Social Studies Our Common Heritage

What is the Jamaican Coat of Arms?

• A special symbol that is unique to Jamaica

• It contains the early inhabitants of Jamaica, the Tainos

• It contains the British and Spanish people

• t has the Jamaican motto : Out of Many One People

Who were the Tainos?

• They were the first inhabitants of the Caribbean.

• Taino means noble / good people

• They were from China.

What does inhabitants?

• The first people to live in a place

• The people who live in a place.

• he people from the continent of Europe

The term indigenous means....

• TThe First people to live in a place or land.

• he people who live on a piece of land.

• Persons who farm and dig up the land.

Who were the Europeans?

• People from the continent of Europe.

• People who travels to the continent of Europe.

• People enslaved by the people of Europe.

Who were the earliest inhabitants of Jamaica?

• Spanish

• Tainos

• English