Peopling the Americas Creation Stories ArchaeologyLinguisticsPhysical Anthropology & Geology Theories of First People’s Origins sources
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All of Canada’s First Peoples share a common world view about their nation’s relationship with this? Back to Game Board
The environment. They all have references to animals and features in our landscape. Back to Game Board
These are the three theories of First Peoples’ origins?
1.A land route 2.Pacific route 3.Atlantic route Back to Game Board
Physical Anthropologists study past societies by analyzing these?
Human remains Back to Game Board
When analyzing artifacts through the process of radio-carbon dating researchers often use the reference BP. What does this stand for?
Before the Present Back to Game Board
Antaentsic is central to this First Nations’ creation story?
The Six Nations Confederacy Back to Game
September 10,1939 Back to Game
Many of Canada’s First Nations believe they have been here since?
Time Immemorial Back to Game
The model which refers to the spear projectile found in 1935?
The Clovis Model Back to Game
This is the inclination to accept without question a set of related assumptions and values?
This is known as a paradigm bias Back to Game
The Debert site in Nova Scotia has been designated a special place. What act is it protected by?
The Special Places Protection Act Back to Game
He was the focus of a highly controversial case involving Anthropologists and a coalition of five Aboriginal groups?
Kennewick Man Back to Game Image source : Kennewick Man Debate Heats Up The Japan Times 1999
According to some linguists it may have taken this amount of time for the language diversity that exists in the Americas to have evolved and developed the way it exists today?
Approximately years Back to Game
What are linguists concerned with?
Issues related to language structure, development and usage. Back to Game
Approximately how many languages are spoken in Canada?
Over 90 different languages are spoken in Canada. The two official languages are French and English. Back to Game
The land link which was believed to join Siberia to Alaska?
Beringia Back to Game
These people believe that Kji-Kinap created their world and gave life to a stone that became a man?
The Mi’kmaq Back to Game
Many linguists believe the First Peoples must have arrived here long before this era?
The Clovis Era Back to Game
The Eskaleut language family is the only Aboriginal language currently spoken in the Americas that can be linked conclusively to these two continents?
Asia and Europe Back to Game
Many Physical Anthropologists believe there were ________ ________ of people to the Americas.
Separate migrations Back to Game
The physical evidence and artifacts that have been discovered suggest people have been in the Americas for this many years?
years Back to Game
These two sites are believed to be older than any known North American sites?
Monte Verde & Tiama - Tiama Back to Game
Anthropologists have found similarities in the bone structure of early inhabitants from the Americas with people from these places?
Europeans and the Ainu of Japan Back to Game
The Mi’kmaq language is a dialect (part) of this language family?
The Algonquian language Back to Game
The Six Nations Confederacy Back to Game
This site produced artifacts that may date to years BP?
Cactus Hill Back to Game
Geologists believe this may have existed near the Rocky Mountains allowing people to migrate southward into the more temperate conditions?
An ice-free corridor Back to Game
Approximately how many languages are spoken in Canada?
Land Mines The Ottawa Accord – International Ban on Landmines Back to Game
Recent mapping and satellite imagery analyzed by Canadian Geologists suggest that this was an unlikely phenomena until approximately years BP?
An ice-free corridor Back to Game
Sources Longhouse Image : Six Nations Confederacy (09/15/04) Western Canada language map : Languages of Canada Ethnologue.com (09/15/04)Languages of Canada Questions by: B. Wishart (09/15/04) Created by: B. Khan (09/16/04) Back to Game