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