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    and also medicine. His society is also used to trading unlike the Tainos who do everything for themselves and had no contact with the outside world. While a good impression was first made on the Tainos‚ Columbus wanted them to survive as a colony but needed them for many things he promised Spain. Leaving the Tainos in the hands of Spaniards was not the best decision on Christopher Columbus’s part. When things fell apart in the Tainos communities it was then when Columbus did not care what happened

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    in St. Vincent and the Grenadines they are well known as Yellow Caribs or Pure Caribs. A) The Indigenous people of SVG originally came from South America. Their customs were hunting‚ fishing and cultivating crops. They practiced manufactured pottery‚ basket making and making petroglyphs. The Amerindians were Polytheists‚ this means that they believed in many gods. They also believed in an evil spirit called Maybouya. B) The Caribs (and Garifuna) named St. Vincent Hairouna which mean land of the

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    Puerto Rico’s first governor. The first town established was Caparra‚ located near the south shore of what is today the San Juan Bay. The Tainos who lived on the island‚ lived in small tribes. They were not physically prepared to resist the Spaniards goal to conquer the island. Their primitive weapons were no match for the Spanish swords and powerful firearms. The Tainos were turned into slaves and used to do mining work.

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    Topic: Human Cultural Development via the Arts Members of Group: Mickael Carmel‚ Rhea Farrell‚ Kyla Burton‚ La-Chelle Carter‚ Zhané Joseph‚ Kyla Weaver‚ Shennel Douglas and Niah Joseph Teacher: Mrs. Camacho Subject: Caribbean Studies According to Marcus Garvey‚ “a people without the knowledge of their past history‚ origin and culture is like a tree without roots.” Cultural arts continue to be of major influence in Caribbean society. Cultural Arts is interpreted as‚ the civilization of a given

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    great quantity‚ without being planted. 1c. How did their acts alter the world? 1d. Why did the Taino go on pilgrimages to Iovanaboina? 1e. Why were zemis important? 2a. Pane says the Taino told him that men left the caves “without their women‚” How did women come to populate the earth? 2b. Does the narrative suggest that men and women were created more or less as equals? 3a. This Taino origin story emphasizes that humann beings were “transformed” in numerous ways to shape the world

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    Find a product of two example businesses in your country or region‚ from your own experience or from your reading. If you cannot find such examples‚ use one or two case studies from your textbook or obtain one or two case studies from your local lecturer. Be sure to cite and reference the name and source of your case(s) in your assignment report. The product of one business should be mainly a good and the product of the other business should be mainly a service. a) Explain how the example

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    way to Trinidad‚ Bahamas‚ Jamaica‚ and Cuba. The Caribs followed and waged war on the Arawaks and then Europeans came and enslaved them. This gave us Caribbean people a combination of foods and culture. The Arawaks and Caribs had a taste for such animals as turtles‚ iguanas‚ alligators‚ and frogs. They liked turtle and iguana eggs also. The Europeans lad a taste for guinea pigs‚ rabbits‚ agouti (a rat like creature) The Amerindians (Arawaks and Caribs) dried and preserved their food by cooking it

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    GEA 2000 Spring 2015 Exam # 1 Review Questions* Introduction chapter‚ Globalization (PPT)‚ “Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel” (video). 1. What is geography? 2. Which of the following statements best defines environmental determinism? 3. Which of the following statements best defines possibilism? 4. Which of the following statements illustrates environmental determinism? 5. Which of the following statements illustrates possibilism? 6. Which of the following examples best defines the role of

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    spoke‚ the food they ate‚ and even the clothes they wore. Some Europeans were so filled with awe at the new lands and different environments that it overcame them and caused them to do unsettling things to the homeland of the Native. For example‚ the Taino and the Spanish were very civilized toward each other but there

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    Not to mention‚ he was also granted a fourth and final expedition. This final expedition was no different then others. By 1504 that Taino were reduces to around 100‚000 people. “Some of them were killed directly as punishments for “crimes” Such as not paying tributes to the invaders. Taino who either could or would not pay had punishments including getting their hands chopped off and being left to bleed to death. “Columbus and his men are documented by the chronicles

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