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