The Indigenous peoples pt.2

Question 1

In heavy rainfall zones, what would Taino use to keep moisture and water out of their house?

Answer 1

mud

Question 2

How could you differentiate a Caneye from a Bohio

Answer 2

The bohio is circular in shape with a concial roof and the Caneye is rectangular in shape with a gabled roof.

Question 3

Name of the chief Taino’s house

Answer 3

caneye

Question 4

Taino communities were ruled by cheif called a?

Answer 4

Cacique

Question 5

The chief of Taino was a hereditary status passed on through the female line of the family. What is the term used to define this?

Answer 5

matrilineal inheritance

Question 6

Who was a Cacique?

Answer 6

the chief of the Taino. The cacique was usually male and was not a military leader but was a civic leader with responsibility for judicial or legal, cultural, political, and religious functions. The cacique was a hereditary status and was passed on through matrilineal inheritance

Question 7

Name some of the places in which The Kalinago settled

Answer 7

St. Lucia, Grenada, St. Vincent, Trinidad and Tobago and Dominica, Antigua, Marie-Galante, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Kitts, Martinique and Guadeloupe

Question 8

Name some of the places in which the Taino settled

Answer 8

Jamaica, Hispaniola, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Lesser Antilles, The Bahamas, Virgin islands

Question 9

Name of Colombus’s son?

Answer 9

Hernando Colon

Question 10

Name some crops which the Kalinago introduced to the Caribbean

Answer 10

coconut, arrowroot, sugarcane and plantain

Question 11

Which Caribbean island was called the ‘fertile island’ and what was the term used by the Taino to describe it

Answer 11

St. Kitts, Liamuiga

Question 12

Which animals did the Kalinago hunt?

Answer 12

MUSCOVY DUCK, lizards, crabs and agouti

Question 13

How was the Kalinago village chief chosen

Answer 13

the head of the largest family

Question 14

Where did the Maya and Aztec originate from

Answer 14

Central America and Mexico

Question 15

Where did the Inca originate from?

Answer 15

the Andean region in South America

Question 16

Achievements of the mayas?

Answer 16

system of writing, stone buildings, invention of mathematics and invention of a lunar calendar

Question 17

What is archaeology?

Answer 17

the study of historic or preliterate peoples. It is done by analysing their remains such as artefacts and monuments

Question 18

Name one reason why the Indigenous peoples might have settled on the islands rather than staying on the mainlands

Answer 18

The main reason might have been for food. The islands had land for planting and game for hunting. Some settlers might have wanted to set up their own communities while others may have been fleeing to avoid enslavement from more powerful civilizations such as that of the Aztec, Mayan and Inca. Some may have just been following the human urge to explore.

Question 19

Some achievements of the Maya?

Answer 19

built great stone walls, worked gold and copper, had hieroglyphic writing, pyramids, temples, palaces, plazas,

Question 20

What type of agriculture did the ARawaks practice?

Answer 20

slash and burn

Question 21

Name some crops the Mayans produced

Answer 21

maize (corn), beans and squash

Question 22

Some animals the Mayans kept

Answer 22

pigs, oxen, and chicken

Question 23

Denomination of the mayans?

Answer 23

Roman Catholic

Question 24

The Ciboney were a Taino tribe locate mostly in _________. The Ciboney lived in _____>

Answer 24

Cuba, caves

Question 25

Explain the process of conuco cultivation

Answer 25

Each family would have a conuco or small farm plot. The family members would clear the land by felling trees and burning bushes to prepare for the tilling and planting process. A family would cultivate a conuco for 2-3 years . When the soil was no longer fertile the family would move on to a new plot. The old conuco would be left uncultivated for about the same time before it was brought back into production.

Question 26

Define the term egalitarian

Answer 26

the belief that all people are equal and therefore deserve equal rights and oppurtunities.

Question 27

The tainos played a ball game called?

Answer 27

Batos (Batu)

Question 28

A Taino Chief?

Answer 28

Cacique

Question 29

A Taino chief's house would be constructed with a yellow clay called?

Answer 29

adobe

Question 30

Who was the Taino's god of cassava and the sea?

Answer 30

Yucahu

Question 31

Who was the Taino's god of the rivers and fertility?

Answer 31

Atabey

Question 32

How did the Tainos purify themselves before performing rituals?

Answer 32

by vomiting using a vomiting stick and swallowing a herb called gioia

Question 33

A Taino priest?

Answer 33

shaman

Question 34

Explain the Tainos ball game of Batos

Answer 34

it involved keeping a rubber ball in the air using only the legs and hips

Question 35

The Tainos had alcoholic drinks called?

Answer 35

piwari and cassiri

Question 36

Define the term Patriarchcal

Answer 36

a system or society which is controlled be men

Question 37

Head of the Mayas?

Answer 37

Halach Uinic

Question 38

Chief of the Kalinago?

Answer 38

ouboutou

Question 39

What is hieroglyphs

Answer 39

a picture based form of writing

Question 40

Define the term animism

Answer 40

the belief that spirits inhabit natural objects such as trees and rocks

Question 41

define the term cannibalism

Answer 41

the practice of eating human flesh

Question 42

What is matapi?

Answer 42

a long cylindrical basket into which cassava was put in order to squeeze the poison out of it

Question 43

How did the Amerindians use the poisonous juice which was removed from cassava ?

Answer 43

they used it as a key ingredient in cassareep, which was a preservative agent the Amerindians used to keep their food from spoiling.

Question 44

What is pepperpot?

Answer 44

The Arawaks' main dish which consisted of stewed meat or fish with vegetables, usually flavored with cassareep.

Question 45

What was the main purpose of worship for the Mayans?

Answer 45

to ensure good cropa

Question 46

What god did the Mayans worship?

Answer 46

Quetzacoatl, the "Great God and culture hero"

Question 47

The Taino had men called __________ whom they believed possessed supernatural powers

Answer 47

piaimer

Question 48

The Taino worshipped the universal creator ________?

Answer 48

Aluberi

Question 49

Which indigenous group believed in animism?

Answer 49

Taino

Question 50

Which two indigenous groups believed in a spirit world?

Answer 50

The Mayans and Kalinagos

Question 51

The taino had ______ classes of spirits who were both good and evil while the Kalinago had _______ classes

Answer 51

eight, five

Question 52

Which two indigenous groups had piaimer?

Answer 52

Taino and Kalinago

Question 53

The Kalinago believed that ________ and his brother __________ created the world

Answer 53

Analwaea, Vochi