z+6+Far+North

__ **Far North (Arctic / Subarctic)** __ __Clothing, food, and houses (KC) __ v Used animal skins as coats and other clothing (4) v Survived on fish, shell fish, birds, and hunted marine animals such as whales, seals, and walruses (1) v For food in the summer, they fished on rivers, and hunted caribou. (1) v They lived in snow houses called igloos (2) v For clothing they had moccasins, leggings, shirts, and coats of soft hides. (2) v They had sleeping robes made of rabbit skins.(4) v 40 to 70 percent was based on meat (9)

__Habitat (KC)__ v They lived in harsh land where some parts of the land were covered with ice all year long. (1) v South of the arctic lay a dense forest in the subarctic region. (1) v The climate was to cold for farming, subarctic people relied on animals and plants for food. (1) v Summer was four months of sun and temperatures were 0 to 10 degrees Celsius, but winters had no sun for months and have an average temperature of – 80 degrees (9) Keirsten C.

__Interesting tidbits (JG)__ v They used sled and dog teams for transportation. (4) v They use kayaks to help them hunt for marine animals. (1) v Tribes believed in magical beings (3) v Men did most of the big game hunting. (2) v Women snared hared, fished, cut and dried meat, and processed hides. (4) <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">v People with more blood vessels in their hands and feet helped them stay warm.(9) <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">v Children had high respect for their parents(9) <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">v They had arranged marriages(9) <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">v Inuit’s believed that after a persons death it was bad luck to mention the person’s name. (9) <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">v  Most people of the subarctic speak languages of the Algonquian family. (2) Jenna G.

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