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 wasnt
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.