Eco Zones

Question 1

The Arctic:
nation
subsistence strategies
environment
economics
kinship
political org.

Answer 1

*Inuit
*hunter/ gather (big game)
*varied
*reciprocity & trade
*patrilineal slant, ambilocality if required but patrilocality preferred
*band

Question 2

Sub Arctic:
nation
subsistence strategies
environment
economics
kinship
political org.

Answer 2

*cree, metis
*big game hunting
*tundra, temperate rain forest, mountains, grass/woodlands
*reciprocity & trade
*patri/matrilineal systems
*band or tribe

Question 3

Northeast:
nation
subsistence strategies
environment
economics
kinship
political org.

Answer 3

*40 nations (mikmaq)
* hunt/gather/horticulture
*varied
*reciprocity, redistribution & trade
*patri/matrilineal systems
* band, tribe, some chiefdoms

Question 4

Plains:
nation
subsistence strategies
environment
economics
kinship
political org.

Answer 4

*blackfoot, prev. cree/ ojibwa
*hunt/gather/horticulture/technology
*short grass, no trees
*reciprocity in W, redistribution in E & trade
*patri/matrilineal systems
*bands and/ or tribes

Question 5

Plateau:
nation
subsistence strategies
environment
economics
kinship
political org.

Answer 5

*Okanagan
*hunt/gather/farming
*varied (mountain-desert)
*reciprocity & redistribution
* patri/matrilineal systems
*tribes & chiefdoms

Question 6

Northwest coast:
nation
subsistence strategies
environment
economics
kinship
political org.

Answer 6

*bella coola, haida,
*hunt/gather & sophisticated tech
*concentrated populations, coastal rain forest, lakes, rivers (highways), mountains
*internal reciprocity & public redistribution
*matrilineal
*chiefdoms, potlatch