Lifestyle of the First People

Which of these tools were NOT used by the First People?

• animal bones

• stones and shells

• fish spears

• swords

The oldest human remains in Trinidad was found in

The main crop used by the First People was...

• maize

• plantain

• cassava

• dasheen

What was the name of the material used by the First People to make clothing?

• Silk

• Satin

• Cotton

• Leather

The “Arawakan” language, named after a place on the mainland and this is where we got the term “Arawak”. It belongs to the same group of languages spoke by the

In what year did we first come to know of the arrival of Columbus to the island of Trinidad?

• 1492

• 1495

• 1497

• 1498

The people in the villages lived under a chief, who was also called a

the first people to arrive in Trinidad came on foot from the South American mainland...

• 50,000 years ago

• 10,000 years ago

• 22,000 years ago

• 60,000 years ago