SECTION A
Answer ONE question only in this section.
Theme 1 – The Indigenous Peoples and the Europeans
Question 1.
Read the passage below, and answer the questions that follow.
The Taino (Arawaks) and Kalinago (Caribs) were similar in many ways but
different in others. For example, their technology was quite similar, but their
political organisation was, to some extent, different. Their technology was not
as advanced as that of the Maya.
(a) Explain why Mayan technology is considered more advanced than the technology of the Taino
(Arawaks) and Kalinago (Caribs). ( 4 marks)
(b) Outline the ways in which the technology of the Taino (Arawaks) and Kalinago (Caribs) were
similar. ( 9 marks)
(c) Describe FOUR ways in which the political organisation of the Taino (Arawaks) was different
from the political organisation of the Kalinago (Caribs). (12 marks)
Total 25 marks

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