Author Question: For the Gwich'in, the most important result of climate change has been: a. The increased presence ... (Read 70 times)

Starlight · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

For the Gwich'in, the most important result of climate change has been:

a. The increased presence of outside industries that have negative impacts on local culture.
b. The need to find more sophisticated ways of keeping warm as their area cools.
c. Increased contact with outsiders and increasing ability to sell furs and native crafts.
d. The decrease in size and health of the caribou herd on which they depend.
e. Increased ability to use snowmobiles to hunt caribou and fur bearing mammals.

Question 2

Sea ice is critical to the Inuit because:

a. It allows animal herds to migrate from one area to another.
b. It connects different Inuit communities.
c. It is used as a highway and as a building material.
d. It is their only supply of fresh water.
e. It allows supply planes to land, bringing needed food and equipment as well as tourists.