CXC Caribbean History: Indigenous Peoples

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What is the name given to the indigenous people who first inhabited the Americas?

Indigenous Peoples or Pre-Columbian Indians

From where did the indigenous people migrate to the Americas?

Asia

What is the name given to the narrow stretch of water separating Alaska from Siberia?

Bering Strait

What did early man depend on for food and clothing?

Animals (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the name given to the Asian migrants who settled in the Americas?

Mongoloids Signup and view all the answers

Which Indigenous group primarily settled in Cuba?

Ciboney (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the name given to the settlements of indigenous peoples?

Taino Settlements Signup and view all the answers

What is the name given to the chief’s house of indigenous peoples?

Bohio Signup and view all the answers

What is the name given to the family house of the indigenous peoples?

Caneye Signup and view all the answers

What is the name given to the small, barkless dog used to help the Tainos hunt?

Alcos Signup and view all the answers

What is the name given to the special sauce made by the Tainos?

Cassareep Signup and view all the answers

What is the name given to the Taino's favourite dish?

Pepperpot Signup and view all the answers

What is the name given to the Taino's sacred object that represented the forces controlled by the gods?

Zemis Signup and view all the answers

What is the name given to the ceremony where the priests inhaled tobacco or cohoba?

Taino Religious Ceremony Signup and view all the answers

What is the name given to the place where the Tainos believed their ancestors lived after death?

Coyaba Signup and view all the answers

What is the name given to the Taino's chief?

Cacique Signup and view all the answers

What is the name given to the special stool used by the Taino chief?

Duho Signup and view all the answers

What are the advisors to the Taino chief called?

Mitaynos Signup and view all the answers

What instrument did the Taino chief use to lead the ceremonies and call the villages together?

Wooden Gong Signup and view all the answers

Where did the Kalinagos originally settle?

The Amazon River Basin (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the name given to the large rectangular house of the Kalinagos?

Carbet Signup and view all the answers

What is the name given to the beds used by the Kalinagos?

Amais Signup and view all the answers

What is the name given to the Kalinago's meeting house?

Karbay Signup and view all the answers

What is the name given to the Kalinago's smaller houses?

Cachibou Signup and view all the answers

What is the name given to the Kalinago's rope or cord?

Mahoe Signup and view all the answers

What is the name given to the Kalinago's four-legged tables of basketwork?

Matoutou Signup and view all the answers

What is the name given to the Kalinago's war leader or commander-in-chief?

Ouboutou Signup and view all the answers

What is the name given to the evil spirits believed in by the Kalinagos?

Maboya Signup and view all the answers

What is the name given to the Kalinago's priest?

Boyez Signup and view all the answers

According to Kalinago beliefs, where do the spirits of brave warriors go after death?

A place where they were waited on by Taino Slaves Signup and view all the answers

What is the name given to the place where the Kalinago believed that the cowards went after death?

Dreary Desert Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the red dye used by the Kalinagos?

Roucou Signup and view all the answers

What is the name given to the Kalinago's weapons?

Bows and Arrows Signup and view all the answers

What is the name given to the type of canoe used by the Kalinagos for fishing close to shore?

Couliana Signup and view all the answers

What is the name given to the larger canoe used by the Kalinagos for longer journeys?

Canoua Signup and view all the answers

What type of wood was used to make the Kalinago paddle?

Mahoe Signup and view all the answers

What is the name given to the Kalinago's creation story?

The Kalinago creation story Signup and view all the answers

What is the name given to the place where the Kalinago believed that their ancestors and the spirits of the dead lived after death?

Coyaba Signup and view all the answers

What is the name given to the powdered tobacco used by the Kalinago priests to induce unconsciousness?

Cohoba Signup and view all the answers

What is the name given to the Taino's ball game?

Batos Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the plant that the indigenous peoples smoked for relaxation and meditation?

Cohiba Signup and view all the answers

What is the name given to the Taino's system of agriculture where they only grow enough food for themselves?

Subsistence Living Signup and view all the answers

What is the name given to the method of clearing land by burning trees and bushes?

Slash and Burn Technique Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the main crop grown by the Tainos?

Manioc Signup and view all the answers

What is the name given to the Kalinagos?

Caribs Signup and view all the answers

Which indigenous group lived in the jungles around the Orinoco River?

Kalinagos Signup and view all the answers

What are the indigenous people of the Caribbean known as?

Amerindians Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the large dwelling that housed Kalinago men, often used for warrior training?

Carbet Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the beds that the Kalinagos would use?

Amais Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the meeting house for the Kalinago men?

Karbay Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the material used to cover the roofs of the smaller Kalinago houses?

Cachibou leaves Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the four-legged tables made of basketwork often used in a Kalinago household?

Matoutou Signup and view all the answers

What is the title of the Kalinago's leader or commander-in-chief?

Ouboutou Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the evil spirits that the Kalinagos believed in?

Maboya Signup and view all the answers

What is the Kalinago's priest called?

