Gr.4B notes test tomorrow - write a short essay on Nunavut
Nunavut
1. 1/5 of Canada (area)
2. former part of NT (Northwest Territories)
3. arctic foxes, carabou, seals
4. flag
unveiled on April 1,1999
yellow & white
blue star / red guidepost - guided the people for centries
5. - climate is cold
winter -32C
summer 5C
- very little rain
6. almost reaches the North Pole
7. Official symbols
flower - arctic poppy
bird - rock ptarmigan
8. natural resources copper, lead, zinc, iron
- are not mined because of lack of roads
9. pop. 30,000
10. 85% of pop. are Inuit
11. high crime rate / shortage of jobs
12. Nunavut means "our land" in Inuktitut
13. area - 2 930 190 km
14. Native people of Nunavut are called inuit
15. Native language of nunavut is Inuktitut