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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, pgs. 629 - 683.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What brought 295 Minnesotans to Matanuska in 1935?
(a) The excitement of fishing for salmon.
(b) The opening of a school.
(c) A government program during the Great Depression.
(d) The thrill of seeking gold.

2. What transportation did Sanquq use?
(a) A donkey.
(b) A sled.
(c) A horse.
(d) A wagon.

3. What did others think of the Venns?
(a) They were friendly but slow.
(b) They were lazy.
(c) They were hard workers.
(d) They were arrogent.

4. What did the lobbyist favor?
(a) International rulings.
(b) Deferment to the senior managers.
(c) Pro-American legislation.
(d) Native legislation.

5. Why did Tsar Peter Romanov want Trofin Zhdanko?
(a) To kill him.
(b) To hire him to assassinate someone.
(c) To taunt him while he was in prison.
(d) To ask for his help.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who commissioned Vitus Bering as captain?

2. What did Shaffer say they had to build?

3. What did they make together before going to Dawson City?

4. How long did it take to get to Okhotsk?

5. Trofkins team came from all the countries listed except for __________.

(see the answer key)

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