Chapter 6/7 Flashcards
Glaciation
Land being covered with thick ice that moves
Erosion
To ware down the surface of the earth
Topography
The shape of the land
Matrilocal
When a couple gets maried and they go live with the wife’s extended family
Patrilocal
When a couple gets maried and they go live with the husbands extended family
Matrilineal
Descent from generation to generation is traced through the wife’s side
Patrilineal
Descent from generation to generation is traced through the husbands side
Kinship
Is how a person identifies his or her family Kinship rules say whether a newly maried couple lives with their husbands or wides family Matrilocal Patrilocal
Why is living in the arctic challenging (4)
- Not a lot of crops grow there 2. Very few life forms 3. You have to stay inside because of the harsh whether unless properly dressed 4. Very little contact with the outside world 5. Nothing there very barren
Identify two ways glaciers shaped the topography of canada. (3)
- The southern prairies of canada were covered with glaciers at one point but when the glaciers melted it left behind bare flat land. 2. The Canadian Shield had glaciers that scrapped rocks bare leaving only a thin layer of soil
List three ways in which agriculture contributed to the rise of the Iroquois (3)
- When Agriculture improved more food was produced. 2. More food allowed the population to grow 3. Because they could farm they could become sedentary instead of moving around to find food. 4. Their agricultural improvements allowed them to trade tobacco for other non agricultural products.
List three ways the potlatch was important for people of the nwc (northwest coast) (3)
- Potlatches were a way to redistributing wealth and food. 2.
plate tectonics
Tectonics = to do with the earth’s crust. When two of the earth’s plates push together over millions of years, the rock layers of the crust crumple and fold into mountains, or one plate goes under the other (by Vancouver Island)
geography
the study of the earth
weather
affected by the oceans, the mountains etc.
climate
the prevailing conditions of temperature and precipitation
mixed forest
a variety of tree types in one forest, such as deciduous, coniferous
subsistence
just getting by, your immediate needs are met, but you are not amassing wealth
hunting and gathering
When people find their food by foraging in their environment, usually travel around after migrating animals.
agriculture
Growing farms and food.
matriarchal
decent from generation to generation is organized through the women of the family
patriarchal
decent from generation to generation is organized through the men of the family