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