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40 Cards in this Set
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Kodiak Alaska was named what by the Russians? |
Pavlovsk. |
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T or F: Alaska is about 1/5 the size of the US. |
True. |
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The Alaska Highway took ___ months and ___ days to construct during WWII. |
9 Months, 6 Days. |
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The Permanent Fund was primarily enforced by Alaska's Governor ______ _______. |
Jay Hammond. |
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______ and _____ were killed in a plane crash outside Barrow in 1935. |
Will Rogers and Wiley E. Post. |
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Skagway's ______ was killed by _______ on July 8, 1898. |
Soapy Smith and Frank Reid. |
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Alaska's first airplane flight occurred in ______ on July 3, 1913. |
Fairbanks. |
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The ___ ____ company discovered oil at Prudhoe Bay in ___. |
Atlantic Richfield in 1968. |
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_____ whales are the most common in Alaska. |
Beluga. |
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____ holds the oldest Russian Orthodox Church in Alaska. |
Kenai. |
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____ is the most abundant resource in Alaska. |
Coal. |
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T or F: Alaska's parks make up more than two-thirds of all U.S. national parks. |
True. |
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Alaska's first railway was built from ___ to ___________ between 1898 and 1900. |
Skagway to Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. |
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President ___ _ ___ proclaimed Alaska the 49th state of the union on _____, 1959. |
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Jan 3. |
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"Woodrow" is the previous name of what city? |
Anchorage. |
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Sidney Laurence's favorite subject to paint was ___ _______. |
Mt. Mckinley. |
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The sun rises on May 9th and doesn't set until August 2nd in _______. |
Barrow. |
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_____ was the territorial capital of Alaska from 1867 until 1912. |
Sitka. |
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People new to Alaska were called _______ by Alaska Natives. |
Cheechako. |
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When ice chunks fall from a glacier, it is referred to as "_____" |
Calving. |
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During WWII, the Japanese invaded the Aleutian islands of ____ and ____. |
Kiske and Attu. |
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The Northern Lights are also known as the _____ ______. |
Aurora Borealis. |
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Every year of the 4th of July, ____ hosts the Mt. Marathon foot race. |
Seward. |
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____ ____ led a Russian expedition that first sighted Alaska on July 17, 1741. |
Vitus Bering. |
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Winter snowfall averages 25 feet in _______, Alaska. |
Valdez. |
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T or F: The city of Juneau is not connected by road to the est of Alaska. |
True. |
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It is estimated that about ____ steamboats aperated on the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush. |
300. |
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There are about ___ active volcanoes in Alaska. |
40. |
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Alaska's flag was designed by _____ ______ in ___. |
Benny Benson in 1926. |
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______ is Alaska's southernmost city. |
Ketchikan. |
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A full-grown Alaskan moose may weigh as much as _____ pounds. |
1500. |
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Early ancestors of Alaska's Natives crossed a ____ ____ from Siberia to Alaska over 29,000 years ago. |
Land Bridge. |
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The "Bard of the Yukon: was a nickname given to ____ _____. |
Robert Service. |
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The largest caribou herd in Alaska is the _____ herd. |
Porcupine. |
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The Alaska Pipeline is ___ inches in diameter and about ___ miles long. |
48 inches, 800 miles. |
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The U.S. purchased Alaska from Russia in ____ for about $________. |
1867, 7,200,000. |
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Captain Cook was looking for the "_____ ______" on his voyage to Alaska in 1788. |
Northwest Passage. |
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T or F: The Alaska earthquake of March 27, 1964 was the strongest ever recorded in North America. |
True. |
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The largest gold nugget ever discovered in Alaska was found near ______. |
Nome. |
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_____ ______ was the first person known to reach the summit of Mt. Mckinley. |
William A. Dickey. |