What is History?
What is a Historian?
A student or writer who makes a
systematic study of the past.
What is a timeline?
A timeline is the presentation of a chronological sequence of events along a drawn line that enables a viewer to understand temporal relationships quickly.
What is a Strait?
A naturally formed navigable waterway that connects two larger bodies of water.
What is Cahoba?
Describe the Tainos??
Straight black hair/sometimes
decorated with feathers.
Olive brown skin
Cotton cloth is worn around the waist
Jewelry made from shells/animal
bones/teeth.
Can you state the various ways in which a historian
acquires information?
Anything which provides a historian with information is
referred to as a source.
What does A.D stand for?
Anno Domini
What is Human Migration?
The movement of people from one place to another with the intentions of settling temporarily or permanently in the new location.
What is Polytheism?
The Worshiping of many gods
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What are Nitayanos??
elders who offered advice and guidance to the Cacique
Types of sources
Written and Oral sources
What does A.D mean as in the Latin word?
"in the year of the Lord"
What is the Push and Pull Factor??
Push factor: A negative aspect or condition that motivates one to leave,
especially in one’s country or region.
Pull factor: A positive aspect or condition that attracts one to a country or region.
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Who is the Taino idol, God
Zemi;Cemi
What are the men's responsibilities?
The men were responsible for providing protection and bringing in food as hunters/fishermen.
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What is an artifact?
Artifacts
An artifact is an object/tool used by past
cultures
What calendar is B.C used in
Christian
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Where is the Bering Strait located??
Located between Alaska and Russia,
What is an Opia?
Spirits that the Tainos believed in.
What are the female roles for the tainos
The women were
responsible for farming
and domestic chores.
What are the steps historians follow?
Selection of a topic
Collect Source materials/Research
Evaluate source materials/ Evaluate
Formulate a Hypothesis/Conclude
Record/Report findings
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What Century are these dates in:
73BC =
1984 AD =
9 BC =
1560 AD =
a. 1st
b.20th
c. 1st
d.16th
What continents do the Bering Strait separate?
It separates the continents of Asia and North America at their closest
points.
Wha is a Zemi made of?? The only stuff we learned
Wood, Stone, Bone and Cotton
How many families live together?
Tainos lived together in
groups of
approximately 50 or
more families.