Archaeology
Social History
Settlements
Explorers
Whalers
100

What are three key technologies (tools) that early Inuit developed that allowed them to become skilled sea mammal hunters?

Avataq, umiaq, and sakku.

100

What is the Inuktitut word for the soul and what do Inuit say it looked like?

Tarniq- It was said to look like a small bubble.
100

When were Inuit moved into settlements?

Late 1950s-1960s

100

Why did explorers head out in the first place? What were they looking for?

A shortcut to Asia (Northwest Passage)

100

Which 3 groups were the main whalers in the Arctic?

Americans, British, and Scottish

200

Who was the first group of Europeans to meet the Inuit? And when did they meet?

The Norse, around 900AD

200

Who is Sedna/Nuliajuk and why did Inuit fear her?

She was the goddess of the sea. If she was unhappy she could cause bad weather or keep animals back.

200

Why were Inuit moved into settlements?

To "modernize." It also made it easier for gov. to give Inuit services like medical care / relief.

200

Who was the first explorer to go to the Arctic and when did he go?

Martin Frobisher, 1576

200

When were whalers in the Arctic?

1850s-1915

300

What is the Inuktitut word for the Thule?

Sivulliit.

300

What do Inuit believe about naming? What does this have to do with the soul?

Children named after someone would have their characteristics (be like them). They were believed to have the same source of life, or in some cases the soul of someone who passed on.

300

What 3 Qallunaat groups were ALREADY in the Arctic when Inuit moved into settlements?

RCMP, Missionaries, and Traders

300

Who was the first explorer to cross the Northwest Passage? When did he do this, and how did he succeed?

Roald Amundsen in 1903.

He lived with Netsilingmiut for 2 years and learned from them.

300

What did Europeans need whales for? List 4 

Soap, perfume, whips, corsets, machine lubricant, street lamps, carriage springs, etc.

400

Who are the Dorset? How did they get this name and how would you describe them?

They are the Tuniit. The got the name dorset because the first artifacts were found near Cape Dorset. They were gentle giants, lived in stone houses, fast runners, simple (According to Inuit)

400

Ivaluardjuk once said that “The greatest danger of life comes from the fact that human food consists entirely of souls”. - Why did Inuit believe that there was a risk and danger associated with the food we eat?

Because every living thing has a soul, and so it can seek revenge on us if we break taboos or are disrespectful.

400

List 4 ways the gov. workers tried to "modernize" Inuit

-Starting CO-OPS
-Dog laws
-Houses
-Selling boats
-giving out welfare and old age pensions
-selling fuel


400

Name a place in the Arctic named after an Explorer

Frobisher Bay

Davis Strait

Foxe Basin

Bylot Island

Hudson Bay 

400

What kind of interactions did Inuit have with whalers? Name 4

Employment, celebrations/ dances, "dating", trading.

500

Who are the Thule and how did they get their name? How would you describe them?

The ancestors of modern day Inuit. They were named after Thule Greenland by Therkel Matthiasen who named them after the Thule Expedition HQ.

500

What 3 places did Inuit believe we would go to when we passed on? Who would be in each place?

(You just need to describe the places)

1. Hunting grounds. Good hunters and women with tattoos would go there

2.Stuck on Earth to haunt. If someone broke a taboo.

3. Underground where people have there head down and eat butterflies. Lazy hunters and women with no tattoos.

500

How were Inuit impacted by the move into settlements? (List at least 3)

-No longer using qulliq
-Dogs slaughtered
-Felt powerless
-Had to get jobs
-Reliant on Qallunaat
-Loss of culture for younger generations
-Started selling art

500

Name the 3 impacts from explorers, and why they are important

Maps: Allowed other groups to come
Disease: Killed off large numbers of population
Human Zoos: Dehumanizing, made Europeans think they were superior, knew better, etc.

500

Name 4 impacts of whaling

Bowhead population endangered, Inuit access to goods (tea, bannock, rifles), disease, square dances, bannock, accordians, mixed children, jobs.

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