The Tainos

Which word best describes the Taino people?

• warlike

• Peaceful

• Unhappy

• Revengeful

The Tainos were indigenous to Jamaica.

Indigenous means:

• They were intelligent

• They were a simple set of people.

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

The _________ was the leader in the Taino village.

• Head

• Cacique

• Spaniard

• King

Which description fit the Taino people.

• Short and muscular with olive complexion and straight hair.

• Fat and short, pink in complexion.

• Tall and slim built with curly hair.

What was the name given to the skirt wore by married Tainos women?

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