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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job did Mrs. Caldwell have?

2. How did the remaining islanders survive?

3. Who was sold when the Tsar Ivan came to the island?

4. Where did the Americans in the settlement go for help?

5. How many days did it take to build their ship?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the mastodon related to the elephant?

2. How were the natives perceived by the Russians?

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

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

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

6. What did the Tlingits want in Chapter 7?

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

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

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

10. How did the rum trading affect the Tlingits?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Alaska became a land ripe for business opportunity. Describe three different occupations brought about by discoveries. Explain how the businesses thrived in Alaska, whereas they might have collapsed elsewhere.

Essay Topic 2

How did religion play a role in Cidaq's life? Talk about how it was part of her relationship with Rudenko as well as Voronov. Address how she felt about it personally.

Essay Topic 3

Write about the impact of trading between the settlers and the native. What goods were traded, and were the trades fair? What were some of the benefits of trading? What were some of the drawbacks?

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