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The Greater Antilles and Lesser Antilles are . . .
a) groups of islands
b) volcanoes
c) hurricanes
d) Caribbean languages
The islands of the Caribbean are usually divided into ____ groups.
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
What is island-hopping?
a) Shopping on islands that have rabbits.
b) Visiting lots of islands in one trip.
c) Mapping out an island.
d) Recording the biodiversity of an island.
What are Nutmeg, Plantains, Guava, and Yams
a) Names of hurricanes
b) Names of islands
c) Names of spices
d) Names of volcanoes
What is indigo used for?
a) Orange Crush
b) white paper
c) red paint
d) blue dye
Which is NOT a form of currency in the Caribbean?
a) gourde
b) euro
c) Dominican indigo
d) florin
Which is not a type of music from the Caribbean
a) reggae
b) calypso
c) goombay
d) nerfduddle
What is the Caribbean instrument made from a hollowed-out gourd with many grooves cut across it. It's rubbed with a stick and makes a scratching sound.
a) guiro
b) harambu
c) florin
d) gourde
Why do different islands in the Caribbean have different languags?
a) Languages spoken are based on the method the islands are formed.
b) Islands belong to different countries. Each uses the language of the country it belongs to.
c) It is a Caribbean law.
d) The High Commissioner of Puerto Rico decided it.
Grenada is known as the ....
a) Rice Island
b) Nice Island
c) Spice Island
d) Mice Island
Where the Taino lived
a) Mexico
b) Caribbean
c) Coast of Central America
d) Coast of Florida
Where did the ancestors of the Taino Come from originally?
a) South Ameirca
b) North America
c) Central America
d) Asia
About how many Taino were living in the New World before 1492?
a) 98788
b) 1492
c) 100,000
d) 1 to 2 million
What were there leaders called?
a) cassavas
b) caciques
c) zemis
d) yucas
Year Columbus made contact with the Taino
a) 1492
b) 1429
c) 1942
d) 1924
Where does the name for the country of Haiti come from?
a) The Taino word for the island of Cuba
b) The Taino word for the island of Barbados
c) The Taino word for the island of Jamica
d) The Taino word for the island of Hispaniola
What percentage of Taino died after 1492?
a) About 80%
b) About 20%
c) About 50%
d) About 100%
WHERE were the Taino forced to work by the Spaniards?
a) Plantations and stores
b) Boats and beaches
c) Mines and plantations
d) Plantations and boats
What percentage Taino are Puerto Rican today?
a) 10% - 20%
b) about 50%
c) about 80%
d) almost 100%
Which is NOT a Taino word?
a) canoe
b) tobacco
c) hammock
d) toboggan
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