FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICANS
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Question
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It was very cold and icy.
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It was very hot and humid.
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It was warm, but breezy.
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It was a little chilly.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Temperatures are very cold for most of the year, and winters are especially harsh. Trees and other vegetation are scarce. The Arctic peoples long ago developed cultures that were completely adapted to this extremely cold, snowy, and icy environment.
Detailed explanation-2: -The climate is of the continental type, with warm summers and cold winters.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Inuit learned to make warm homes out of snow and ice for the winter. During the summer they would make homes from animal skin stretched over a frame made from driftwood or whalebones. The Inuit word for home is “igloo".
Detailed explanation-4: -Many tribes survived the cold, harsh environment by hunting caribou, musk ox, bowhead whales, and even seals through the ice.
Detailed explanation-5: -Inuit inhabited present-day Alaska and northern Canada. They lived in Arctic areas where the temperature is below freezing much of the year.