Inuit
Food and Shelter
The Inuit and travel
Clothing and Tools
Inuit Art and Culture
100
What does Inuit mean?
It means "people"
100

Is a statue made of rocks that guide people in the barren land or scare caribou.

An Inuksuk

100

What is the Inuktitut name for polar bear?

It is a nanuq.

100
What were the tradtional clothing worn by the Inuit people made from?
They were made from fur and skins of animals.
100

What is the name of the stone lamp?

Qulliq

200
What does Nunavut mean?
It means "Our Land"
200

What are some animals that the Inuit ate? Name at least 3.

They ate seal, bird eggs, mussels, walrus, ducks, caribou, musk ox, hare, clams, geese, beluga, narwhal

200

What is the name of the simple boat that the Inuit use on sea to hunt animals?

The qajaq

200

What was winter clothing made from?

It was made from caribou.

200
What did a man have to prove to be good at before he proposed marriage to a woman?
He was to be a good hunter.
300

What is the name of the Inuit group that lives in Finland, Norway and Sweden? 

They are the Sami.

300

What is the delicacy igunaq?

Igunaq is fermented walrus. 

300
What was stretched over the frame of their boats?
It was seal skin.
300

What is the name of the boots made by the Inuit?

They are called "kamiik".

300

What are traditional drum songs usually referred to as? 

Ajaja songs

400

What is the all-encompassing name for the Inuit language?

It is Inuktut

400
What is an old tradtional house the Inuit used to live in?
An igloo.
400

What is the Inuktitut name for sleds?

Qammutit 

400

What is the name of the woman's jacket Inuit wear?

It is called an amauti.

400
What was the name of man or woman they believed to be healers and be in touch with the spirit world?
He or she is called a "shaman".
500

What are the four Inuit land claims in Canada? 

Nunatsiavut, Nunavik, Nunavut and Inuvialuit

500
What were the traditional tents made out of?
They were made out of animal skins.
500
What is the name of the "woman's boat?"
It is a Umiak.
500
What is the name of the blade used to scrape the animals skins?
It is called an ulu.
500
What did the missionaries from Europe persuade the Inuit to believe in?
To believe in Christianity.
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