First Form Revision Quiz

Which word best describes the Tainos

• Loving

• Peaceful

• Fierce

• Warlike

The chief of the Taino tribe was called

• Coyaba

• Zemi

• Areitos

• Cacique

The name of the Tainos ball games was called

• Football

• Kick ball

• Batos

• Baseball

Role of the men in the Taino society

• Fishing and hunting

• Dancing and singing

• Wrestling

• running

What did Tainos do to their newborn children so that they would be "beautiful"?

• straightened their hair

• put rings into their lips

• flattened their foreheads

• put red paste on their hair

What did the Tainos look like?

• tall, with straight noses and green eyes

• brown-skinned, medium height and build, with straight black hair and flat foreheads

• short, with curly, red hair and small feet

• slimly built, with long, blonde hair and broad lips

Who were the first inhabitants of Jamaica?

• Indians

• Europeans

• Tainos

How many "gods" did the Tainos have?

• one

• none

• many

• two

The Tainos were indigenous to Jamaica.

Indigenous means:

• They were intelligent

• They were the first set of people to live in Jamaica.

• They were a simple set of people.

Two foods that the Tainos prepared were___________.

• pepperpot soup and cassava bread

• cakes and biscuit

• barbeque chicken 🐔 and fries.