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