Caribs and Tainos

The most powerful Kalinago leader

• tiubutuli hauthe

• cacique

• ubutu

• mitayanos

Answer explanation

The Caribs were a group of warlike people and so the wartime leader was the most powerful.

The Kalinagos were less reliant on farming as they

• raided the Taino village

• were mainly fishermen

• ate mainly protein

• settled on infertile land

Answer explanation

The Kalinagos would raid the Taino village for maize and cassava and so they spent less time farming than the Tainos.

The Taino roof was built with

• zinc

• palm thatch

• shingle

• banana trash

Answer explanation

The Taino houses were built with natural resources such as the palm thatch.

The Kalinago males lived in a large rectangular house called the

• Karbay

• caneye

• bohio

• ouiku

Answer explanation

Males lived in a large rectangular house called the karbay even though it was generally built round as they had difficulty building it rectangular.

All of the following were duties of the ubutu EXCEPT

• organising fishing

• planning raids

• distributing caracoli

• choosing captains

Answer explanation

The tiubutuli hauthe was the village headman who would organise economic activities.

Roucou is a

• bracelet

• feather head dress

• red dye

• necklace

Answer explanation

Roucou was a red dye worn by Carib women.

Carib boys were taken from their mothers at the age of

• four

• five

• fifteen

• fourteen

Answer explanation

Mothers were believed to be weak and sensitive and so boys were taken away from them at the age of four so that they could become good warriors.

The Tainos slept in

• hamaca

• amais

• conucos

• cohoba

Answer explanation

The Tainos slept in hammocks/hamaca.

Both the Tainos and the Caribs

• believed in the mobaya

• slept in the amais

• worshipped ancestors

• loved the pepperpot

Answer explanation

Caribs adapted the practise of ancestor worship from the Taino women that they captured.

The cacique got his position if he

• led a raid

• killed a Carib

• inherited it

• killed a bird

Answer explanation

The cacique's position was passed on from father to son.