The Land
Travel
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100
The capital city of this territory is Iqaluit.
What is Nunavut
100

The sled pulled by dogs that Inuit use is called...

What is a komatik?

100

A soap stone lamp.

What is kudluk or kullik?

100

The four regions in Inuit Nunangat. 

What are Nunavut, Nunavik, Inuvialuit, and Nunatsiavut

200
A word for the layer of ground that is always frozen in the North.
What is permafrost.
200

This animal's fur is rubbed on the bottom of the sled's runners

What is polar bear?

200

The singular form of "Inuit"

What is Inuk?

200

The last block to be placed when building an igluvigak.

What is the keyhole?

300
The three eco-zones of the Arctic are these.
What is Tundra, Taiga and Ice Cap.
300

The number of communities in Nunavut that you can access by car (driving from one community to another)

What is zero - none of Nunavut's communities are linked by roads

300

Traditional winter boots, usually made from seal skin

What are kamik (or kamiit)?

300
A beautiful sight that can be seen in the sky at night.
What are the Northern Lights.
400
A common small, flowerless plant that grows on the Tundra.
What is lichen?
400

These roads connect certain remote communities to one another, but only during the winter months

What are snow roads

?

400

A very sharp curved knife

What is an ulu?

400
Two "Great" lakes in the Northwest Territories.
What is Great Slave Lake and Great Bear Lake?
500
This eco-zone is covered with tons of trees, vegetation and wildlife.
What is the Taiga.
500

Name three of the most common transportation methods in the arctic.

What are skidoos, ATVs, planes or boats/kayaks.

500

The coat with a pouch on the back and a large hood used to carry young children.

What is an amauti?

500

Name 5 Indigenous languages spoken in the artic

What are Inuktitut, Gwich’in, Inuinnaqtun, Inuvialuktun, North Slavey, South Slavey, Tłı̨chǫ, Sámi, Hän, Kaska, Northern Tutchone, Southern Tutchone, Tagish, Upper Tanana,  Lower Tanana, Tlingit, Haida, Kalaallisut (Greenlandic), Unangan, Alutiiq, Yup'ik, Iñupiat, Eyak, Ahtna, Denaʼina, Tanacross, Tsimshian, Yukaghir (etc. - incomplete list)

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