Arctic Geography
•What is the name of the capital city of Nunavut?
What is Iqaluit?
•What is the traditional winter shelter called?
What is an iglu (or igloo)?
•What is the term for soil that stays frozen all year?
What is permafrost?
•What passage were early European explorers looking for?
What is the Northwest Passage?
•What technology helps people navigate in the Arctic today?
What is GPS?
•What makes it hard to grow food in the Arctic?
What is permafrost?
•What is the traditional language spoken by the Inuit?
What is Inuktitut?
•What is one reason recycling is important in the Arctic?
Because waste can’t be buried due to permafrost.
•Who was the explorer that gave his name to a bay in the Arctic?
Who is Martin Frobisher?
•What are two ways climate change is affecting the Arctic?
Melting ice and permafrost, new animals/insects, dangerous travel conditions.
•What kind of daylight pattern does the Arctic have in summer?
What is the land of the midnight sun?
•Why did Inuit families travel often in the past?
To follow food sources and set up camps where resources were available.
•What major animal is at risk due to melting ice?
What is the polar bear?
•What was a key reason Europeans were interested in the Arctic region?
To find a sea route and resources.
•Why are resources like diamonds both a benefit and a challenge?
They bring jobs but can harm the environment.
•What physical feature often prevents building basements?
What is the land of the midnight sun?
•What did Inuit children learn from parents and Elders?
How to survive in the Arctic—making tools, hunting, and knowledge of nature.
•Why do many buildings in the Arctic need to be raised?
To prevent heat from melting the permafrost.
•What did Inuit gain from early trade with Europeans?
Metal tools, cloth, guns, and other goods.
•How has climate change made traditional Inuit knowledge harder to use?
Weather patterns have changed.
•Name one natural resource found in the Arctic region.
What is copper, gold, zinc, diamonds, or oil?
•How have Inuit communities combined traditional and modern life?
They use snowmobiles and technology while maintaining cultural practices.
•What event celebrates the longest day of the year in the Arctic?
What is the Festival of the Midnight Sun?
•What deadly impact did contact with Europeans have on Inuit communities?
Diseases killed many who had no immunity.
•What type of government system does Nunavut use that includes Elders?
A consensus model of government.