Tainos

What do we call the original people of the Americas?

• Taínos

• Indigenous

• Tribe

• Spanish

Which group of indigenous people lived in the islands of the Caribbean?

• Taínos

• Boricua

• Quisqueya

• Indigenous

What is the Taíno name for the Dominican Republic?

• Quisqueya

• Boriken

• Caguas

• Cayey

In what type of settlement did Tainos live?

• In large cities

• In nomadic groups following buffalo

• In small villages

• In a powerful empire

How did Tainos organize themselves?

• With leaders called caciques

• With elections and laws

• With strict rules and consequences

• They didn't organize themselves

What were the Taíno houses made of?

• Straw

• Wood

• Cotton

• Gold

What was a Taino art form?

• Ceramic pots

• Salsa music

• Wood carvings

• Elaborate paintings

What natural resource was used to make hammocks?

• Straw

• Wood

• Cotton

• Gold

How did Tainos use cotton?

• To make hammocks

• To clean their ears

• To eat

• To catch small animals

What game did the Taínos play that is similar to baseball?

• Batey

• Areytos

• Caciques

• Yucayeques