aboriginal society

Question 1

what is culture

Answer 1

is a way of life or a way of being that is shared by a group of people

Question 2

what are some examples of culture

Answer 2

nature, languages, beliefs, food, clothes, and sports are part of culture

Question 3

what is the meaning of pluralistic society

Answer 3

it means that our history has helped us learn to value all cultures

Question 4

what the meaning of pluralism

Answer 4

means that we respect identities of all people

Question 5

who where the first three people to make contact with the europeans

Answer 5

Mi’kmaq, Haudenosaunee, Anishinape

Question 6

what happened during 1400 and 1500’s

Answer 6

the First Three People made contact with the Europeans

Question 7

what is the meaning of natural world

Answer 7

natural world is things from nature, they are things not built from people

Question 8

what are some examples of the natural world

Answer 8

lakes, rivers, and trees, and climate

Question 9

why where the Elders so important to the First Nations

Answer 9

because they are more experienced, and they tell stories of the past to help the First Nations get through their everyday life.

Question 10

what is the meaning of Oral History

Answer 10

oral history is information that was memorized and passed down from generation to generation.

Question 11

what is a wampum

Answer 11

a wampum is a. belt that helped the First Nations tell stories

Question 12

what are the four core values

Answer 12

1. people are not separate from nature or non- living things, everything nom earth is connected to everything else
2. the experience of the elders are highly valued, so the elders deserve respect
3. a spiritual world exists. It plays a very important role in all that happened on earth
4. people should live in harmony with each other, and balance with nature

Question 13

what do the North Americans call the First Nations

Answer 13

indigenous

Question 14

what is the meaning of ethnocentric

Answer 14

it meant that people don’t respect perspectives different then themselves

Question 15

what did the europeans rename the Haudenosaunee

Answer 15

Iroquois

Question 16

what did the europeans Rename the nayhiunwuk

Answer 16

cree

Question 17

what did the europeans rename the wendat

Answer 17

huron

Question 18

what where the role of women in the Mi”kmaq culture

Answer 18

the. women cooked, and made the clothes

Question 19

what where the role of men

Answer 19

the role of men was that they, hunted, and they helped with making the long houses

Question 20

how did the mi’kmaqs make decisions

Answer 20

they made decisions by consensus

Question 21

where did the mi’kmaqs live they

Answer 21

they lived in the Nova Scotia region

Question 22

what is the Iroquois confederacy

Answer 22

it includes the five haudenosaunee nations living south of the Great Lakes.

Question 23

who was the clan mother

Answer 23

they where the head of the longhouse