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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Baranov proclaim as the capital of Russian America?
(a) Sitka Island.
(b) Lanewpak.
(c) Seal Islands
(d) Okhotsk.

2. How old was Baranov when Ermelov had him investigated? and
(a) 50.
(b) 70.
(c) 65.
(d) 30.

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

4. Who were taken from Lapak in 1789?
(a) All the men who were fathers.
(b) All males over the age of two.
(c) All females over the age of two.
(d) All the women who were mothers.

5. Was there an ice cap at the North Pole?
(a) Only in the summer months.
(b) Yes.
(c) Only in the winter months.
(d) No.

6. What was Big Ears' new name?
(a) Great One.
(b) Peter.
(c) Ivan.
(d) Lunmasaq.

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

8. What did Lieutenant Ermelov think of Baranov?
(a) He was very critical of his use of government funds.
(b) He was impressed with his honesty.
(c) He admired Baranov's handling of government funds.
(d) He found him to be a very practical man.

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

10. What type of business did Zhdanko work in?
(a) Expeditions.
(b) Shipping.
(c) Fur trading.
(d) Banking.

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

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

13. Where did they decide to build ships?
(a) Okhotsk.
(b) Boksheretsk.
(c) Alaska.
(d) Lanewpak.

14. How long did it take to get to Okhotsk?
(a) Six years.
(b) One year.
(c) Six months.
(d) One month.

15. When the plates shifted, how many continents could they have attached to?
(a) Three.
(b) Six.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was there a protuberance?

2. What killed Rudenko?

3. What did the Eskimos hunt?

4. What formed over time?

5. The landmass appeared to have what type of terrain?

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