Theme 1 - Indigenous Peoples

1. Which of the following BEST explains why 3. Which of the following groups lived in Central
ancestors of Amerindians migrated to the America before the arrival of the Europeans?
Americas from their original homelands? *
I. Tainos
a. They were searching for grasslands to feed
II. Kalinagos
their livestock.
III. Maya
b. They were driven out of their homelands by
other warlike people.

c. They were following herds of deer that they a. II only

hunted
b. III only
d. Their populations had grown too large to
survive in their homelands c. II and III only

d. I, II and III

2. Which of the following statements about the

Ameridians is NOT true for the period before 4. In migrating to the Caribbean islands the
1492? * Kalinago passed through *
a. Their ancestors came from Asia a. Columbia
b. They reared small herds of cattle b. Florida
c. They were hunters and fishermen c. Panama
d. They planted maize and cassava d. Venezuela

5. Which of the following crops were cultivated

by the Kalinagos and Tainos before the coming
of the Europeans? *

a. Yam, cassava, tobacco

b. Yam, cassava, wheat

c. Yam, olives, grapes

d. Cassava, sugar cane, bananas

6. (See map above) The area where the Kalinagos lived before they migrated to the Caribbean islands is
labelled *

a. I

b. II

c. III

d. IV

7. (See map above) In 1492 who were the 10. Maya cities were located in these countries
inhabitants of the islands enclosed by the EXCEPT *
broken line? I. Maya II. Tainos III. Kalinagos *
a. Belize
a. I and II only
b. Costa Rica
b. I and III only
c. Mexico
c. II and III only
d. Guatemala
d. III only

11. Which of the following did the Maya use as

8. Through which of the following ways did a money? *
Taino chief gain his position? *
a. Cocoa beans
a. Success in wars fought with the Kalinagos
b. Copper bars
b. Election by men of their tribe
c. Gold nuggets
c. Succession through mother’s line
d. Cowrie shells
d. Appointment by the nobles of the tribe

12. Which of the following BEST describes the

9. The ruler of the Mayan city state was called * religious practices of the Tainos and Kalinagos?

a. Cacique a. nature worship and animal sacrifice

b. Audiencia b. Protective magic and animal sacrifice

c. Ouboutou c. Nature worship and ancestor worship

d. Halach Uinich d. long periods of fasting and ancestor worship

13. Which of the following activities was MOST 17. In which island of the Greater Antilles were
closely associated with the Tainos practice of BOTH Kalinagos and Tainos found at the end of
religion? * the fifteenth century? *

a. Fishing for turtles a. Cuba

b. Hunting water-fowl b. Jamaica

c. Smoking tobacco c. Hispaniola

d. Painting the body d. Puerto Rico

14. Which of the following BEST describes the 18. Which of the following terms refers to the
way in which the Kalinagos lived? * Kalinago Leader? *

a. In small family groups a. Halach Uinich

b. Males separate from females b. Cacique

c. All together in large houses c. Ouboutu

d. Children separate from adults d. Viracocha

15. Which of the following statements are TRUE 19. Which of the following statements are TRUE
of the Kalinago? of the Kalinagos?

I. They were skilled sailors and fishermen. I. They adopted many Taino customs

II. They settled mainly in Cuba II. They were skilled sailors and fishermen

III. They adopted many Taino customs III. They fiercely resisted the Spanish invaders *

IV. They fiercely resisted the Spanish invaders * a. I and II only

b. I and III only

a. I and II only c. II and III only

b. I and III only d. I, II and III

c. I, III and IV only

d. I, II, III and IV 20. Which of the following weapons were NOT
used by the Kalinagos? *

a. Poisoned arrows
16. Which of the following BEST explains why
many Kalinago women spoke the Tainos' b. Bronze axes
language? *
c. Short clubs
a. They worked in the fields with the Taino
d. Wooden shields
women.

b. Girls were taught the Tainos' language by

their elders. 21. Which of the following was NOT a common
practice among the Tainos? *
c. Taino women were often captured by
Kalinago warriors. a. Flattening their children's forehead
d. Kalinago women often traded with the Taino b. Painting their skin
women
c. Wearing ornaments

d. Offering human sacrifices

22. Ornaments worn by the Taino leaders were 27. Which of the following materials was NOT
often made of * used by the Maya in constructing their buildings
before 1492? *
a. leather
a. Wood
b. diamonds
b. Paint
c. gold
c. Stone
d. bronze
d. Iron
23. Which of the following statements is TRUE
of the Halach Uinich? *

a. He was elected by the majority of the people 28. Which of the following statements are true
to lead the group. of the Mayas?

b. He was a political leader and also had a I. They possessed great skills in farming,
military and religious role. building and astronomy

c. He was a religious leader with no political II. Some of them were expert seamen and long-
power. distance traders

d. He was usually a wealth member of the III. They held strong religious views and priest
merchant class. were very powerful *

a. I and II

24. Which of the following were NOT found in b. I and III

Taino villages before the arrival of the
c. II and III
Europeans? *
d. I, II and III
a. Duhos

b. Zemis
29. Which of the following statements are true
c. Potters’ wheels
of the Mayan people at the time of the
d. Stone pestles Europeans' arrival?

I. The used drawings to record information

25. Which of the following statements is true of II. They lived in large towns and villages
BOTH Jamaica AND Cuba at the time of
III. They had great respect for their priests *
Columbus’s arrival in the Caribbean? *

a. They were inhabited by the Tainos.

a. I and II only
b. They were inhabited by Kalinagos
b. I and III only
c. They were inhabited by Mayas
c. II and III only
d. They were not inhabited.
d. I, II and III

26. The Mitaynos/Nitaino/Mitaino/Mytaino

were very important to a Taino chief MAINLY 30. Which of the following items were MAJOR
because they were his * achievements of the Maya?
a. Sons I. Development of astronomy
b. Warriors II. Development of a writing system
c. Advisors III. Construction of large cities *
d. Guards a. I and II only

b. I and III only

c. II and III only

d. I, II and II
31. The Maya wrote using a type of writing 32. The Maya obtained their food MAINLY
called by

a. Cuneiform a. fishing

b. Epi-Olmec b. Trading

c. Indus Script c. farming

d. Hieroglyphics d. hunting