Traditional adaptions in the Arctic Tundra

Question 1

Inuit

Answer 1

• Inuit = indigenous people of areas of North America

- Adapt to survive the harsh tundra landscape

Question 2

Facts about inuits

Answer 2

• Live in small communities - spread over large geographic area
• Small family size
• Low birth rate
• Very low pop density = little pressure on scarce resources
• Often nomadic BUT follow migrating animals

Question 3

Summer and Winter adaptions

Answer 3

Summer

• Build portable tents from driftwood + seal skins
• Boats are used for transport + hunting

Winter

• Snow houses/igloo
• Dog sleds exploit the frozen landscape

Question 4

Food

Answer 4

• Hunt, gather and preserve as much food in the short summer
• Adapted to safely eat raw meat
• Experience + tradition = how to hunt
• All parts of prey used = clothes, utensils and building materials