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