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Amerindians Flashcards

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Who were the Taino?

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The Taino were Amerindians.

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What did the Taino eat?

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The main dish of the Taino was pepperpot. It contained meat, fish, vegetables, pepper and spices. They also ate fruits and vegetables.

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What was the the leader of the Taino called?

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The leader was called the Cacique.

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Where did the Taino live and why?

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The Taino lived near the sea to hunt fish and to escape from the Caribs.

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How was maize first produced?

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In about 7,000 BCE people living in the Mexican Highlands found wild grass with tiny ears of green which they could eat. For centuries the wild grass was carefully cultivated until it produced the first kernels of maize.

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By 5000 BCE, what are other crops that Mexican-Americans were eating?

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One discovery led to another and by 5000 BCE the first Mexican-Americans were eating a diet of maize, squash, beans, tomatoes, chilies and chocolate.

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What crops were people in the Caribbean cultivating around 5000 BCE?

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The people of the Caribbean Shores were learning to cultivate yams, cacao and tobacco.

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How did the people of the rainforests of South America and the Caribbean remove the poisonous liquid from bitter cassava?

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They removed the poison by grating the cassava and straining the pulp through a wicker basket.

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Where did the people learn to grow a wide variety of potatoes?

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On the Pacific Coast of South America they learned to grow a wide variety of potatoes.

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What kind of animals did Amerindians use for food, work and wool?

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All indigenous Americans caught and ate small dogs, but the Mexicans also had flocks of turkeys and ducks. Farmers in Peru kept llamas, alpacas and vicunas which they used as beasts of burden for meat and wool.

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How did the indians reach South America?

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The indians crossed the Bering Strait to reach South America. They followed the deer.

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Where did the Eskimos live?

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The Eskimos from Alaska lived in the arctic region.

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What is the name of a Taino house?

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A caneye.

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What is the name of a Cacique’s stool?

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A duho.

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How many wives could a Cacique have?

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He had many wives.

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What is another name for the Taino?

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The Taino were also known as the Arawaks.

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What did the Taino wear around their necks and why?

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The Taino wore a zemi around their neck.
They said a zemi would protect them from evil spirits. Every house had a zemi, they were very important.

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What kind of people were the Taino?

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The Taino were described as peaceful people.

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What is another name for the Kalingo?

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Another name for the Kalingo was the Caribs or the Kalinago.

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Who is Raymond Bretton?

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Raymond Bretton was a French missionary priest who lived among the Caribs of Guadalupe during the First half of the 17th century. He was trying to convert them to Christianity.

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What is our knowledge of the Kalingo mostly based on?

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Our knowledge of the Kalingo is based almost entirely on the written reports of early European observers like Father Breton.

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When did the Kalingo complete their conquest of the Lesser Antilles?

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The Kalingo completed their Conquest of the lesser Antilles not long before Christopher Columbus and the Spanish arrived from across the Atlantic Ocean.

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When and where was the first encounter between the Kalingos and the Spanish explorers?

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The first encounter of the two groups took place on Guadalupe on the fourth of November.

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Where were the Taino found?

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The Tainos settled in the Greater Antilles. The islands they occupied included Cuba Jamaica Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

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Why did many of the indigenous Americans remain hunter gatherers?

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Many of the indigenous Americans lived in remote Northern regions of the Americas where the climate was too harsh for farming. They were forced to remain hunters and gatherers.

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What did the Innuits hunt?

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Inuits in the Arctic had no choice but to hunt seals and fish.

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What did the plains Americans do for food?

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The plains Americans had their needs supplied by enormous herds of Bison.

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What was a Taino village like?

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The Taino lived in small villages with small houses and campfires for warmth.

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What did kinds of things did the Taino do for recreation?

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They also did rituals, sang songs and danced around the fire. The smoked tobacco.

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What are some islands that the Kalingos settled in?

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The Kalinago mainly occupied the Lesser Antilles. They had established settlements in Dominica, Grenada, Barbados and St. Lucia. What must be noted is that although the Taino and the Kalinago were always at War they both occupied Puerto Rico and Trinidad.

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What was the Kalingo chief called?

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The Kalingo chief is called ubutu/ouboutu.

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Who was taller, the Taino or the Kalingos?

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The Kalingo were taller than the Taino.

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What is roucou and how did the Kalingo women use it?

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The women painted their bodies with a red dye called Roucou.

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What did the Caribs do for food?

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The Caribs were not good farmers, they mostly fished for their food.

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What are some things that the Caribs would not eat and why?

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They believed that turtle meat would make them stupid. They felt that if they ate pig meat they would get beaded eyes.They also believe that eating crab before a voyage would bring storms. the Kalinago seasoned their food with pepper but did not use salt.

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How did the ubutu get his title?

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ubutu got his title because he was the most victorious during battles.

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What happened to Carib boys when they were four?

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At the age of four, Carib boys were put to live in a kabay. In the kabay they would be taught how to be warriors.

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How long had the Kalingos been in the Caribbean when Columbus arrived?

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The Kalingos were the last group to settle in the Caribbean before the arrival of Columbus and his crew. Indeed, when the ships, the Nina and the Santa Maria reached the land in 1492, the Kalingo had been here only for about 40 years.

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How did the Kalingos test the boys?

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In the Caribbean, some indigenous groups had initiation rituals for boys in the journey to manhood. The Kalinago had a ceremony in which the boy was scratched by an animal tooth and pepper rubbed on the wound.

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Who are the Amerindians?

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The amerindians or mongoloids were a group of people who arrived and settled in Americas from Asia years ago. This group of mongoloids were from the lineage of nomadic Hunters.

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What is the Bering Strait

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A frozen bridge which connected Siberia and Alaska during the ice age. Siberia is a vast Russian province encompassing most of northern Asia.

41
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What did the Taino look like?

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They were smooth dark skin people with small foreheads because they flattened the heads of the babies when they were small because they said it made them look beautiful.

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How did the cacique get his position?

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He inherited it.

43
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What was the cacique’s house called.

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The cacique lived in the biggest house called a Bohio.

44
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What were the cacique’s duties

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Making laws, informing villagers when to go to war, deciding when to plant crops and organising the village into co-operative ventures.

45
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What was the Arawaks’ main crop?

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Cassava/manioc

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What kind of animals did the Arawaks have around the village?

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Agouti and barkless dogs.

47
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What was batos?

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A ball game played by the Taino.

48
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Were the Taino religious?

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They were very religious and had a priest called a Boyez.

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What did the Taino believe happened after death?

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The Taino believed in life after death and a place called Cobia. They believe that the soul would travel and go to Cobia and would rest peacefully.

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What were the duties of the ubutu?

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His main duties were to prepare the Kalinago for war and raiding villages.

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Why did the Kalinago travel?

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They traveled to fish, hunt and to fight others to take their possessions.

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