Vocabulary
This word refers to the leader or chief of an indigenous tribe.
What is a cacique?
Women only
This person was the main ruler or chief of an indigenous tribe.
What is a cacique?
Pre-Colonial society was divided into this many main social groups.
What are three groups?
These artistic expressions stood out in Pre-Colonial culture.
What are ceramics, sculpture, music, architecture, painting, and rock art?
This is a system where people exchange goods or services without using money.
What is trueque?
This crop was the main base of the indigenous diet and was used to make tortillas, tamales, and drinks.
What is corn (maize)?
This group assisted the cacique by giving advice and helping make important decisions.
What is the council of elders?
This was the most important social group in Pre-Colonial society.
Who were the council of elders, priests, chiefs, and warriors?
This musical instrument is still heard today in the streets of Nicaragua.
What is the marimba?
A person who believes in many gods is called this.
What is a polytheist?
Indigenous people used these tools to prepare the land and obtain good crops.
What are stone axes?
Wars between indigenous tribes were often fought for this reason.
What was to increase territory and obtain prisoners for sacrifices?
This group was made up of farmers, artisans, and merchants.
Who were the working class?
Indigenous religious ceremonies were celebrated in places like rivers, lakes, lagoons, and these fiery natural formations.
What are volcanoes?
This belief system is the opposite of polytheism and means believing in only one god.
What is monotheism?
This product was used to make chocolate, a special drink for nobles, and was also used for payment.
What is cocoa?
These were some of the weapons and defenses used by indigenous warriors.
What are arrows, wooden swords, knives, and shields made of skins or tree bark?
These people were free men who could sell their labor.
Who were servants?
These were two of the main gods worshipped by indigenous people.
Who were Tamagastad and Cipaltoval?
This group advised leaders and helped solve problems or conflicts in the community.
What is the council of elders?
This economic system did not use money and involved exchanging products or paying with cocoa beans in markets.
What is trueque (barter)?
The cacique proposed solutions to problems related to this type of order.
What is military order?
This lowest group was made up of prisoners of war or people who could be sold for not paying their debts.
Who were slaves?
Indigenous people in Pre-Colonial Nicaragua believed in many gods.
What is polytheist?