Vocabulary
What is a cacique?
Tribe leader/chief leader
In the tribes, the economy was based on?
1. Tourism
2. Agriculture
3. Traveling
4. Fishing
2. Agriculture
True or false.Wars between indigenous tribes were frequent
In how many groups was the pre colonial society divided into?
1
2
3
4
5
3
Indigenous people were this type of believer, worshiping many gods.
Polytheist
What is a trueque?
is a type of exchange of goods and services that does not require standardization of value like money and currency.
The main diet of the indigenous people was based on?
Corn
When the cacique needed advice, who would he ask for it?
The council of elders
Farmers, artisans, and merchants belonged what social group?
First
second
third
This type of god was worshipped for its importance to agriculture, providing food and sustenance. What type of god is this?
The god of corn
What is to be polytheist?
the belief of many gods.
This drink, made from cocoa, was reserved for the nobility in indigenous society.
Chocolate
Name the two most important caciques in Nicaraguan history
cacique diriangen and cacique Nicarao
In the social pyramid, the lowest group was made up of?
group was made up of servants, who were free men and could sell their labor power. The slaves were prisoners of war who could be slaves sold in the markets for not paying their debts.
Indigenous people used this tool to organize and plan their religious festivals.
A calendar
What is to be nomadic?
Is a person or group of people that are constantly moving from one place to the other
In each town there was a market where only women could enter to buy and sell, entry was prohibited for men.
True or false. The tribes did not have warriors. If false, justify your answer.
The warriors were brave, they used weapons such as arrows, wooden swords and knives for defense. They used shields made of skins or the bark of trees, they lined them with feathers or cotton.
The most important social group was the?
The most important social group: Made up of the council of elders, priests, chiefs and warriors.
This instrument, still heard in the streets today, was part of the indigenous people's musical tradition.
The Marimba
What does pre colonial time period mean?
The time period before the arrival of the spanish people to the Americas.
Indigenous life
What importance did the cocoa beans had in each village?
Cocoa/Cacao beans were used as currency
What role did the cacique had in each tribe?
The cacique proposed solutions to problems or issues of a civil and military order.
In the tribes, who would be in charge of hunting and bringing food to the village?
The men would be in charge
Name 3 artistic expressions that indigenous use that in modern day history still exist:
Sculptures
ceramics
music
rock art