Early Ojibwe

Question 1

What is the Ojibwe word for spring?

Answer 1

Ziigwan

Question 2

What is the Ojibwe word for fall?

Answer 2

Dagwaagin

Question 3

What is the Ojibwe word for winter?

Answer 3

Biboon

Question 4

What is the Ojibwe word for summer?

Answer 4

Niibin

Question 5

Where did the Ojibwe come from?

Answer 5

East coast of North America

Question 6

What food item did the Ojibwe find at their final destination?

Answer 6

Wild rice

Question 7

What is another name for the Ojibwe?

Answer 7

Anishinaabe

Question 8

How did the Ojibwe give back to the natural world?

Answer 8

They offered gifts like tobacco and food as a sign of giving thanks

Question 9

Why is fishing such a big part of life?

Answer 9

They need to fish to stay alive

Question 10

Who does the fishing in the warm months?

Answer 10

Ojibwe women

Question 11

Who does the fishing in the cold months?

Answer 11

Ojibwe men

Question 12

In the spring what do they do?

Answer 12

They pack their belongings on sleds and move to sugar camps

Question 13

How do they make maple sugar?

Answer 13

They cut a gash in a tree trunk. Then they, insert a wooden spout into the gash. Then sap came out and they had to turn it to maple sugar.

Question 14

How did they turn the sap into maple sugar?

Answer 14

Boys and girls bring it to a sugar house and the children pour it into kettles over a burning fire

Question 15

What is another springtime task?

Answer 15

Making canoes

Question 16

What was a popular sport in the summer?

Answer 16

Lacrosse

Question 17

What did the women do in the summer? List 2.

Answer 17

They planted and tended crops and gathered many berries from the forests?

Question 18

Why did the men rarely hunt in the summer?

Answer 18

They knew it was best to leave the deer, elk, and other animals which would help them not become scarce for in the future

Question 19

Where did the Ojibwe go in the fall?

Answer 19

They went to the ponds, lakes, and marshes where wild rice grew

Question 20

Where did they harvest the wild rice?

Answer 20

From their canoes

Question 21

Where and with whom did the Ojibwe live in the winter?

Answer 21

In wigwams in small groups

Question 22

Food was scarce in the winter, but the Ojibwe still did what?

Answer 22

Shared their food even if they had very little

Question 23

What did women and girls do for winter tasks? List at least 2.

Answer 23

A. Cooked all meals
B. Sewed clothing
C. Repaired fishing nets
D. Looked after small children

Question 24

What did Ojibwe children do in the winter for fun? List at least 2.

Answer 24

A. Slide down hills on toboggans and tree bark
B. Tied snowshoes to feet and raced each other
C. Played a game called snow-snake
D. Listened to stories by a fire

Question 25

What is the Ojibwe word for corn?

Answer 25

mandaamin

Question 26

What is the Ojibwe word for birchbark?

Answer 26

wilgwaas

Question 27

What is the Ojibwe word for wild rice?

Answer 27

manoomin

Question 28

What is the Ojibwe word for maple sugar?

Answer 28

ziinzibaakwad

Question 29

In 1679 which two groups formed an alliance?

Answer 29

The Ojibwe and the Dakota

Question 30

How did the alliance benefit each group? What did they trade?

Answer 30

They each got something good out of it. The traded land, goods, tools, and weapons

Question 31

What are two decisions a sovereign nation can make for itself?

Answer 31

They got to decide where to live, who to trade with, and who to fight based on what is most important for their people

Question 32

What is the Ojibwe word for Mississippi river?

Answer 32

Gichiziibi

Question 33

What is the Ojibwe word for Lake Superior?

Answer 33

Gichigam