Klondike Gold Rush
A) 1896 B) 1870 C) 1901 D) 1925
A) Thames River B) Missouri River C) Yukon River D) Colorado River
A) Pioneers B) Hunters C) Stampeders D) Miners
A) Golden Town B) Goldfield City C) Klondike City D) Dawson City
A) Bitcoin B) Paper money C) Gold dust D) Silver coins
A) Mark Twain B) John Steinbeck C) Jack London D) Ernest Hemingway
A) Adventure B) Excelsior C) Discovery D) Liberty
A) Daniel Lenoir B) George Carmack C) Christopher Columbus D) John Sutter
A) Khyber Pass B) Chilkoot Pass C) Sunwapta Pass D) Denali Pass
A) By drawing lots B) By staking a claim C) By buying a permit D) By having the best equipment
A) Australia B) Canada C) United States D) Russia
A) Balto B) Snoopy C) Lassie D) Rin Tin Tin
A) Sourdoughs B) Goldseekers C) Treasure hunters D) Luckless
A) 1920 B) 1899 C) 1876 D) 1905
A) New York B) Chicago C) Seattle D) San Francisco
A) France B) United States C) Germany D) Great Britain
A) 200,000 B) 100,000 C) 150,000 D) 50,000
A) Juneau and Sitka B) Ketchikan and Wrangell C) Dyea and Skagway D) Anchorage and Fairbanks
A) A map and compass B) A month's supply of food C) A tent and cooking equipment D) A year's supply of food
A) Two tons B) Close to a ton C) Half a ton D) Five hundred pounds
A) Winter of 1897 B) Fall of 1898 C) Summer of 1898 D) Spring of 1899
A) Approximately 17,000 B) Approximately 10,000 C) Approximately 25,000 D) Approximately 5,000
A) Wood B) Concrete C) Brick D) Stone
A) Earthquakes, floods, and droughts B) Riots, thefts, and lawlessness C) Blizzards, avalanches, and landslides D) Fires, high prices, and epidemics
A) Buying land and building houses B) Gambling and drinking in the saloons C) Donating to charity and community projects D) Investing in businesses and shops
A) They were hired as guides and workers B) They were forcibly moved into a reserve C) They were given land and resources D) They were left unaffected by the rush
A) 1905 B) 1900 C) 1903 D) 1899
A) 5,000,000 oz (125,000,000 g) B) 20,000,000 oz (500,000,000 g) C) 14,000,000 oz (400,000,000 g) D) 10,000,000 oz (250,000,000 g)
A) Three quarters B) Half C) One quarter D) One third
A) One third B) One fifth C) A quarter D) Half
A) Fur trading B) Exploration C) Copper trading D) Gold trading
A) American prospectors B) The Hudson's Bay Company C) The Hän people D) Ed Schieffelin
A) It became a ghost town B) It was renamed to Klondike City C) It was abandoned due to a natural disaster D) It grew to become the largest city in Alaska
A) Henderson Creek B) Rabbit Creek C) Prospector Creek D) Gold Creek
A) Skookum Jim B) George Carmack C) Tagish Charlie D) Robert Henderson
A) He was the first to register the claim B) He was the only one who spoke English C) He found the most gold D) Authorities might not recognize an indigenous claimant
A) Prospector Creek B) Discovery Creek C) Fortymile Creek D) Eldorado Creek
A) June 1897 B) March 1897 C) August 1896 D) December 1896
A) Horse-drawn carriage B) Dog-sled C) Wagon D) Steamboat
A) The winter B) River pollution C) Government restrictions D) Lack of boats
A) Salt B) Coffee C) Sugar D) Tea
A) Gold rush flu B) Canadian black leg C) Dawson fever D) Alaskan white foot
A) 12 feet below the surface B) 6 feet below the surface C) 10 feet below the surface D) 3 feet below the surface
A) Fairbanks. B) Wrangell. C) Anchorage. D) Juneau.
