Part 1 - First Occupants Of The Territory

Question 1

What caused a drop in ocean levels 32,000 years ago?

Answer 1

The Earth was in an ice age

Question 2

What did a drop in ocean levels create?

Answer 2

An immense plain, forming a land bridge between Asia and Alaska

Question 3

What was the name of the land bridge?

Answer 3

The Bering Straight

Question 4

How did nomadic hunters make their way over from Asia to the Americas

Answer 4

They tracked game animals while crossing the Bering Staright

Question 5

What were the 3 language families?

Answer 5

Eskimo-Aleut, Algonquin, Iroquoian

Question 6

How we’re nations formed?

Answer 6

They developed distinct cultures, languages and ways of life

Question 7

How did the Inuits live?

Answer 7

They lived in the harsh Arctic climate. They were nomadic; they moved according to seasons.

Question 8

What were the Inuits primary source of subsistence?

Answer 8

Hunting and fishing

Question 9

What was an Inuit woman’s role?

Answer 9

They skinned and cleaned the sea mammals or game, prepared meals, hunted small game, fished and gathered eggs, seafood and seaweed. They taught girls how to make clothing and prepare meals

Question 10

What was an Inuit man’s role?

Answer 10

They hunted, fished built dwellings and made boats, tools and weapons
The boys accompanied the men to learn hunting and fishing techniques and how to build boats

Question 11

How did the Inuits adapt their dwellings to the seasons?

Answer 11

In winter, they built igloos

In summer, they lived in tents

Question 12

What means of transportation did Inuits use?

Answer 12

Sleds, kayaks for hunting and travel and umiaks to ransooet several people

Question 13

What territory did the Algonquins occupy?

Answer 13

A vast territory in North America, that was so immense that the climate and vegetation varied enormously from north to south

Question 14

What was the Algonquin way of life?

Answer 14

Nomadic; they moved their camp at specific times of the year

Question 15

What was the Algonquin source of subsistence?

Answer 15

Fish, berries and nuts

Question 16

What was the role of Algonquin men?

Answer 16

They hunted large game, traded, constructed dwellings and crafted tools
They also taught boys how to hunt and fish

Question 17

What was the role of Algonquin women?

Answer 17

They gathered berries, nuts, fished, hunted small game, prepared meals and made clothing and crafts.
They also taught girls to make clothing and prepare meals

Question 18

Where did the Algonquins live and why was it ideal for a nomadic way if life?

Answer 18

In wigwams since they could be taken down and put it quickly and easily

Question 19

What were the Algonquin means of transportation?

Answer 19

Summer: canoe
Winter: toboggans and snowshoes

Question 20

Where did the Iroquois live?

Answer 20

In the Vallée du Saint-Laurent and the Great Lakes region.

Question 21

What was the climate link for the Iroquois?

Answer 21

They were temperate and hot and the land was fertile. This allowed them to practice farming and their means of subsistence

Question 22

What was the Iroquois’ sources of subsistence?

Answer 22

They hunted, fished and grew mostly corn, squash and beans

Question 23

What prompted the Iroquois to live a sedentary life?

Answer 23

Farming prompted them to establish villages and settl close to their crops

Question 24

What were Iroquoian women’s role?

Answer 24

They hunted large game, fished, traded, made weapons and tools, built dwellings and palisades. When in conflict with another nation, the men took up arms and attacked the enemy and defended their village. They taught the boys hunting, fishing and building techniques

Question 25

What were the Iroquoian women’s role?

Answer 25

They were in charge of agriculture and meal preparation. They hunted small game, collected nuts, berries and maple tree sap and made crafts. They taught girls domestic tasks that were part of their responsibilities