To loathe,
Or to not loathe,
That is the question
100
The person the Taíno were oppressed by.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
The period when the Arawarks went extinct.
What was the mid-16th century?
100
The other ethnic/tribal culture that the Taíno/Arawarks warred or raided by.
Bonus: (+/-100): What they did.
What were the canibalistic Caribs?
Bonus: Killed the men, kept the women, and ate the Taíno children.
Glad I ain’t born then and there!
200
What disease(s) ravaged the Taíno.
What are Smallpox, Measles, and Influenza (flu)?
200
The other Native Central/South American nations that went extinct in the age of exploration.
What were the Incas, Aztecs, Lucayans, etc?
200
The weapons the Taíno used against the Carib and the Spanish.
Bonus (+/-100): The defensive weapons of the Taíno.
What were bows, poison arrows, ropes (various purposes), harpoon spears, spears, macana, etc?
Bonus: Why there was no specialized defense tool besides the net. (But that is not specialized)
300
What did the Spanish demand.
What were Cotton and Gold?
300
The island group the Taíno resided on.
Bonus (+/-100): The specific islands the Taíno resided on.
What were the Greater Antilles?
Bonus: What are Cuba, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico?
300
The population loss of the Taíno after the Spanish voyaged there
What was the loss of approximately 3 million (estimate) to the Taíno, Carib, and other cultures populations?
“There were 60,000 people living on this island [when I arrived in 1508], including the Indians; so that from 1494 to 1508, over three million people had perished from war, slavery and the mines. Who in future generations will believe this?”
—Bartolomé de las Casas
400
The enslavement program of the Spanish and the time period.
What is the encomienda during the Roman period and ended in 1720?
400
The crop(s) the Taíno grew that are still in high demand.
Bonus (+/-100): The definition (in English) of Yúcahu.
What were Yuca (Cassava), pepper, and corn?
Bonus: Zemí (god/spirit) of Cassava
400
The place of women in Taíno society.
What was highly important?
500
The name of the language group that the Taíno language originate from that went extinct.
What is the Northern Ta-Arawakan group?
500
The type of government and the way the citizens were organized.
Bonus (+/-100): The name and the parts of the body allowed of this ceremonial game.
What was hierarchical society, with a chief, nobles, a shaman, and commoners?
Bonus: What was Batey (Batu), with everything but hands and feet.
500
The leader(s) of the successful 1520 revolt by the Taíno.
Duo Bonus (+/-100 and +/-100)
1.) The leaders of the less successful 1511 rebellion.
(Name one or two.)
2.) This man was commissioned to suppress the 1511 standoff, and searched for a fountain, it held water that could supposedly give eternal youth.
Who was Enriquillo?
Bonus 1: Who were Agüeybaná II, Arasibo, Hayuya, Jumacao, Urayoán, Guarionex, Orocobix, and other Taíno and Carib Caciques.
Bonus 2: Who was Juan Ponce de León?