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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How old was Baranov when Ermelov had him investigated? and
(a) 65.
(b) 50.
(c) 30.
(d) 70.
2. What did Baranov proclaim as the capital of Russian America?
(a) Sitka Island.
(b) Seal Islands
(c) Okhotsk.
(d) Lanewpak.
3. What items were traded for pelts?
(a) Rum and rifles.
(b) Slaves.
(c) Beads.
(d) Meat.
4. What was Big Ears' new name?
(a) Lunmasaq.
(b) Great One.
(c) Ivan.
(d) Peter.
5. How did the Tlingits respond when they saw the help arrive?
(a) They fought.
(b) They left the area.
(c) They stole the food.
(d) They persuaded the Americans that they never meant to cause harm.
6. What were Jackson and Healy trying to prevent?
(a) War.
(b) The provision of rum to the natives.
(c) A structured government.
(d) Friendship between the Americans and the natives.
7. What did Lieutenant Ermelov think of Baranov?
(a) He was impressed with his honesty.
(b) He was very critical of his use of government funds.
(c) He found him to be a very practical man.
(d) He admired Baranov's handling of government funds.
8. What eventually happened to the land bridge?
(a) It separated and became an island.
(b) It disappeared, covered by water.
(c) It shifted to become a new continent.
(d) It expanded.
9. What killed Rudenko?
(a) A tsunami.
(b) A knife.
(c) A volcano eruption.
(d) A heart attack.
10. The mastadon evolved to become _________.
(a) A Mountain.
(b) The Mammoth.
(c) A large river.
(d) An alligator.
11. What was the mastodon?
(a) A reptile.
(b) A type of hill.
(c) An animal similar to an elephant.
(d) A tall ship.
12. Where did the Russians build a fort?
(a) Next to the Tlingits.
(b) Redoubt St. Michael.
(c) In the woods.
(d) A few miles from the Tlingits.
13. How did the little ones learn about their family's move?
(a) From books.
(b) From Ancient One.
(c) They remembered.
(d) Their dad.
14. What were the mastadons' chief enemy?
(a) Cats such as lions and tigers.
(b) Humans.
(c) Bison.
(d) Reptiles.
15. Whom did Zhdanko exchange gifts with when he landed on the island?
(a) Catherine the Great.
(b) The governor.
(c) Tsar Peter.
(d) An Aleut.
Short Answer Questions
1. The protuberance would eventually become __________.
2. Why did Tsar Peter Romanov want Trofin Zhdanko?
3. To whom did Russia plan to sell Alaska?
4. Where did the mastadon settle?
5. Who was the company's representative to the Aleutian Islands?
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