Klondike Gold Rush
A) 1870 B) 1896 C) 1901 D) 1925
A) Yukon River B) Colorado River C) Missouri River D) Thames River
A) Miners B) Hunters C) Stampeders D) Pioneers
A) Golden Town B) Dawson City C) Klondike City D) Goldfield City
A) Silver coins B) Paper money C) Gold dust D) Bitcoin
A) Jack London B) Mark Twain C) Ernest Hemingway D) John Steinbeck
A) Adventure B) Excelsior C) Discovery D) Liberty
A) George Carmack B) Christopher Columbus C) John Sutter D) Daniel Lenoir
A) Chilkoot Pass B) Khyber Pass C) Sunwapta Pass D) Denali Pass
A) By staking a claim B) By having the best equipment C) By buying a permit D) By drawing lots
A) Canada B) Russia C) United States D) Australia
A) Balto B) Snoopy C) Lassie D) Rin Tin Tin
A) Sourdoughs B) Goldseekers C) Luckless D) Treasure hunters
A) 1876 B) 1905 C) 1899 D) 1920
A) Seattle B) San Francisco C) Chicago D) New York
A) Germany B) Great Britain C) United States D) France
A) 150,000 B) 100,000 C) 50,000 D) 200,000
A) Anchorage and Fairbanks B) Ketchikan and Wrangell C) Dyea and Skagway D) Juneau and Sitka
A) A year's supply of food B) A map and compass C) A month's supply of food D) A tent and cooking equipment
A) Close to a ton B) Five hundred pounds C) Two tons D) Half a ton
A) Summer of 1898 B) Winter of 1897 C) Spring of 1899 D) Fall of 1898
A) Approximately 17,000 B) Approximately 5,000 C) Approximately 25,000 D) Approximately 10,000
A) Concrete B) Wood C) Stone D) Brick
A) Riots, thefts, and lawlessness B) Fires, high prices, and epidemics C) Earthquakes, floods, and droughts D) Blizzards, avalanches, and landslides
A) Investing in businesses and shops B) Gambling and drinking in the saloons C) Donating to charity and community projects D) Buying land and building houses
A) They were left unaffected by the rush B) They were hired as guides and workers C) They were forcibly moved into a reserve D) They were given land and resources
A) 1900 B) 1903 C) 1905 D) 1899
A) 14,000,000 oz (400,000,000 g) B) 5,000,000 oz (125,000,000 g) C) 20,000,000 oz (500,000,000 g) D) 10,000,000 oz (250,000,000 g)
A) One quarter B) Three quarters C) One third D) Half
A) Half B) One fifth C) A quarter D) One third
A) Gold trading B) Exploration C) Fur trading D) Copper trading
A) American prospectors B) The Hän people C) Ed Schieffelin D) The Hudson's Bay Company
A) It became a ghost town B) It was renamed to Klondike City C) It grew to become the largest city in Alaska D) It was abandoned due to a natural disaster
A) Gold Creek B) Prospector Creek C) Henderson Creek D) Rabbit Creek
A) Tagish Charlie B) George Carmack C) Robert Henderson 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) Prospector Creek C) Discovery Creek D) Fortymile Creek
A) June 1897 B) March 1897 C) August 1896 D) December 1896
A) Dog-sled B) Steamboat C) Horse-drawn carriage D) Wagon
A) The winter B) Lack of boats C) River pollution D) Government restrictions
A) Coffee B) Salt C) Sugar D) Tea
A) Gold rush flu B) Canadian black leg C) Alaskan white foot D) Dawson fever
A) 12 feet below the surface B) 10 feet below the surface C) 6 feet below the surface D) 3 feet below the surface
A) Anchorage. B) Fairbanks. C) Juneau. D) Wrangell.
A) Yukon Lake B) Skagway Lake C) Dyea Lake D) Bennett Lake
A) Frederick Burnham B) Henry Morton Stanley C) Richard Burton D) David Livingstone
A) For being lenient with rules B) For being corrupt and taking bribes C) For being overly strict D) For running the posts honestly
A) Arthur Harper B) Belle Mitchell C) Charles Constantine D) Joe Ladue
A) George Carmack B) Archie Burns C) John Mackay D) Norman Macaulay
A) 500 people B) 30,000 people C) 1,000 people D) 100 people
A) 20 feet B) 10 feet C) 5 feet D) 15 feet
A) William D. Wood B) John McGraw C) Erastus Brainerd D) A. Balliot
A) Copper River B) Stikine River C) Yukon River D) Lynn Canal
A) Action against the American miners B) Lower taxes for American miners C) More American miners in the Yukon D) Free passage for American miners
A) Steam thawing B) Dredging C) Wood fire thawing D) Hydraulic mining
A) The White Pass. B) The Chilkoot Pass. C) The Malaspina Glacier. D) The huge Valdez glacier.
