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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. Who was the company's representative to the Aleutian Islands?
(a) Cidaq.
(b) Aleksandr Baranov.
(c) Lunmasaq.
(d) Yermak Rudenko.

2. Whom did Zhdanko kill?
(a) Neighbor.
(b) Tsar.
(c) Governor.
(d) King.

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

4. Why did Varnak's family move?
(a) They lacked food.
(b) They missed seeing other people.
(c) The mastodon were bothering them.
(d) It was too cold.

5. What arrived to help the Americans?
(a) A warship.
(b) More food.
(c) Weapons.
(d) A group of soldiers .

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Cidaq become a Christian?

2. Trofkins team came from all the countries listed except for __________.

3. Where was there a protuberance?

4. What were Jackson and Healy trying to prevent?

5. How did animals come to Alaska?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Voronov change in Chapter 5?

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

3. How did the Indians react to the invasion of Russians?

4. What did the Organic Act mean for those living in Alaska?

5. How did food factor into Oogruk's story in Chapter 3?

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

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

8. What was the significance of the fur pelts in Chapter 4?

9. How is the mastodon related to the elephant?

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

(see the answer keys)

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