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