Arawak & Caribs
The Arawak lived peacefully on this pair of major Caribbean islands before being conquered
What are Barbados and Hispaniola?
Columbus first encountered the Taínos on these islands.
What are the Bahamas?
A colony is a group of people who create settlements in this type of land.
What is foreign territory?
The Arawak and Caribs were first conquered by this European nation.
Who are the Spanish?
These two age groups were most affected by European diseases. The very young and the _______ _______.
Who are the very old?
This group from South America eventually displaced the Arawak in the Greater Antilles.
Who were the Caribs?
Spaniards forced Taíno men to work in these economic operations.
What are gold mines and plantations?
This term means establishing control over indigenous people.
What is colonization?
After the Spanish, these three European nations also conquered Caribbean islands.
Who are the Dutch, French, and British?
This disease spread by rodents affected Europeans, but had little to no impact on the Indigenous people.
What is the Black Plague or Black Death
The Arawak tribe could be identified by their quiet nature and this physical characteristic.
What is dark brown skin?
These two diseases were responsible for killing thousands of Taínos.
What are smallpox and measles?
This economic belief centered on acquiring wealth, especially gold and resources.
What is mercantilism?
Christopher Columbus set out to reach this continent.
What is Asia?
Many Taínos chose this drastic action to escape Spanish enslavement.
What is suicide?
Caribs committed this violent act toward Arawak men.
What is torture and or cannibalism?
Many Taínos escaped enslavement by fleeing to these places.
What are other regions/islands?
This term refers to major physical and organizational systems like roads and buildings.
What is infrastructure?
Europeans were motivated by the Gs
What is God, glory and gold?
Some Indigenous groups believed disease was a result of these hostile forces.
What are spiritual forces?
Carib warriors displayed their victories by tying these to their canoes.
What are the limbs of their enemies?
Today, most Taíno descendants are found in these two Caribbean nations.
What are Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic?
Cruel or unjust treatment under colonial rule is known as this.
What is oppression?
This was the greatest environmental impact of European colonization in the Americas.
What is the spread of disease?
This percentage of some Caribbean Indigenous populations died after European contact.
What is the majority or up to 90%?