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.