Arctic/Subarctic Test

1. Describe what permafrost is.

2. What was the most important animal for subsistence to the Inuit?

3. What does the term ‘Eskimo’ mean?

4. Why was the Arctic environment called a Desert of Cold?

5. What attracted the caribou to the Arctic?

6. What is the preferred term that Eskimos prefer?

7. Describe the breathing hole hunting technique.

8. Name one Athabaskan speaking tribe.

9. Name one Algonkian speaking tribe.

10. What are the 3 eco-zones of the Subarctic?

11. How did the fur trade disrupt the culture of the Chipewyan?

12. How did the Chipewyan men settle their arguments?

13. What was the main animal used for subsistence in the Subarctic?

14. Why did Chipewyan men want so many wives?

15. Fill in the blanks.

A _______________lived in cave and ate _______________for food. One day, a

______________like creature came to her cave and lived with her. One night she had a

_________________that her and the _____________had __________________. When she woke she

realized that it wasn’t a_____________________. One day, a ____________________came to the

cave, dragging a _______________that made_________________, which he filled with water.

________________ tore up the ______________man and threw his _____________________ in the

lake, that became the fish, his _________________ became the birds, and his

___________________became the caribou. ____________________ instructed animals to

__________________ so the woman could kill their offspring.