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