Tainos and Kalinagos

Question 1

tainos location- jamaica cuba, bahamas, trinidad

Answer 1

group left south america via the orincoco river to escape the more war like kalinagos

Question 2

kalinagos location

Answer 2

lesser antilles- st vincient, antigua, barbuda, barbados, st lucia

Question 3

food and farming- tainos and kalinagos

Answer 3

subsistence farmers…produced just enough to sustain themselves ..used slash and burn agriculture.
ate veggies, fruits, meat and fish
cassava was their main dish
kailnagos amde cassava beeer and drank it before raids
kalingos didn’t eat turtles and manatees stupid
tainos didn’t eat mammy apples

Question 4

tainos food and farming

Answer 4

stored live animals until they were ready to be consumed
coordinated planting and harvesting system
grew peanuts and arrow root

Question 5

amerindian word for cassava

Answer 5

manioc

Question 6

weapons- tainos

Answer 6

flint, obsidian other hard stones.
simple weapons..weren’t as aggressive as the kalinagos
wooden javelins and clubs and bows and arrows

Question 7

weapons- kalinagos

Answer 7

more deadly than tainos, spears, clubs, fire and poison tipped arrows from frogs

Question 8

houses- tainos

Answer 8

round, steeped roofs, cacique lived in largest house called a bohio

ball court at centre

Question 9

taino chief what is a the biggest ht were the taino chief lived called

Answer 9

cacique bohio

Question 10

houses- kalinagos

Answer 10

oval shaped.smaller number of houses in villages

no ball court in the centre had a carbet which is a meeting house

Question 11

gender- both tribes

Answer 11

women- palnted crops, cooking, weaving, spinning
men- cleared fields, hunted for food, made houses

Question 12

leadership- tainos (cacique)

Answer 12

1. made laws
2. enforced laws
3. judged cases
4. was chief priest
5. decided who should hunt, fish or work in fields
6. position was herediatry only MALES
7. took care of scared images

Question 13

leadership- kalinagos oubutou

Answer 13

chosen for being an outstanding warrior
had to kill many tainos warriors or caciques
produced tobacco used as money in commercial transactions

Question 14

kalingos leader

Answer 14

oubutou

Question 15

religion- both

Answer 15

nature worship, ancestor worship, and protective magic

Question 16

kalinagos- priest called

Answer 16

boyes healed the sick, ward of evils spirts

belived in heaven and hell..heaven taino slaves
hell- they were slaves

Question 17

tainos religion

Answer 17

zemis- their religion centered on these sacred images..had a special place in the hut
offered food and tobacco

polythesitic

Question 18

why did tainos eat mammy apples

Answer 18

soul wandered for a while eating mammy apples, until it was carried to the magical islands of the south to join other souls

Question 19

customs, feats, traditions- both

Answer 19

flattend foreheads- said to be a sign of beauty

taino prepared special foods and dancing took place

Question 20

cacique cermonial stool

Answer 20

duho, taino

Question 21

crafts- tainos

Answer 21

no knowledge of metal so they used things like wood, cotton, stone, bone and shell

made pots in the shape of animals like frogs or birds with wide ears for handles

Question 22

crafts- kalingaos

Answer 22

were better potters, an average sized canoe held 15-20 persons

Question 23

facts

Answer 23

t
built gardens around houses for food
domesticated animals
simple weapons
planted fruit trees

k
nomadic
semi-military organization
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