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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the mastadons' chief enemy?
(a) Cats such as lions and tigers.
(b) Humans.
(c) Bison.
(d) Reptiles.

2. How did the remaining islanders survive?
(a) By hunting for mammoth.
(b) By hunting for whales.
(c) By planting gardens.
(d) By eating berries.

3. What happened to Custom House revenues at Sitka after the Americans took control of Alaska?
(a) They increased dramatically.
(b) The dropped.
(c) They stayed the same.
(d) They steadily increased.

4. Where did Varnak originate?
(a) Japan.
(b) Alaska.
(c) Canada.
(d) Siberia.

5. Which natural force did not contribute to the formation of Alaska?
(a) Earthquakes.
(b) Tsunamis.
(c) Tornadoes.
(d) Volcanoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Cidaq become a Christian?

2. What was the mastodon?

3. What did the Indians think of the Americans in the settlement on Sitka?

4. What is a peninsula?

5. What did Baranov want to build for Voronov?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Oogruk come from? How did he and his family live?

2. What was Old One's character like in Chapter 5?

3. How did the rum trading affect the Tlingits?

4. Describe the different ice ages mentioned in Chapter 2.

5. According to Chapter 1, how did Alaska become separated from Asia? How was the landscape of Alaska changed?

6. What is a land bridge? How was it significant in Chapter 1?

7. How did Chapter 4 highlight some of the cruelty involved in the fur trade business?

8. What was so important about the shifting of the geological plates?

9. How is the mastodon related to the elephant?

10. How did the ice age affect the land that was to become Alaska?

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