Arrival & Settlement
The Taino place of origin
What is South America?
The ruler of the Taino society
What is a Cacique?
The Tainos primary crop
What is cassava?
The name of the Taino Gods
What is a Zemis?
The person that discovered the Caribbean
Who is Christopher Columbus?
The places in the Greater Antilles where the Tainos settled
What is Jamaica, the Bahamas, Hispaniola, Cuba, Puerto Rico and Trinidad?
The Taino use this for transportation
What is a Canoe?
The place for raising crops
What is conuco?
The name of the Tainos heaven
What is Cobaya?
The system introduced by the Spaniards
What is the encomienda system?
the Taino reasons for settlement
what is access to water, fertile land, building and material needs and a strategic location?
The cacique was chosen by
What is hereditary?
The animals they ate
snakes, various rodents, bats, worms, birds, ducks and turtles
The leader of the religious ceremony
What is a cacique?
The reasons why the Taino society declined
What is enslavement and diseases?