Iqaluit Review Questions
Igloos and Dog Sleds
1. What is the best kind of snow to use for igloos?
2. What is the temperature in an igloo?
3. How do you make an igloo strong?
4. What are igloos used for?
5. What kind of dogs are used in dog sleds?
6. Why are the advantages of dog sleds?
7. There are 2 kinds of ways to harness a dog. What are they?
Throat Singing
1. Who does the throat singing?
2. Why did only women do throat singing?
Language - Inuktitut - count to 10, write your name
1. When did the Inuits start writing down Inuktitut?
Inuit Games - Back Push, Seal Hop
1. Why did the Inuit play games?
Inuksuk
1. What is an inuksuk?
2. Why are inuksuks (inuksut) important to the Inuit?
Flag
1. What do the colors mean on the flag?
2. Why is there a red f inuksuk on the flag?
Food
1. How do you make bannock?
2. What is in poutine?
3. What other kinds of food do Inuit people eat?
4. Why do Inuit kill animals? What do they do if they kill and animal?
Landforms
1. What is the rolling, rocky land called around Iqaluit?
Weather
1. Why is Nunavut called "The Land of the Midnight Sun"?
Plants
1. What was the most important use of grass and lichen?
Animals
1. Name 2 ways that Arctic animals have adapted to the cold weather.
Clothing
1. Why is there a fringe at the bottom of the parkas?
2. Pretend you are going to Nunavut in February. Make a list of the clothes you will bring and tell what each is used for.
1. What is the best kind of snow to use for igloos?
2. What is the temperature in an igloo?
3. How do you make an igloo strong?
4. What are igloos used for?
5. What kind of dogs are used in dog sleds?
6. Why are the advantages of dog sleds?
7. There are 2 kinds of ways to harness a dog. What are they?
Throat Singing
1. Who does the throat singing?
2. Why did only women do throat singing?
Language - Inuktitut - count to 10, write your name
1. When did the Inuits start writing down Inuktitut?
Inuit Games - Back Push, Seal Hop
1. Why did the Inuit play games?
Inuksuk
1. What is an inuksuk?
2. Why are inuksuks (inuksut) important to the Inuit?
Flag
1. What do the colors mean on the flag?
2. Why is there a red f inuksuk on the flag?
Food
1. How do you make bannock?
2. What is in poutine?
3. What other kinds of food do Inuit people eat?
4. Why do Inuit kill animals? What do they do if they kill and animal?
Landforms
1. What is the rolling, rocky land called around Iqaluit?
Weather
1. Why is Nunavut called "The Land of the Midnight Sun"?
Plants
1. What was the most important use of grass and lichen?
Animals
1. Name 2 ways that Arctic animals have adapted to the cold weather.
Clothing
1. Why is there a fringe at the bottom of the parkas?
2. Pretend you are going to Nunavut in February. Make a list of the clothes you will bring and tell what each is used for.