Boyez Signup and view all the answers

Match the following items to their appropriate category:

Ciboney = Indigenous Groups Bohio = Taino Settlements Caneye = Taino Settlements Alcos = Taino Settlements Cassareep = Taino Cuisine Pepperpot = Taino Cuisine Coyaba = Taino Religion Zemis = Taino Religion Duho = Taino Leadership Mitaynos = Taino Leadership Wooden Gong = Taino Leadership Kalinagos = Indigenous Groups Carbet = Kalinago Settlements Amais = Kalinago Settlements Karbay = Kalinago Settlements Cachibou = Kalinago Settlements Mahoe = Kalinago Canoes Matoutou = Kalinago Homes Ouboutou = Kalinago Leadership Maboya = Kalinago Religion Boyez = Kalinago Religion Batos = Taino Entertainment Cohiba = Taino Entertainment Subsistence Living = Taino Economics Slash and Burn Technique = Taino Economics Manioc = Taino Crops Roucou = Kalinago Appearance Bows and Arrows = Kalinago Warfare Couliana = Kalinago Canoes Canoua = Kalinago Canoes Signup and view all the answers

When did the Europeans arrive in the Caribbean?

1492 Signup and view all the answers

What is the name given to the period of rebirth or revival of Greek and Roman knowledge in Europe?

The Renaissance Signup and view all the answers

What is the name given to the system where the European monarchs held absolute power?

Absolute Monarchy Signup and view all the answers

What is the name given to the practice where Europeans traded goods between Europe, West Africa, and the Americas?

The Triangular Trade Signup and view all the answers

Who was the first explorer to sail from Europe to the Americas?

Christopher Columbus Signup and view all the answers

What was the name of the first ship that Christopher Columbus sailed on?

Santa Maria (A) Signup and view all the answers

What was the name given to Christopher Columbus's first voyage to the Americas?

The Enterprise of the Indies Signup and view all the answers

What is the name given to the journey across the Atlantic Ocean from West Africa to the Americas?

The Middle Passage Signup and view all the answers

What did the indigenous peoples call it when the Tainos and Europeans clashed due to their different cultures?

Clash of Cultures (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the name given to the act of eliminating or destroying a racial or ethnic group?

Genocide (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the name given to the system of slavery where the Spaniards forced the indigenous peoples to work for them?

Repartimiento System Signup and view all the answers

What is the name given to the later system of slavery used by the Spaniards?

Encomienda System Signup and view all the answers

What type of crops did the indigenous peoples rely on for their food?

Subsistence Crops Signup and view all the answers

What is the name given to the family plots of the indigenous peoples where they grew their food crops?

Conucos Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Introduction

CXC Caribbean History Notes
Indigenous Peoples and the Europeans
Caribbean Economy and Slavery
Resistance and Revolts
Metropolitan Movements Towards Emancipation
Adjustments to Emancipation, 1838-1876
Caribbean Economy, 1875-1985
The United States in the Caribbean, 1776-1985
Caribbean Political Development up to 1985
Caribbean Society, 1900-1985

The Indigenous Peoples and the Europeans

The first inhabitants of the Caribbean were Indigenous Peoples, also called Pre-Columbian Indians.
They migrated from Asia to the Americas and Caribbean approximately 15-20,000 years ago during the Fourth Ice Age.
The Bering Strait became an "Ice Bridge" between Alaska and Siberia.
They were nomadic hunters following herds of animals (mammoths, deer, caribou), searching for food and shelter as their main activities.
These Asian migrants were referred to as Mongoloids.
Indigenous groups developed their own cultures and languages.

Settlement Patterns in the Americas

Some migrated to North America, and continued to hunt.
These groups formed tribes based on common languages and shared social characteristics.
In North America, groups like the Iroquois (Mohawk) and Eskimo settled. Others settled in regions like the Great Plains (Florida Peninsula and Alaska), the Incas in Chile, Argentina, Nicaragua, and Peru, the Aztecs in Mexico and the Maya in the Yucatan Peninsula.
These civilizations developed into established societies and unique cultures.
The first group of Amerindians to arrive in the Caribbean were the Ciboney who settled in Cuba.
The Tainos (Arawaks) and Kalinagos (Caribs) followed.
The Tainos settled mostly in the Greater Antilles (Puerto Rico, Cuba, Hispaniola, and Jamaica).
The Kalinagos mainly settled in the Lesser Antilles (Trinidad, Dominica, St. Vincent).

The Tainos/Arawaks

Short to medium height, well-shaped, but slightly built.
Their skin was olive-coloured (smooth and brown),
Flattened foreheads (as babies)
Broad noses.
Black, straight, coarse hair.

Economic Organization

Subsistence living (growing just enough food)
Manioc (cassava) was their staple crop.
Other crops: maize, sweet potato, cotton, groundnuts, and tobacco.
They also fished, hunted, and gathered food.
Domesticated dogs (alcos).
Methods included stewing, baking, roasting, barbecuing or using a remora to catch turtles.
Variety of fruits and vegetables, like pineapple, star apple, mammy apple, hog plums, guavas, paw-paw.

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This quiz explores the early history of the Caribbean, focusing on the Indigenous Peoples and their interactions with Europeans. It covers their migration patterns, cultural developments, and lifestyle as nomadic hunters. Test your knowledge about this crucial period in Caribbean history.