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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the Eskimos originate?
(a) Alaska.
(b) Siberia.
(c) Canada.
(d) Japan.

2. What did the Indians think of the Americans in the settlement on Sitka?
(a) They wanted to befriend them.
(b) They made plans to attack them.
(c) They were afraid of them.
(d) They wanted to protect them.

3. How many Ice Ages were there?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) Two.

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

5. Whom did Zhdanko exchange gifts with when he landed on the island?
(a) Catherine the Great.
(b) Tsar Peter.
(c) The governor.
(d) An Aleut.

6. What did Baranov think about supplying rum and guns to the natives?
(a) He was hesitant.
(b) He told Corey it would be a wise investment.
(c) He told Corey that he didn't want them to supply them.
(d) He told Corey that they must continue supplying the materials at all costs.

7. When Captain Healy stopped his ship along the Alaskan coast, what did he find in the villages?
(a) Sick people.
(b) Mostly dead people.
(c) Americans working with natives.
(d) Thriving businesses.

8. Who took the people from the island?
(a) Russian hunters.
(b) Siberian hunters.
(c) Siberian tradesmen.
(d) Russian tradesmen.

9. The landmass appeared to have what type of terrain?
(a) A few sparse areas of growth.
(b) Lush mountains, trees, and other growth emerge.
(c) A hilly terrain.
(d) No mountains, trees or other growth.

10. Who departed Alaska in 1877?
(a) The Americans.
(b) Army troops.
(c) The Eskimos.
(d) The Tlingit Indians.

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

12. The mastadon evolved to become _________.
(a) A Mountain.
(b) The Mammoth.
(c) An alligator.
(d) A large river.

13. How long did it take the family to reach their destination?
(a) One day.
(b) Six months.
(c) One year.
(d) Six days.

14. Who was sold when the Tsar Ivan came to the island?
(a) Zhdanko.
(b) Maria.
(c) Cidaq.
(d) Old One.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the mastadons' chief enemy?

2. What job did Mrs. Caldwell have?

3. Where did Trofin Zhdanko live?

4. Was there an ice cap at the North Pole?

5. Who were taken from Lapak in 1789?

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