Canadian Geography and Indigenous Peoples Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. This is the dwelling for People of the Plains (p.200)
  2. 5. This vast region spans from the Northwest Territories in Canada all the way through our prairie provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan and down towards the south of the USA into states such as Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri (p.163)
  3. 7. This month generally has the highest amount of rainfall in Vancouver BC (Fig. 6-38) (p.175)
  4. 8. The Okanagan valley in British Columbia is part of this region (p.163)
  5. 11. These destructive wind funnels affect the Interior Plains region especially states like Oklahoma, Nebraska and Kansas
  6. 15. These fruits are harvested in Quebec every summer (see Fig. 6-19) (p.168)
  7. 16. This is the ice sheet that covered British Columbia during our last ice age (p.162)
  8. 18. The Iroquois built defense fences around their longhouses called these. (p.193)
  9. 19. This was a religious festival of the Plains People (p.201)
  10. 22. This is a flat area of high elevation in the Intermountain region (p.176)
  11. 23. This month sees the least rainfall in St. John’s Newfoundland (see Fig 6-8) (p.165)
  12. 24. These are trees that shed their leaves annually an include maple, cherry, ash and alder (p.165)
  13. 27. Peoples of the Plateau lived in these (p.203)
  14. 28. This was a northern group of Peoples of the Plateau (p.202)
  15. 31. This region is in the far north of Canada and includes ocean bodies such as the Beaufort Sea and Baffin Bay (p.163)
  16. 33. Iroquois peoples lived in these (p.196-197)
  17. 34. This is the type of coniferous forest found in the Canadian Shield (p.173)
  18. 35. The Inuit used these small boats for hunting seals and whales (p.190)
  19. 36. This well-known Iroquois group lived in the south of Georgian Bay (p.193)
  20. 37. The hides and furs from this animal provided warm clothing for the Inuit (p.189-191)
  21. 39. This is wet and spongy land found in the Coastal Plains region (p.167)
  22. 41. Bison were herded into these narrow traps before captured by buffalo pounds and slaughtered (p.199)
  23. 42. Iroquois society was organized in such a way that men would go and live with their wives families meaning it was ‘this’.
  24. 44. This is the ice sheet that covered most of Canada during our last ice age (p.162)
  25. 45. This group of Peoples of the Northwest Coast exist in our region and include the Musqueam, Tsawwassen, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh (p.205)
  26. 46. This month generally has the highest amount of rainfall in Prince Rupert BC (Fig. 6-37) (p.175)
  27. 47. This is the coldest month of the year in Prince George BC (Fig 6-44) (p.177)
Down
  1. 1. This refers to the plants that naturally grow in an area (p.162)
  2. 3. Resting at a thickness of five to thirty-five km thick this is the outermost layer of the earth (p.161)
  3. 4. This is where the ocean plate of the earth is driven into the earth’s mantle creating fold mountains along the North American coastline (p.161)
  4. 6. This is what drives plate movement into the mantle (p.161)
  5. 8. The Inuit used these rock stack figures as landmarks (p.191)
  6. 9. This is the type of climate found on the west coast of North America (p.175)
  7. 10. This mountainous region includes the Coast Mountains, Cascade Mountains and Rocky Mountains (p.163)
  8. 11. This arctic region is too cold for trees and includes bushes, grasses and smaller plants (p.179)
  9. 12. This refers to the shape of the land including mountains and valleys (p.162)
  10. 13. Quebec city and Toronto are situated in this physical region (p.163)
  11. 14. This large physical region of Canada includes Ontario, Quebec and large parts of Manitoba, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut (p.163)
  12. 17. The Peoples of the Plains hunted these large mammals (p.198-199)
  13. 20. These evergreen trees have cones and include cedar, pine and hemlock (p.165)
  14. 21. This month sees the most rainfall in Miami Florida (see Fig 6-15) (p.167)
  15. 25. This southern region circumnavigates the Gulf of Mexico and includes states like South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi (p.163)
  16. 26. This important animal was seen as a creator and a trickster by the Peoples of the Northwest Coast.
  17. 29. These peoples of the arctic lived off sea mammals and fish during the winter months (p.189)
  18. 30. Once magma surfaces at the earth’s surface at ‘these cone shaped mountains’ magma is referred to as lava (p.161)
  19. 32. This is a large red cedar log carved to depict family crests as observed by the Peoples of the Northwest Coast (p.206)
  20. 38. This refers to the prevailing conditions of temperature and rainfall at a given location (p.162)
  21. 40. This was a traditional ceremony practiced by Peoples of the Northwest Coast (p.206)
  22. 43. This mountainous region spans from Newfoundland in the north all the way to Alabama in the south (p.163)