The Inuit of
the Artic
The
Iroquois
The People of The People
the Plains
of the North
The First
People
West Coast
(Miscellaneous)
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The Inuit – 100 points
• How did the Inuit travel in winter?
The Inuit – 100 points
• Dog sled
The Inuit – 200 points
• True or False: The Inuit were
both hunters and fishers.
The Inuit – 200 points
• True
• The Inuit hunted caribou and
bears and fished for a wide
variety of fish
The Inuit – 300 points
• What did the Inuit use for
shelter in:
• Winter
• Summer
The Inuit – 300 points
• Winter: Igloo
• Summer: Animal skin tent
The Inuit – 400 points
• Provide 3 uses of an Inukshuk.
The Inuit – 400 points
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Navigational tool
Attract birds and animals
Mark a sacred spot
Location of hidden supplies
The Inuit – 500 points
• Why are the Inuit not
considered to be First Nations?
The Inuit – 500 points
• The Inuit arrived thousands of
years after the First People (but
well before the first Europeans).
The Iroquois – 100 points
• True or False: Iroquois men
were responsible for both
hunting and farming.
The Iroquois – 100 points
• False
• Men were responsible for
hunting but women were
responsible for farming
The Iroquois – 200 points
• Which three vegetables were
most important to the Iroquois?
The Iroquois – 200 points
• The Three Sisters:
• Corn
• Beans
• Squash
The Iroquois – 300 points
• Iroquois families lived in…
The Iroquois – 300 points
• Wood longhouses
The Iroquois – 400 points
• What is the name given to the
appointed representative of an
individual clan?
The Iroquois – 400 points
• A “sachem”
The Iroquois – 500 points
• What was the Iroquois
Confederacy and give the name
of one member nation?
The Iroquois – 500 points
• A peace agreement between 5
Iroquois Nations:
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Mohawk
Cayuga
Onondaga
Seneca
Oneida
The Plains People – 100 points
• What animal did the Plains
people rely on for their survival?
The Plains People – 100 points
• Buffalo
The Plains People – 200 points
• How did the Plains people
manage to kill the buffalo?
The Plains People – 200 points
• Run them off a cliff (“buffalo
jump”)
The Plains People – 300 points
• What did the Plains people use
for shelter?
The Plains People – 300 points
• Tipi
The Plains People – 400 points
• Where did the Plains People live
in:
• Summer
• Winter
The Plains People – 400 points
• Summer – many families
gathered together on the plains
• Winter – small groups took
shelter near the Rocky
Mountains
The Plains People – 500 points
• Give 2 examples of how the
Plains people lived in harmony
with nature.
The Plains People – 500 points
• All parts of the buffalo were
used – nothing was wasted
• They believed that all things
(rocks, trees, lakes, animals)
had spirits and were sacred
and, therefore, respected
People of the Northwest Coast
– 100 points
• The people of the Northwest
Coast relied mainly on
___________ for their survival.
People of the Northwest Coast
– 100 points
• Fishing
People of the Northwest Coast
– 200 points
• What did the people of the
Northwest Coast use for
transportation?
People of the Northwest
Coast – 200 points
• Canoe or long boat
People of the Northwest
Coast – 300 points
• Identify the structures below.
People of the Northwest Coast
– 300 points
• Totem poles
People of the Northwest Coast
– 400 points
• Describe the “potlatch”
ceremony.
People of the Northwest Coast
– 400 points
• Festival that often lasted
several days
• Food, dancing, tell stories and
gift-giving
• Giant gathering made up of
many tribes
• Used to “gain face”
People of the Northwest Coast
– 500 points
• Describe the Northwest Coast
“caste system.”
People of the Northwest Coast
– 500 points
• Social system with distinct
classes
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Chiefs
Nobles
Common people
Slaves
The First People – 100 points
• What is the name of the land
bridge that many
anthropologists believe the first
people crossed when they came
to North America?
The First People – 100 points
• Beringia
The First People – 200 points
• What provinces were home to
the Plains people?
The First People – 200
points
• Manitoba
• Saskatchewan
• Alberta
The First People – 300 points
• Which region features a mild
climate and heavy
precipitation?
The First People – 300 points
• The Northwest Coast
The First People – 400 points
• Give 2 similarities of all native
groups?
The First People – 400 points
• Lived in harmony with nature
• Respected elders
• Did not equate wealth with
money
• Very spiritual
• Passed traditions and history
down orally
The First People – 500 points
• Identify the 5 features of a
nation.
The First People – 500 points
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Live in a certain area
Speak the same language
Have the same way of life
Same system of government
Made up of a number of tribes
that are the same
Final Jeopardy
TOPIC:
Origins
Final Jeopardy
Place your wagers now
Final Jeopardy
• Use the Beringia theory to
explain how the First People
arrived in North America.
Final Jeopardy
• During the last ice-age, the ocean levels
dropped 65 – 138 metres, exposing a
continent sized land bridge
• This land bridge joined Siberia (Asia) and
Alaska (North America)
• Nomadic (wandering) Asian people
followed animals across the land bridge
and down an ice-free corridor to warmer
areas of North America
• These pioneers (first people to arrive) later
spread out into all parts of North America