General Vocab
Indigenous
Ecozones
Indigenous Vocab
100

Climate 

What is the weather an area usually receives 

100
Metis people are descendants of..

First Nations people and Europeans. 

100

What is an ecozone 

What is an area of earth with similar geography, plants and animals. 

100

First Nations peoples 

the original peoples of the land in Canada

200
Culture 

What is a learned way of living that is shared by a group of people. 

200

Three groups included in Indigenous peoples?

First Nations, Inuit & Metis peoples 

200

Natural resource

What is a resources that is natural and naturally can renew itself 
200

Medicine Wheel 

What is a special symbol that contains important teachings. 
300
Landform

What is the features of the land like hills, valleys, rocks, ect. 

300

What is one way the loss of the bison affected First Nations? 

Many acceptable answers 

- lack of food

-cannot make clothes

- changes how they live 


300

Non-Renewable resources 

What is a resource that cannot be remade, once you use it, it is gone. 
300
Scrip
What is a certificate similar to a coupon that Metis could exchange for land or money
400

North America

What is a continent that has Canada, Usa, and Mexico. 

400
What is a treaty? 
What is a formal agreement between 2 or more nations 
400

What are some areas of you life that the ecozone can affect 

Many answers 

- Clothing, 

- food, 

-outdoor activities 

- job 

400
Reconcilliation

WHat is to acknowledge there is a problem and to try to fix it. 

500

Worldview

What is a collection of beliefs, values and traditions 

500

What is an impact of the treaties? 

Many possible answers: 

- loss of land

- loss of traditions

-residential schools 

500

What are the 4 ecozones in Saskatchewan? 

Boreal Shield, Boreal Plains, Tiaga shield, prairies 

500

Creation Stories 

the stories of how the world was created, different for each culture.