THEME 1: THE AMERINDIANS

Arawaks settled

Greater antilles

Mayans Settled

Yucatan Peninsula: Mexico, Guatamela, Hondurus

caribs war canoe

parugas

Mayan Political Structure

hierarchical

how caribs prepared for wars

1. ongoing war training
2. pep rally night before- stories told by old women
3. attacked by surprise and during the night
4. prepared the weapons and paraguas

how similar was the system of government for the caribs and arawaks

1. The role of the leader: made decisions on war and peace, led religious ceremonies.
2. attaining leadership: hereditary; passed from father to son, if no son oldest daughter of eldest sister
3. Type of structure: hierarchical; everyone was ranked by status with the leader being at the top and the regular people or slaves being at the bottom.
4. Leader name: Arawak: Cacique, Caribs: Tibutuli

how similar was the religion for caribs and arawaks

1. religion: Polytheistic worships multiple gods
2. Beliefs: Arawaks: heaven/ coyaba, Caribs: an evil spirit called maybouya
3. rituals: priest smoked tobacco to get high to communicate with the gods
4. who: nature and ancestors

how similar was the physical appearance for caribs and arawaks

1. decoration: painted bodies and wore gold jewelry
2. protection: flattened heads
3. build: arawaks short, Caribs medium height
4. hairstyle: Arawaks: Putin basin, caribs: bowl haircut

how similar was the farming practices of the caribs and arawaks

1. type of farming: subsistence
2. method of farming: slash and burn
3. type of food: arawaks cassava, maize, caribs: fish
4 skills: arawaks had better farming skills, caribs fishing

name of mayan cities

1. Itza
2. Uxmal
3.Maya pan

Columbus 1st voyage failure or success?

1. Discovery of the new world: allowed for the european discovery of the american continents
2. Spanish colony: the land he landed on now belonged to spain, and he was able to help increase spain's power as a monopoly.
3. Solutions to problems: he was able to find solutions to all of his problems, one example was when the rudder of the pinta broke and they stopped in the canary islands so it could be repaired
4. Did Not fulfill his promise: the islands he landed on had no jewels, spices or gold which he promised the king and queen.

Caribs Settled

Lesser antilles

mayas writing system called

hieroglyphics

mayan chief crop

maize

name of the place where the carib men stayed

karbay

mayan ball game

Pok-a-tok

Roles of Mayan women

worked inside
took care of children
looked down when men walked by

Roles of Mayan men

leaders
worked outside
warriors

carib chief crop

cassave

arawaks chief crop

maize, sweet potato

what made the caribs good warriors

1. the weapons were deadly: they had fire-tipped and poison-tipped arrows
2. societies were organized for war: at age 4, they moved and lived with their fathers in the kaboy and were taught how to fight. at 14 they were painfully initiated.
3. terrain: they lived in the lesser antiless so they lived on mountains
4. diet: protein, well balanced

why were the mayans the most advanced

1. Math System: dot for 1, other civilizations did not have
2. Calendar: accurate, corresponds with the Christian calendar other civilizations did not have
3. Architecture: roadways and well-built pyramids made from limestone are still here today, other civilizations did not have

how similar were the gender roles of the caribs and arawaks

1. women roles
2. men were leaders
3. both men and women were farmers
4. carib women took food to karabay ,arawaks didn't

Explain 3 ways the europen affected the arawaks

1. decreased population: bought sickness like measles and some killed themselves
2. encomienda system: work long hours, forced to change religion and if they didnt they were tortured
3. Food shortage: men were taken from villages so they had little farmers and crops were destroyed by the spanish