Taino
Village Life
Food and Agriculture
Taino Contribution
Taino Travel
100

All Tainos had this flattened at birth

What is their forehead

100

These people in the  community provided meat for their families

Who are hunters

100

The Taino enjoyed this soup

What is the pepper pot soup

100

 Like the Tainos we still cook by smoking our meat over a wood flame what cooking method is this

What is Barbeque

100

The continent from which the Tainos came to the Caribbean

What is South America

200

A Taino woman wore skirts that were made from this cloth

What is cotton

200

The women did  the  _______ in the village

What is planting

200

Tainos ate conch and other sea foods and use the shells for this

What is making jewelry

200

Name the item that the Taino use as their beds that we still use today in hotel and guest houses.

What is the hammock

200

The Tainos used this type of transport to travel to the Caribbean

What are Canoes

300

A Taino man wore this

What is a loin cloth/nagua

300

Name the skills the Tainos used to satisfy their needs.

What is Farming, Hunting and Fishing

300

Tainos grew sweet potatoes and this crop that is used to make bammy

What is cassava

300

On aspect of the Taino culture that is NOT apart of our main culture today is their

What is dress

300

This Taino settlement was in St.Elizabeth.

Treasure Beach

400

The Taino children's attire?

naked

400

One major difference between the caciques house and the other Tainos' house. 

porch/verandah 

400

Taino also ate maiz which we know as 

What is corn

400

Tainos were excellent at this activity that provided crops for them we still practice this today

What is agriculture or farming

400

The Tainos travelled from this country to the Caribbean

What is Venezuela

500

Tainos adorned their bodies with jewels made from ____ they got from the sea

What is shells

500

The Taino chief lived in this

Caneye

500

These two animals were common ingredients in the Taino pepperpot soup

What is the iguana and yellow snake

500

Some aspects of the Taino culture are still with us today. Where in Jamaica can we see these artefacts?

What is the Institute of Jamaica

500

Tainos mainly lived near to these general areas. 

sea and river