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housing and clothing are not relevant to "Society"
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==Society==
 
==Society==
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The northern peoples developed heat-efficient housing made of thick blocks of ice, called [[igloo]]s. They would live in small villages through the long winter and then switch to a [[nomadic]] lifestyle in the short summer.
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Their clothing was also heat-efficient: polar bear fur and sealskin would be used for the highly insulated parkas, anoraks, papooses and mukluks that comprised the Inuit wardrobe.
      
They primarily bartered blubber and seal oil for special goods, though wampum currency was a possible alternative payment for commerce.
 
They primarily bartered blubber and seal oil for special goods, though wampum currency was a possible alternative payment for commerce.
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