Deck 5: The Arctic and Subarctic

Question 1

Period 1 development in the Arctic, which stretches from 15,000-5,000 BCE, can BEST be described as the stage __________________.

A) that provides the earliest evidence of the use of oil lamps and insulated clothing
B) when first contact was made with European explorers
C) prior to the arrival of people when large land mammals moved into the region
D) that provides the earliest indisputable archaeological evidence for people in the Arctic

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The small burins, side blades, microblades, and microcores of the Arctic Small Tool Tradition were manufactured __________________.

A) to train children to use the tools they would need later in life
B) to more easily butcher fish and small animals
C) to edge normal-sized compound tools
D) for the use of a race of little people

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the following was an important technological feature of Arctic Period 4, which occurred between 1200 (+/- 400) BCE and 600 (+/-500) CE?

A) stone lamps
B) timber harvesting
C) microblades
D) ringed villages

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Large, semilunar (crescent-shaped) knives used both historically and in ancient times by peoples of the Arctic are called __________________.

A) steatites
B) ulus
C) umiaks
D) labrets

Question 5

Which of the following represents a technological innovation that is not known to be part of the Dorset Culture?

A) oil lamps
B) harpoons
C) kayaks
D) pottery

Question 6

The __________________culture replaced the Dorset culture and other cultures it encountered as it spread and represented the last major cultural expansion out of Alaska.

A) Kachemak
B) Birnirk
C) Thule
D) Norton

Question 7

Which of the following best describes the social organization of subarctic peoples?

A) small, thinly scattered, linked bands
B) small, densely packed villages located near resources
C) large villages made up of many smaller family units
D) small, autonomous bands that rarely had contact with each other

Question 8

After the adoption of the bow and arrow sometime after 600 CE, the Algonquians of the Eastern Subarctic expanded __________________.

A) to much of what would later be known as British Columbia and Alberta Canada
B) south of the Great Lakes to the Eastern Woodlands
C) to large portions of the Great Plains
D) to the western parts of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands

Question 9

Who were the first outsiders to make contact with the Beothuk and Inuit of the eastern Arctic?

A) Siberian hunters following herds of caribou
B) English explorers searching for the Northwest Passage
C) American whalers searching for better hunting grounds
D) Norse settlers who settled in Greenland and Newfoundland

Question 10

Before the uses of seal or whale oil were discovered, Arctic peoples were geographically restricted by __________________.

A) glaciers
B) caribou
C) firewood supplies
D) watercraft

Question 11

Volcanic eruptions are likely responsible for periodic abandonments at __________________.

A) Fall Caribou Crossing
B) Head Hill
C) Brooks River
D) Tree River

Question 12

Which culture was likely the first to hunt seals, walruses, and whales from boats?

A) Thule
B) Dorset
C) Old Bering Sea
D) Artic Small Tool

Question 13

On Banks Island, thousands of __________________ bones were found dating to 1650-1920 CE.

A) muskox
B) seal
C) whale
D) mammoth

Question 14

After the __________________ climate event, people of the Thule culture switched from hunting whales to hunting more seals.

A) Medieval Maximum
B) Little Ice Age
C) Younger Dryas
D) Pleistocene

Question 15

The main difference between umiaks and__________________ is that __________________ only accommodate a single person.

A) kayaks
B) open skin-boats
C) ulus
D) labrets

Question 16

The __________________, an isolated Thule band, lived further north than any other group.

A) Inuit
B) Dorset
C) Polar people
D) Old Bering Sea culture

Question 17

The cumulative effect of __________________ construction in the same area over time gives the impression of large villages.

A) igloo
B) skin tent
C) dog sled
D) pithouse

Question 18

Based on the presence of specialized knives, __________________ were probably an invention of the Dorset people.

A) snow goggles
B) igloos
C) dog sleds
D) pithouses

Question 19

Technological innovations in the Arctic gradually allowed for adaptation to harsher environments. One early example is the manufacture of compound implements by the __________________.

A) Thule culture
B) Arctic Small Tool Tradition
C) Dorset culture
D) Inuit

Question 20

Which of the following is not an example of a High Arctic winter activity?

A) wrestling
B) playing cup-and-ball games
C) collecting berries and tubers
D) storytelling

Question 21

The toggling harpoon allowed a wounded animal to twist and thrash without sinking the hunter's boat. This was accomplished through the use of a __________________.

A) float
B) kayak
C) small projectile point
D) net