A) Dyea Lake B) Bennett Lake C) Skagway Lake D) Yukon Lake
A) David Livingstone B) Richard Burton C) Henry Morton Stanley D) Frederick Burnham
A) For being lenient with rules B) For being overly strict C) For being corrupt and taking bribes D) For running the posts honestly
A) Arthur Harper B) Joe Ladue C) Belle Mitchell D) Charles Constantine
A) George Carmack B) Archie Burns C) John Mackay D) Norman Macaulay
A) 30,000 people B) 1,000 people C) 500 people D) 100 people
A) 20 feet B) 10 feet C) 15 feet D) 5 feet
A) A. Balliot B) Erastus Brainerd C) William D. Wood D) John McGraw
A) Stikine River B) Yukon River C) Lynn Canal D) Copper River
A) More American miners in the Yukon B) Action against the American miners C) Lower taxes for American miners D) Free passage for American miners
A) Hydraulic mining B) Steam thawing C) Dredging D) Wood fire thawing
A) The Malaspina Glacier. B) The huge Valdez glacier. C) The White Pass. D) The Chilkoot Pass.
A) $40 B) $80 C) $20 D) $60
A) $800.00 per troy ounce B) $500.00 per troy ounce C) $700.00 per troy ounce D) $619.20 per troy ounce
A) 1,150 pounds B) 2,000 pounds C) 750 pounds D) 500 pounds
A) $5 per troy ounce B) $10 per troy ounce C) $16 per troy ounce D) $20 per troy ounce
A) $7 each B) $3 each C) $10 each D) $5 each
A) 9 tonnes B) 5 tonnes C) 12 tonnes D) 15 tonnes
A) Bows and arrows B) Maxim guns C) Rifles D) Cannons
A) Nome. B) Valdez. C) Juneau. D) Skagway.
A) $250 B) $200 C) $150 D) $100
A) The Scales B) The Summit C) The Pass D) The Plateau
A) Well water B) River water C) Rainwater D) Two springs
A) Rockers B) Steam thawing C) Dredging D) Sluices
A) The Dalton trail B) The Chalmers Trail C) The Stikine route D) The Takou route
A) 50 buildings B) 75 buildings C) 117 buildings D) 200 buildings
A) 72 acres B) 178 acres C) 100 acres D) 250 acres
A) About thirty B) Fifteen C) Forty-five D) Twenty
A) $500 B) $700 C) $100 D) $1,000
A) $1 each B) $3 each C) $4 each D) $2 each
A) Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) B) U.S. Army C) Alaska State Troopers D) North-West Mounted Police (NWMP)
A) British jurisdiction B) Canadian jurisdiction C) Independent jurisdiction D) US jurisdiction
A) Typhoid B) Scurvy C) Malaria D) Dysentery
A) $15 B) $10 C) $50 D) $25
A) The Ashcroft route B) The Chalmers Trail C) The Stikine route D) The overland route
A) 6,000 miles B) 5,000 miles C) 3,500 miles D) 4,700 miles
A) Via the White Pass. B) Through the Yukon River. C) Across the Malaspina Glacier. D) Through the Chilkoot Trail.
A) Archie Burns B) Henry Teller C) John Smith D) Norman Macaulay
A) Sailboats, speedboats, tugboats B) Cargo ships, tankers, ferries C) Steamships, yachts, submarines D) Old paddle wheelers, fishing boats, barges, coal ships
A) The water routes B) The Chalmers Trail C) The overland route D) The Stikine route
A) Dogs, horses, mules, oxen B) Cows, cats, goats C) Sheep, llamas, camels D) Elephants, donkeys, pigs
A) Wrangell B) Juneau C) Edmonton D) Dyea
A) Typhoid B) Malaria C) Dysentery D) Scurvy
A) Stampede effect B) Klondicitis C) Rush syndrome D) Gold fever
A) Dorothea Lange B) Edward Weston C) Eric Hegg D) Ansel Adams
A) Alex McDonald B) Swiftwater Bill C) A Canadian government official D) William Ogilvie
A) Main Street B) Harper Road C) Front Street D) Dawson Avenue
A) 1,000 B) 2,000 C) 1,800 D) 2,500
A) 45 B) 20 C) 40 D) 35
A) 60 B) 30 C) 43 D) 50
A) Henry Trump B) John Trump C) George Trump D) Friedrich Trump
A) Only 685 arrived B) Only 2,000 arrived C) Only 1,000 arrived D) Only 500 arrived
A) American prospectors were happy with the agreement B) American businessmen felt their monopoly on regional trade was being undermined C) American citizens demanded more military presence D) American businesses wanted higher tariffs on Canadian goods
A) Prospector's Path B) Dead Horse Trail C) Treasure Route D) Gold Seeker's Way
A) 120 days B) Around 90 days C) 30 days D) 60 days
A) 3,500 B) 10,000 C) 7,124 D) 5,000 |
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