A) $20 B) $60 C) $40 D) $80
A) $619.20 per troy ounce B) $700.00 per troy ounce C) $500.00 per troy ounce D) $800.00 per troy ounce
A) 500 pounds B) 750 pounds C) 2,000 pounds D) 1,150 pounds
A) $20 per troy ounce B) $16 per troy ounce C) $10 per troy ounce D) $5 per troy ounce
A) $3 each B) $7 each C) $5 each D) $10 each
A) 9 tonnes B) 12 tonnes C) 5 tonnes D) 15 tonnes
A) Cannons B) Maxim guns C) Rifles D) Bows and arrows
A) Valdez. B) Nome. C) Juneau. D) Skagway.
A) $100 B) $200 C) $250 D) $150
A) The Summit B) The Plateau C) The Pass D) The Scales
A) Two springs B) Well water C) River water D) Rainwater
A) Sluices B) Dredging C) Rockers D) Steam thawing
A) The Stikine route B) The Dalton trail C) The Chalmers Trail D) The Takou route
A) 50 buildings B) 75 buildings C) 200 buildings D) 117 buildings
A) 250 acres B) 100 acres C) 178 acres D) 72 acres
A) About thirty B) Forty-five C) Twenty D) Fifteen
A) $700 B) $1,000 C) $100 D) $500
A) $1 each B) $2 each C) $4 each D) $3 each
A) Alaska State Troopers B) North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) C) U.S. Army D) Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
A) British jurisdiction B) Independent jurisdiction C) US jurisdiction D) Canadian jurisdiction
A) Typhoid B) Dysentery C) Scurvy D) Malaria
A) $15 B) $10 C) $25 D) $50
A) The Ashcroft route B) The Chalmers Trail C) The overland route D) The Stikine route
A) 6,000 miles B) 3,500 miles C) 4,700 miles D) 5,000 miles
A) Through the Yukon River. B) Via the White Pass. C) Across the Malaspina Glacier. D) Through the Chilkoot Trail.
A) Norman Macaulay B) Archie Burns C) John Smith D) Henry Teller
A) Sailboats, speedboats, tugboats B) Cargo ships, tankers, ferries C) Steamships, yachts, submarines D) Old paddle wheelers, fishing boats, barges, coal ships
A) The Chalmers Trail B) The water routes C) The Stikine route D) The overland route
A) Elephants, donkeys, pigs B) Sheep, llamas, camels C) Dogs, horses, mules, oxen D) Cows, cats, goats
A) Edmonton B) Juneau C) Dyea D) Wrangell
A) Dysentery B) Malaria C) Scurvy D) Typhoid
A) Gold fever B) Rush syndrome C) Stampede effect D) Klondicitis
A) Edward Weston B) Dorothea Lange C) Eric Hegg D) Ansel Adams
A) William Ogilvie B) Swiftwater Bill C) A Canadian government official D) Alex McDonald
A) Harper Road B) Main Street C) Front Street D) Dawson Avenue
A) 1,800 B) 1,000 C) 2,500 D) 2,000
A) 45 B) 20 C) 40 D) 35
A) 60 B) 43 C) 30 D) 50
A) John Trump B) Henry Trump C) George Trump D) Friedrich Trump
A) Only 1,000 arrived B) Only 2,000 arrived C) Only 500 arrived D) Only 685 arrived
A) American businesses wanted higher tariffs on Canadian goods B) American businessmen felt their monopoly on regional trade was being undermined C) American prospectors were happy with the agreement D) American citizens demanded more military presence
A) Treasure Route B) Prospector's Path C) Gold Seeker's Way D) Dead Horse Trail
A) 120 days B) 60 days C) 30 days D) Around 90 days
A) 5,000 B) 7,124 C) 3,500 D) 10,000 |
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