How We Learn About First Nations

The passing of knowledge, history, and culture from one generation to the next through spoken words is known as

• Oral Tradition

• Written History

• Picture Tradition

• Radio

The _______ often hold knowledge and pass it on to the community.

• Elders

• Men

• Women

• Children

Tools, weapons, jewelry, clothing, and toys are considered ________ and a primary source of information about our first nations

• Objects

• Items

• Artifacts

• Things

Which is not one of the Seven Gifts of the Creator.

• Transportation

• Clothing

• Breathing

• Medicine

Where do the Seven Gifts of the Creator come from?

• God

• The store

• Nature

• A workshop

True or False. First Nations People led different lives based on their environment

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Those people who farmed and built villages where they lived for many years. Those people that hunted moved as the seasons changed and their food moved.

True or False. In Southwestern Ontario, the First Nations community mainly farmed

• True

• False

True or False, In Northern Ontario, where it is more rocky and has less good soil, the First Nations Communities mainly farmed.

• True

• False

Permanent First Nations settlements had created permanent structures called ___________ which held an entire family inside.

• Wig-wams

• Longhouses

• Apartments

• Townhouses

Wigwams were....

• used as temporary housing

• used as permanent housing

• Large structures

• Difficult to set up.