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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where did Trofin Zhdanko live?
2. What were Jackson and Healy trying to prevent?
3. As the book opened, the author addressed land formation from how many years ago?
4. What was happening to the fur trade?
5. How large was Beringia?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did things change when America took control of Alaska?
2. How did Sitka Island become colonized?
3. How did Trofin Zhdanko escape his imprisonment?
4. How was Cidaq treated in Chapter 5?
5. How did Chapter 4 highlight some of the cruelty involved in the fur trade business?
6. How did food factor into Oogruk's story in Chapter 3?
7. What was Old One's character like in Chapter 5?
8. Where did Oogruk come from? How did he and his family live?
9. What was so important about the protuberance in the northwest corner of what was to become North America that the author mentioned in Chapter 1?
10. What was the significance of the fur pelts in Chapter 4?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write about weather and its effect on Alaska. Discuss how if affected the formation of Alaska and the people in Alaska, both native and newcomers.
Essay Topic 2
Describe how each of the following people groups came to live in Alaska: Indians, Eskimos, and Aleuts. Explain which part of Alaska they settled in and address why they stayed there.
Essay Topic 3
Explain why the issue of statehood was so important. Detail why some people were for it and why some were against it. What changes occurred when Alaska reached statehood?
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