashcards
The corn god in Mayan society
Yum Kax
The rain god in Mayan society
Chac
The god of the earth in Mayan society
Ah Kinchil
Mayans played a ball game similar to basketball called?
pok a tok
In Mayan society a red dye was obtained from the berries of the ___________ and a dark blue one from the fruit of the _______________
annatto shrub, genipa tree
The Mayans used __________ for money
cacao beans
What were some metals and materials produced by the Mayans
gold, copper, jade and wood
One of the Mayans favorite objects was?
the figurine whistle
In Mayan mathematics what were the symbols they used for the following:
0, 5 and 1
0- a shell
1- a dot
5- a bar
Name two of the Mayan languages
Kekchi-Maya & Yucatec-Maya
What does the word ‘Taino’ mean?
peace / men of the good
What were the names of the three groups of Arawaks?
Lucayans, Borequinos and Tainos
Migratory routes of the Caribs and Kalinagos
Tainos migrated in a north easterly direction to venezuela then into the Lesser Antilles, moving up the chain of islands until they reached the Greater Antilles
The Kalinagos followed the rivers Xingu and Tapajoz across Brazil northwards to the Amazon. One group moved east and the other crossed the Amazon river and followed its tributaries (Rio Negro and Rio Bronco) to the north reaching the valley of the Orinoco and they drove out the Arawaks.
The latter group of Kalinagos eventually arrived at the Gulf of Paria from where they took to the sea. They moved up tnhe chain of the Leeward islands pushing out the Arawaks. The Arawaks in Trinidad resisted the Kalinagos and so continued to occupy all but the north western part where the Kalinagos occupied.
By the time the Spanish arrived the Kalinagos had reached Puerto Rico
Name two areas other than South America from which the Amerindians could have migrated directly to the Caribbean
Florida and Central America
Possible reasons for the migration of the Amerindians?
Migration was an integral part of their culture
The population had outgrown the available food resources in their homeland and it was becoming more difficult to feed everyone
resources used for creating shelter had been exhausted so there was the need to find new supplies
changes in climatic conditions might have adversely affected their health so they wanted to find more favorable climate
The Amerindians were a seafaring people so they could have accidentally discovered any one of the islands and opted to settle there
The Arawaks might have seen the islands as a place of refuge from the warlike Kalinagos
The kalinagos were warlike so they might have migrated in search of new targets or in pursuit of the Arawaks
Which two islands did the Kalinagos and Tainos share?
Trinidad and Puerto Rico