CARIBBEAN

Physical Geography

• 7,000 Islands
• Islets
• Reefs
• Rain Forests
• Surrounded by the Caribbean Sea

Physical Geography

• There are 28 countries.
• West of The Gulf of Mexico
• East of Central America
• North of South America

Physical Geography

• The islands geography kept the tribes disconnected
• They did not develop or spread Ideas quickly
• The geography varied from island to island.
• The palms trees served as an important building material.

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Pre- Colombian Lifestyle

• A major tribe was the Taino.
• They inhabited what is modern day Haiti, Jamaica,
• Dominican Republic, Cuba and Puerto Rico

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Pre- Colombian Lifestyle

• They migrated, like the Caribs from South America.
• The Taino were an advanced Native civiliazation
• They developed shifting agriculture
• Their most important crops were cassava and yams.
• They also grew corn, peppers, squash, tobacco and peanuts.

Pre-Colombian Lifestyle

• The Taino's were fisherman and hunters, they ate fish and shellfish.
• They ate lizards, birds and other small mammals.
• The natives domesticated animals such as parrots and dogs.
• They had a complex social structure.
• This included chiefs, sub-chiefs, nobles, commoners and slaves.

Post- Colombian lifestyle

• The natives were over looked by the
• conquering countries.
• The Europeans introduced many new things to
• native people.
• The tribes were resilient and adapted.

POST COLOMBIAN LIFESTYLE

• The natives learned to use horses and livestock to their advatage.
• The Europeans flourished during the this time but the natives did not.
• The Taino population went from close to 2 million to only around 2 thousand.
• This was due to sickness and disease spread from the Europeans.

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• The photos on slides 1, 2,3,5,9,10,11 and 12
• are from Haiku Deck.