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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 brought people into the region in 1968?
(a) Education opportunities.
(b) Gold discoveries.
(c) An oil discovery.
(d) Gold.

2. What position did the Tinglits hold business-wise?
(a) They were the chief officers in the business.
(b) They were an integral part of decision making.
(c) They were kept completely away from any business.
(d) They held small jobs such as moving boxes.

3. What did Tom do after his mother moved in with John Klope?
(a) He set off for the mines.
(b) He opened a branch of a general store.
(c) He went panning for gold.
(d) He ran away.

4. What did the men find in Nome?
(a) Silver.
(b) Platinum.
(c) Gold.
(d) Oil.

5. What did the professors think about the trapping equipment which they had designed?
(a) They were concerned that the equipment was faulty.
(b) They were pleased that the salmon were taken care of.
(c) They thought enough salmon would escape the traps to maintain the salmon population.
(d) They were certain to catch all the salmon in their path.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did they name the new business?

2. By 1919, what happened to Ross and Raglan?

3. When was the business operational?

4. What did the Venn's use for transportation to Venn's Lode?

5. What brought 295 Minnesotans to Matanuska in 1935?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the cannery affect the salmon population?

2. In Chapter 9, what problem did people have with their claims?

3. How did the canning industry emerge in Alaska according to Chapter 10?

4. How did airplanes in Alaska contribute to the war effort?

5. What effect did the Great Depression have on Alaska?

6. How did the discovery of oil change the area in Chapter 12?

7. How did Tom, Missy, and Tammy feel about the statehood of Alaska?

8. What did the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act do?

9. What effect did cabotage have on businesses and individuals?

10. What types of jobs did people have in Chapter 8 thanks to the gold rush?

(see the answer keys)

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