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Alaska Studies Final Exam Prep (Mr. Steve's Class)
Alaska Studies Final Exam Prep (Mr. Steve's Class)
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Document that contained terms of sale of Alaska from Russia to America:
Aleutian Decree of Sale
Treaty of Cession
Statehood Act of Constitution
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Did Creoles have to work for the Russian American Company?
Yes, but only as hunters
No, if they were pregnant
No, but Aleuts had to.
3
What were Creoles used to dealing with that other Natives were not?
American ship captains
Russian trappers.
money
4
What was a "prospector?"
someone who helps miners find gold
someone who searches or mines for gold
someone who has prospects for the future
5
Sacred building in early Yup'ik villages, like church today, where men lived:
Yupiit
Piciryaraq
gasgiq
6
How long ago did the Yup'ik ancestors hike over the land bridge from Asia to Alaska?
since around the time of Christ
more than 12,000 years ago
2.6 million years
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Ojibwa word meaning "eater of raw meat:"
Apache
Aleut
Eskimo
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What does "booms and busts" mean:
always bad times
really good times, really bad times
always good times
9
Children and grandchildren of Aleut women and Russian men:
Rusaleutians
Creoles
Warriors
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What year did the non-Natives start to outnumber the Natives in Alaska?
in 1808
not until 1900: 34,350 non-Natives; 29,542 Natives
in 1789
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When did the United States purchase Alaska from Russia?
1959
1799
1867
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Why was Russian trade called a "brutal" business?
the weather was brutal
they took hostages, forced Native hunters to work for them
the Russians were mean to their horses
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Business formed in 1799 for trapping and trading in Alaska, killed Natives who refused to work
Walmart of Alaska
Russian American Company
Shaawat Seek
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Meaning of the group name for the four separate Eskimo languages:
"the real people"
"all the human beings"
"the north lovers"
"players of basketball"
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What is an indigenous community?
one that originated, rather than move into, a place
one that travels from place to place after game
one that evolved over time
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What was a "glory hole"?
large hole with food supplies
where brown bear hibernated during Gold Rush
dug out place where prospector found lots of gold
17
Native group that fought the Russian American Company in Wars of 1802-1804:
Tlingit
Yup'ik
Aleut
18
"Before Present" ("BP") is the native version of what?
A.D.
Common Era
B.C.E.
19
1971 agreement to compensate Native Alaskans for theft of their land by Whites:
Native Bond Act
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
Treaty of Cession
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What status did Creoles have in Russian society?
serfs, forced to work for company
free people, citizens
paid workers but not free and not citizens
21
What type of housing did Creoles live in, which was different then other Natives?
Mud Brick homes
Igloos
wooden homes
22
During the Russian American era, how many Russians lived in Alaska?
never more than 500
over 100,000
none
23
When did the Klondike and Yukon gold rushes occur?
in 1846
in 1959
between 1898 and 1903
24
Natives used to live out on tundra, not near civilization. Why did this change?
rising fur prices after Russian traders came to Alaska
global warming
to be nearer salmon fishery
25
What disrupted the Native Alaskan way of subsistence living?
hunters started trapping to sell pelts to Russian traders
global warming
the death of the bison and musk ox
26
Leader of Russia in 1800's:
King
President
Tsar
27
Who was the Yup'ik's Spirit of the Universe?
Kivgig
Ellam Yua
Alerquun
28
What did Creoles experience that other Natives didn't?
education, work for company, church members
work boots
a boat and a mud house
29
Could Creoles move from settlement to settlement without permission?
No, even though they were citizens of Russia
No, unless their family went with them
Yes, but only if their Russian husband said it was ok.
30
What did you call it when trappers had harvested all the fur in an area?
to exterminate all species
to eradicate all species
to "trap out" an area
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Tool found in archaeological digs, used by first Natives to live in Alaska:
microblade
Igadik
Sugpiat
