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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What made the large bodies of ice move?
(a) Large boats.
(b) Forces of gravity.
(c) Waves.
(d) Whales.

2. Where did Oogruk and his family settle?
(a) In eastern Alaska.
(b) On the western-most strip of Alaska.
(c) In Siberia.
(d) In the southern-most section of Alaska.

3. What did the sun do in the winter?
(a) It stayed high in the sky for six months.
(b) It was the same as in the summer.
(c) It disappeared.
(d) It stayed low in the sky for six months.

4. How large was Beringia?
(a) 100 miles wide.
(b) 6000 miles wide.
(c) 2 miles wide.
(d) 600 miles wide.

5. What is a peninsula?
(a) A pathway through the mountains.
(b) A piece of land that is connected to the mainland by an isthmus.
(c) A crater near the water.
(d) An island very close to a large land mass.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the plates shifted, how many continents could they have attached to?

2. How high were summer temperatures?

3. Which natural force did not contribute to the formation of Alaska?

4. Where was there a protuberance?

5. Why did Varnak's family move?

(see the answer key)

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