Objects/Animals
What is the name of the trumpet?
Guamo
What did the Taino's do for food?
They harvested yucca, maize, boniato (sweet potatoes), foraged wild plants and hunted for fish and meat, developing advanced hunting methods as the centuries passed.
Who was conquering the Americas around the Columbus era
Conquistadors from Spain
What does Canoa mean?
Canoe
What does Mantí mean?
Manatee
Where were the Tainos majority of the population before Columbus
The Caribbean
Who was the first to enslave the Taino people
The spanish
What language was influenced most by the Taino language
Dominican Spanish
What does Iguana mean?
Iguana
Where did the Taino people originiate
The amazon
How many Spanish men had Taino wives after they were enslaved?
40%
What does Caimán mean?
Crocodile
What did early Tainos use for transportation
Canoes
How did Taino's oraganize their villages?
Small family compounds or villages of 3000 or more
Who brought diseases that took out many Taino people
Columbus
What does Hamaca mean?
Hammock
What's one thing some Taino people have that are the same as 500 years ago?
Houses
How where Taino people ahead of their time?
The way they set up their society
Why were the Taino's looked at as potentially good servants?
Because they were so kind and did not know about guns or advanced weapons
WHat does Barbacoa mean?
Barbecue