History or Canada notes
First Peoples of Canada
Migration to North America
Locations
First Peoples of Canada
100
Who was the early explorer that arrived in the New World, thinking that he was in India.
Christopher Columbus
100
Plains people lived in this kind of house, made from the skin of animals.
Tipis
100
What continent did the First People migrate from?
Asia
100
What is the name of the group that populated this area?
Subarctic People
100
Which group featured porcupine quills in their clothing?
Plateau People
200
As Asian hunters moved south, which Canadian province did they travel through
Alberta
200
The Northwest Coastal People had ceremonies for marriage, death, etc.. feasting and dancing that could last weeks. What were these ceremonies called?
Potlatches
200
Why did people cross the land bridge?
Following animals that they hunted
200
Which group of people settled on the west coast of Canada. Now western British Columbia
The Northwest Coastal People
200
Which group chose their leader because they were natural leaders or had spiritual powers?
Subarctic People
300
What is the present day name for the body of water found between Siberia and Alaska?
Bering Strait
300
Which group relied on seals for food in the winter and caribou for food in the summer?
Inuit
300
Where did the land bridge end in America?
Alaska
300
Which group settled in the most northern part of Canada?
Inuit People
300
Pemmican was a staple food who which people?
Plains People
400
What 3 kinds of animal bones were found in the Yukon as evidence of the first peoples?
Caribou, Bison, Wooly Mammoth
400
What was the most important tree to the Northwest Costal People?
Cedar
400
What does it mean to be Nomadic people?
People who move from place to place
400
Which group settled in what we now call "The Prairies"?
Plains People
400
Which group used birchbark canoes to travel in the summer?
Eastern Woodland Hunters
500
What is the name of the group of people who made first contact into Alaska, and where did they come from?
Mongoloid from Asia
500
What is a "Tumpline" used by the Subarctic People
A sling for carrying heavy loads
500
What was the name of the land bridge that allowed for people to cross into America?
Beringia
500
Which two groups, similarly named, settled in what is now southern Ontario and Quebec? Name both groups and say which one settled further south.
Eastern Woodland Hunters and Eastern Woodland Farmers. Eastern Woodland Farmers settled further south.
500
What was the Green Corn Festival held by the Eastern Woodland Farmers?
In August, a celebration of harvest. Like a Thanksgiving