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