the inuits
DESCRIPTION
The Inuits. By: Evan & Elliot. Location. The Inuits live in: Canada Greenland Alaska, United States Aleutian Islands Siberia, Russia. Russia. North America. Food. Inuit's and their food: Inuits are hunters Fish Sea mammals (seals, whale, walrus) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Location
• The Inuits live in:• Canada• Greenland• Alaska, United States• Aleutian Islands• Siberia, Russia
RussiaRussia
NorthNorth
AmericaAmerica
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Food• Inuit's and their food:• Inuits are hunters• Fish • Sea mammals (seals, whale, walrus)• Few land mammals (caribou, polar
bear, birds, arctic hare)• Bannock (traditional bread)
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Shelter
• Inuit housing:• Igloos (common winter houses)• Skin Tents (common in summer)• Stone Houses (common in
Greenland)• Driftwood and Earth houses
(common in Siberia)Seal-Skin TentsSeal-Skin Tents
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Movement
• Types of transportation:• Sleds (frame, plank)• Boats (Kayaks, Umiaks)• Frame sleds used in Alaska and Siberia• Plank sleds used in Canada and
Greenland• Kayaks used for hunting• Umiaks used for long trips• Sleds were powered by dogs
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Outer Clothing
• Outer Clothing Includes:• Hooded Jacket• Mittens• Trousers• Boots
Inuit’s outer clothing was mostly
made of Caribou skin
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Inner Clothing
• Inner Clothing Includes:• Hooded Jacket• Trousers• Socks
Inuit’s inner clothing was made
mostly of seal skin.
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Region
• The regions of the Inuit:• Arctic (harshest region in the world)• Sub arctic (very cold, below freezing)• Climate (long cold winters, short cool
summers)• Average temperature = -20 degrees
F, -30 degrees F• Snowfall (15-90inches a year)
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Inuit Art
• Inuits carved every day objects• Inuits made mostly animals in their
art• Inuits designed some of their art with
clothing
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Sports/Recreation
• Sports the intuits' played are:• Weightlifting & wrestling• Football & ice hockey• Entertainment (drumming, dancing,
dice game, throat singing)
The inuit’s also possessed their own games
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Skills, Tools, and Products
• Skilled Carvers (Bow drills)• Knives (bone, wood, ivory)• Skilled Fishers (harpoons)• Stone tied on a branch for hammer• Making Jewelry (Inuit Bling)• Painters• Art
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Social Customs
• Inuit social customs:• Language (Inupik and Yupik)• Marriage (individual choice)
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Place
• What the place is like:• Cold• Normally Snow covered (tundra)• Near Water (i.e. Pacific Ocean)
The Frozen Tundra
Pacific Ocean
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Human/Environment Interaction
• The Inuit’s interacted with their environment by:
• Igloos (homes made out of mounds of snow)
• Clothing (made from animals in the region)• Hunting tools (made from common
resources such as wood)• Food (came from animals and fish)• Transportation (dog sleds and kayaks)
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