Module 1 (1-5)

Question 1

Card 1 (The Indians)
When did they cross ?
Where did they originate?

Answer 1

• The Indians (Natives, First Nation) crosses the Bering strait and entered North America About 30,000 years ago.
• They Originated from Mongolia and crossed into Russia to the Bering Strait

Question 2

Card 2

Name 5 Regions of North America (NA)

Answer 2

1. Western (rocky) mountains > non farming
2. St-Lawrence Valley (lowlands) > Farming
3. Canadian Shield > non farming
4. Costal plains > Fertile
5. Appalachian Mountains > non farming

Question 3

Card 3

Who are the Inuits and how did they live ?

Answer 3

• They lived along the northern coast of Quebec
• They lives in igloos
• They fished for their survival (mostly seals)
• They were nomadic (They moved from place to place in search for food)
• They were patriarchal (family bloodline was traced on the father’s side)
• They also hunted in caribou in the summer

Question 4

Card 4

Who are the Algonquians and how did they live?

Answer 4

• They lived in the interior of Quebec
• They lived in wigwams (tents)
• They hunted for their survival
• They were nomadic
• They were patriarchal
• They hunted caribou, moose and small animals
• The women collected berries , roots and made clothes

Question 5

Card 5

Who are the Iroquois and how did they live?

Answer 5

• They lived along Saint-Lawrence valley (LowLands)
• They grew crops (farmed) for their survival
• They lived in long houses made from trees
• They were sedentary (stayed in one place)
• They were Matriarchal
• They hunted small game and fished in the summer
• The women collected berries , roots and made cloth