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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 was happening to the fur trade?

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

3. How many Ice Ages were there?

4. How long did it take to get to Okhotsk?

5. Was there an ice cap at the North Pole?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where did the animals come from and go to in Chapter 2?

3. How did Trofin Zhdanko escape his imprisonment?

4. What was Baranov's character like in Chapter 6?

5. What role did food play in Varnak's story in Chapter 3?

6. How did the rum trading affect the Tlingits?

7. How did illness change the course of history for Trofin?

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

9. How did Sitka Island become colonized?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout Alaska's history, other countries found it worthy of investigation. Explain why other countries invested time, people, and money in exploring Alaska.

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