Settlement of the Tainos and the kalinagos in the Caribbean

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Where were the indigenous peoples of the Americas and Caribbean region believed to have originated?

Canada

England

Mexico

Mongolia

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What frozen ice-bridge did the indigenous people cross to reach the Americas?

The Bering Strait

The Gaza strip

Central America

The Caribbean

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Indigenous means

exotic or beautiful

originating from or native to a particular region

stubborn

special or different

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How many continents are there in the world?

5

7

6

8

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People who move from place to place usually following a food source are called?

Adaptive

Nomads

Modification

Indigenous

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Caribs are also called

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The Tainos tended to inhabit the islands of the

Lesser Antilles

Greater Antilles

Windward islands

Leeward islands

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Why did the indigenous people migrate from one place to another before settling in the Caribbean region?

They grew tired of being in the same area for too long.

They were following the migration of their food sources.

They were seeking employment.

They desired warmer temperatures.

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Why did the indigenous people migrate from one place to another before settling in the Caribbean region?

They grew tired of being in the same area for too long.

They were following the migration of their food sources.

They were seeking employment.

They desired warmer temperatures.

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The chief of a Taino settlement was called a:

Cacique

Ouboutu

Hulach Uinic

Audiencia

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The Tainos and Kalinagos ancestors were hunters and gatherers they didn't build permanent home because they were

mad

farmers

madic

nomadic

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The idol used to represent the Tainos' gods was called a _____

Batos

Zemis

Areytos

Caneye

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The kalinagos believed in an evil god called ______

Oubutu

Hauthe

Maboya

Zemis

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In the Taino society it was the males responsibility to clear land for farming.

True

False

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The taino leader's house was rectangular in shape and it was called a caneye.

True

False

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This is an image of a special stool made for the Taino leader. It was called a _______

zemis

Areytos

Batos

Duho

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The ubuto was the name given to the Kalinago warrior leader. He was also called the ______ ________

warrior lord

Great Warrior

Great Captain

Great lord

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The Tainos slept on/in _________ made from cotton

beds

mats

sheets

hammocks

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The Tainos believed that if they were good people when they die they would go to heaven. This placed was called ____

cohiba

coyaba

heaven

caneye

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Both Tainos and Kalinagos were polytheistic.

True

False

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