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1
Who designed the Alaska State Flag?
Bryon Mallot
Marc Begich
Tony Knowles
Benny Benson
2
The term “Seward’s Folly” refers to what historical Alaskan event?
William Seward falling into a crevasse
Sinking of Seward’s ship off the the AK Peninsula
The Alaska Purchase
The first time William Seward visited Alaska
3
The major factors that shape the climate of Alaska are...
temperature, latitude and longitude
landforms, latitude and tundra
latitude, bodies of water and mountain formations
precipitation, temperature
4
Who is a current Alaska U.S. Senator??
Bill Walker
Don Young
Dan Sullivan
Mark Begich
5
In 1890, which Alaskan city had the largest population (think of the gold rush)?
Juneau
Sitka
Anchorage
Nome
6
What mine in Alaska holds the worlds most significant zinc deposit?
Pebble Creek Mine
Lost River Mine
Red Dog Mine
Illinois Creek Mine
7
What year did Alaska become a state?
1959
1957
1958
1960
8
A territorial governor who fought for Native Civil rights....
Earnest Gruening
Willie Hensley
James Wickersham
Ted Stevens
9
In what year was “Mt. McKinley” officially renamed to it’s original name “Denali”?
2001
1968
2015
1941
10
Who commissioned Vitus Bering to sail to Alaska?
Catherine the Great
Peter the Great
Alexander Baranov
George Stellar
11
Which group of Alaska Natives originally lived in the Southeast Region?
Inupiaq
Athabaskans
Unangan
Tlingit and Haida
12
Elizabeth Peratrovich was a member of which Alaska Native group?
Athabaskan
Tlingit
Inupiaq
Aleut
13
Which city is indicated by the red dot on this map?
Fairbanks
Juneau
Nome
Anchorage
14
Who is Alaska's current governor?
Bill Walker
Lisa Murkowski
Don Young
Ted Stevens
15
“New Archangel” was the Russian name for which Alaskan city?
Juneau
Kodiak
Sitka
Anchroage
16
Which of these islands was occupied by the Japanese in 1942??
St. Lawrence Island, Alaska
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Kiska Island, Alaska
Kodiak Island, Alaska
17
Which is the rainiest region in Alaska?
the Southeast
the Interior
the Southcentral
the Arctic
18
Which of the following Native cultures was the only one to make totem poles?
Tlingit
Aleut
Athabaskan
Aluutiq
19
Who was the first appointed governor of the Alaska
TERRITORY
?
William Egan
Ernest Gruening
Mike Stepovitch
Tony Knowles
20
Which island is in red on this map?
Big Diomede Island
St. Lawrence Island
Kodiak Island
Prince of Wales Island
21
In which city does the Alaska Oil Pipeline END?
Prudhoe Bay
Barrow
Anchorage
Valdez
22
This map shows which body of water?
The Chukchi Sea
The Bering Sea
The Bering Strait
Bristol Bay
23
This man founded the city of Fairbanks.
William McKinley
Charles Fairbanks
Felix Pedro
E.T. Barnette
24
The Iditarod finish line is in which Alaskan city?
Wasilla
Nome
Hope
Barrow
25
Which river is indicated in yellow?
the Yukon River
the Copper River
the Mackenzie River
the Kuskokwim River
26
Which region was traditionally inhabited by the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian native groups?
Southcentral
Interior
Southeast
Aleutians
27
Which city is shown by the 'A' on this map?
Fairbanks
Bethel
Prudhoe Bay
Barrow
28
Alberta Schenck's historic act in Nome can easily be compared to...?
Jane Mears
Amelia Earhart
Eleanor Roosevelt
Rosa Parks
29
Which city is the capital of Alaska?
Anchorage
Juneau
Barrow
Sitka
30
The head of the Russia-American Company was...?
Alexi Chirikov
Vitus Bering
George Stellar
Alexsandr Baranov
31
What are the two largest mountain ranges in Alaska?
Chugach Range and the Brooks Range
Brooks Range and the Wrangell Mountain Range
Alaska Range and St. Elias Range
Alaska Range and the Brooks Range
32
Which city is indicated by the red dot on this map?
Anchorage
Nome
Valdez
Bethel
33
Which was the main incentives for Russia to sell Alaska?
the Russian-American Co. no longer held a monopoly on fur
the Russian people no longer wanted to pay for furs
The loss of the Crimean War and debt
the fur industry was declining
34
The first district Judge for Alaska who fought for Alaskan Statehood was...
Ted Stevens
James Wickersham
Captain James Cook
Sheldon Jackson
35
What is the traditional Alaska Native nickname for the Raven?
Blackfeather
the Creator
Trickster
the Rascal
36
Who is the current mayor of Anchorage?
Ethan Burkowitz
Tony Knowles
Ted Stevens
Sarah Palin
37
During WWII, which group of people was interned in southeast Alaska?
881 Haida from nine villages
881 Tlingits from six villages
Japanese Americans
881 Unangax (Aleut) from nine villages
38
In what year did an oil company first strike "gold" in Alaska?
2000
1959
1977
1968
39
The Alaska Range is on the border of which two regions?
the Arctic and the Interior
Southeast and Southcentral
the Aleutians and the Bering Sea Coast
the Interior and Southcentral
40
Which British explorer charted the majority of Alaska's coastline?
James Wickersham
Vitus Bering
Captain James Cook
Sheldon Jackson
41
The original Native name for the Alutiiq group is...
the Tlingit
the Haida
the Sugpiaq
The Aleut
42
The idea that all living and non-living things maintained an essential spirit and identity...
Shamanism
Paganism
Personhood
Animalism
43
What occurred in Alaska in 1964?
the end of the Russian Era
the Good Friday Earthquake
Alaskan Statehood
the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
44
The two most profitable Alaskan industries are...
manufacturing and ecotourism
commercial fishing and oil/gas
timber and transportation
tourism and healthcare
45
During the late 1700's, the Russians forced the Aleuts to do what type of work?
tending fields for cash crops
chopping trees for lumber
mining gold and silver
hunting sea otters and fur seals
46
Who is Alaska's current U.S. Representative?
Bill Walker
Don Young
Lisa Murkowski
Dan Sullivan
47
AK Native oral traditions and storytelling was used for which purpose?
to signify common ancestry
to teach children safety and good behavior
to keep accounts of the past
all of these
48
"Denali" is an Athabaskan word for...
the Great One
the Giant
the Mountain
Mother
49
What is the Alaska state bird?
the Kingfisher
the Raven
the Stellar Jay
the Willow Ptarmigan
50
Which AK Native Group originally lived on the Aleutian/ AK Peninsula Region?
Inupiaq
Tlingit/Haida
Unangan / Unangax
Athabaskans
