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Inuit
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Fun Facts
100
Canada's Northlands is the world's leading producer of ______, ______, and ______.
What is nickel, zinc, and asbestos?
100
The first self governing indigenous territory in North America.
What is Nunavut?
100
The permanently frozen layer of ground, even in summer.
What is permafrost?
100
The first Europeans to make contact with the Inuit were the ______.
Who are the Vikings?
100
There are no ______ or ______ for trains or cars in Nunavut.
What are railroads or roads?
200
The bulk of the Northland's economy consists of ______, ______, and ______.
What is lumbering, mining, and petroleum?
200
Raw whale eaten by Inuit is called ______.
What is muktuk?
200
The northern biome of the Northlands, consisting of lichens, grasses, mosses and shrubs.
What is tundra?
200
________ was the earliest economic interest in the Northlands for Europeans.
What is the fur trade?
200
This recreational, human powered boat was created by the Inuit and called a qajaq in their language.
What is a kayak?
300
Total Inuit population of Canada today.
What is about 45,000?
300
The capital of Nunavut.
What is Iqaluit?
300
The lowest temperature in the Northlands.
What is about -76 degrees F.
300
The early-warning radar chain which began being constructed in 1955 by Canada and the US. This system warned of any Soviet Union incursions.
What is the Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line?
300
______, ______, and ______ are the languages spoken in Nunavut.
What is English, French, and Inuktitut?
400
An economic prospect for Nunavut which allows others to enjoy the local wildlife and scenery.
What is tourism?
400
Inuit ______ and ______ are made from animal skins and furs.
What are clothing and footwear?
400
The biome of coniferous forest stretching across the southern arc of the Northlands.
What is the boreal forest or taiga?
400
The founding of the territory of Nunavut happened on this date.
What happened on April 1st, 1999?
400
This is the largest island in the Northlands.
What is Baffin Island?
500
A British fur-trading company that established itself on the margins of Hudson Bay and had a trade monopoly on the Northlands area.
What is the Hudson's Bay Company?
500
Some Inuit believed that the spirits of their ancestors could be seen in the __________.
What is the Northern Lights?
500
A 1.8 million square mile, 10 to 20 foot thick frozen obstacle for ships in the Arctic Ocean.
What is the great Arctic ice pack?
500
The Inuit's means of entering the Northlands about 4500 years ago.
What is the land bridge from Asia?
500
Inuit make up about ___% of the population in Nunavut.
What is 85%?
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