THE TAINOS
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- Q1
One of the countries below was not inhabited by the Tainos. Which country is it?
Barbados
Hispaniola
Jamaica
St. Vincent
30s - Q2
Which mode of transportation did the Tainos use to travel from South America to the Caribbean islands?
speed boat
submarine
raft
canoe
30s - Q3
Which word best describes the Tainos?
peaceful
warlike
tired
fierce
30s - Q4
What was the name of the Taino chief?
Taino
priest
cacique
bohio
30s - Q5
How many "gods" did the Tainos have?
one
many
three
two
30s - Q6
The Tainos migrated from...
Greenland
America
South America
The Caribbean
30s - Q7
What did the Tainos look like?
tall, with straight noses and green eyes
brown-skinned, medium height and build, with straight black hair and flat foreheads
short, with curly, red hair and small feet
slimly built, with long, blonde hair and broad lips
30s - Q8
Taino provinces were probably established near to the sea so that they could
take pictures
travel on the sea using canoes
go skiing
brush teeth
30s - Q9
The name of the Tainos ball games was called
football
batos
wrestling
baseball
30s - Q10
Role of the men in the Taino society is
fishing and hunting
dancing and singing
running
wrestling
30s - Q11
What did Tainos do to their newborn children so that they would be "beautiful"?
straightened their hair
put rings into their lips
flattened their foreheads
put red paste on their hair
30s - Q12
The Tainos were indigenous to Jamaica.
Indigenous means:
They were the first set of people to live in Jamaica.
They were not welcomed in other countries
They were intelligent
They were a simple set of people.
30s - Q13
The Tainos used ___________ to build their houses.
wood and leaves
board and tiles
blocks and bricks
30s - Q14
Two foods that the Tainos prepared were___________.
pepperpot soup and cassava bread
smoked iguana and corn bread
mango chutney and cassava bread
pineapple juice and cassava juice
30s - Q15
Where did the Kalinagos settle?
the Greater Antilles
Central America
The Mainland countries
the Lesser Antilles
30s