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