The Land
Travel
Vocabulary
The Seal Hunt
Miscellaneous
100
The capital city of this territory is Iqaluit.
What is Nunavut
100
An Inuit sled pulled by dogs is called this.
What is a komatik?
100
A soap stone lamp.
What is kudluk?
100
The men cut open the seal and eat a piece of this organ right away.
What is the liver.
100
The language spoken by the Inuit people.
What is Inuktitut.
200
The three eco-zones of the Arctic are these.
What is Tundra, Taiga and Ice Cap.
200
The name of the fish commonly used for inside the runners of the sled.
What is Arctic Char.
200
A snow house.
What is an igluvigak?
200
The dogs sniff out these to help the hunters look for seals.
What are agloos?
200
A beautiful sight that can be seen in the sky at night.
What are the Northern Lights.
300
This eco-zone is covered with tons of trees, vegetation and wildlife.
What is the Taiga.
300
This animal's fur is rubbed on the bottom of the runners.
What is polar bear.
300
The platform in an igluvigak where the family would sit, eat, work and sleep.
What is the igliq?
300
The men would wait and watch to see if this moved to signal a seal was present!
What is a feather.
300
Inuit means this.
What is The People.
400
A common small, flowerless plant that grows on the Tundra.
What is lichen?
400
Thin pieces of animal hide used to tie the antlers to the komatik.
What is thong?
400
A sharp knife.
What is an ulu?
400
The women would give the seal this before they cut it and shared it.
What is a drink of water?
400
Two "Great" lakes in the Northwest Territories.
What is Great Slave Lake and Great Bear Lake?
500
A word for the layer of ground that is always frozen in the North.
What is permafrost.
500
Other most common mode of transportation used by the Inuit people.
What is a snowmobile.
500
A routine.
What is ritual?
500
Three things that the seal was used for by the Inuit people.
What is clothing, food and oil for their lamps.
500
The last block to be placed when building an igluvigak.
What is the keyhole?