The Sami
The Ainu
The Yanomami
The Hopi
The Maori
100

Where do Sami live?

Northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia

                                   


    

100

What do the Ainu do? (job)

The Ainu are hunters and farmers.

                                   


    

100

Where do the Yanomami live?

near the Amazon River in Venezuela and Brazil

                                   


    

100

What is a part of every American's life?

                                               

Tall buildings, highways, computers, and hundreds of other modem things

                                   


    

100

Who are Maori?

Maori are Polynesians

                                   


    

200

What are Sami (who lived traditional life) called?

Nomads

200

What do they eat?

They eat fish and grow rice and vegetables

                                   


    

200

What do they grow in their gardens?

crops and medicine

                                   


    

200

Why farming is difficult for the Hopi?

The weather is very hot in summer, but in winter it freezes. The wind blows hard.

                                   


    

200

How do they keep their traditions and language alive?

They have Maori radio and television stations. Many schools teach in the Maori language

                                   


    

300

Why do reindeers dig through snow in winter?

To find plants for food

300

How many rooms are there in their house?

One

300

What two worlds are important for the Yanomami?

the natural world and the spiritual world 

                                   


    

300

What is Hopi's main food?

Corn

                                   


    

300

When did Maori arrive to New Zealand?

over a thousand years ago

                                   


    

400

What do Sami have instead of houses?

tents

400

What do they look like?

                                               

They have round, dark brown eyes and wavy hair. Their skin is not dark but light. The men have beards and mustaches.

                                   


    

400

What did the mining companies do?

polluted the water in the rivers

                                   


    

400

What is "Kachina"?

a spirit of dead people, of rocks, plants, and animals, and of the stars.

                                   


    

400

By the end of the 19th century, there were only about 40,000 Maori left. Why so little?

                                   


    

wars and disease killed many Maori

                                   


    

500
What do they use to walk or travel?

Skis and sleds

500

Why did many Ainu people die in 1800s?

                                   


    

Because many Japanese people brought new diseases to Ainu villages

                                   


    

500

What happened in 1980s?

 miners found gold on Yanomami land.

                                   


    

500

What do Hopi children learn at school?

learn English and other subjects.

                                   


    

500

What is the "marae" ?

                                   


    

a special place for ceremonies and meetings

                                   


    

600

When do Sami wear their traditional clothes?

On holidays

600

How can the Ainu learn their language?

The people can listen to Ainu language lessons on the radio and read a newspaper in the Ainu language.

                                   


    

600

Why can't anyone mine for gold or cut trees on the Yanomami land?

Because Brazil and Venezuela made the Yanomami land into a park.

                                   


    

600

What do men do when they dress as kachinas?

do religious dances

                                   


    

600

What are the festival activities?

competitions in speaking, dancing, and singing

                                   


    

700

How many Sami are there?

32000

700

What new law did the government make?

To promote Ainu culture and traditions. 

                                   


    

700

What do the Yanomami want?

they want progress, but without destruction.

                                   


    

700

Where do adult Hopi work?

in nearby towns

                                   


    

700

how big is Maori population?

There are about 500,000 Maori