Spirits of the Jaguar: Hunters of the Caribbean Sea True or False?

_____ 1. Today’s Caribbean people are newcomers from Africa, Europe,

and America.

_____ 2. The Taino came to the Caribbean from South America.

_____ 3. Ancestors of the Taino lived in South America for 20,000 years.

_____ 4. Natives made canoes by hollowing out trees.

_____ 5. Native peoples of South America would not hunt or eat iguanas.

_____ 6. The Taino found the Caribbean Islands to be almost the same as

South America.

_____ 7. The Caribbean Islands have hundreds of species of humming birds.

_____ 8. The Manatee was a dependable, easy catch for Taino fishermen.

_____ 9. To catch fish, the Taino used a woven box weighted with stones.

____ 10. The Taino found tuna by following sea birds.

____ 11. The Taino collected conches but would not eat them.

____ 12. To the Taino, caves were sacred.

____ 13. The Taino knew of and used a hallucinogenic substance.

____ 14. Snakes do not hunt bats as food.

____ 15. The Taino would only fish in daytime.

____ 16. Some bats can catch fish.

____ 17. The Taino thought of rain as the tears of a god.

____ 18. The female coqui frog guards the eggs.

____ 19. Coquis “parachute” from tree tops to forest floor.

____ 20. The Taino hunted land crabs.

____ 21. The Taino ate all the sea turtle eggs they could find.

____ 22. “Hurricane” comes from the Taino word “Harakan.”

____ 23. The Taino were a spiritual people who tried to live in harmony

with their surroundings.

____ 24. After the arrival of Columbus, the Taino prospered and their

numbers greatly increased.