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