Alaska Review

What country was the first to settle Alaska?

• United States
• Russia
• England
• France

What country did the U.S. purchase Alaska from?

• Russia
• England
• Spain
• France

What did the people of the U.S. jokingly call the purchase of Alaska?

• Seward's Folly
• Alaska's joke
• Seward's joke
• Alaska's Folly

After becoming a state, what number state did Alaska become?

• 49
• 48
• 47
• 50

What was one benefit of the U.S. purchasing Alaska?

• gold
• people
• soil
• water

What was one benefit of the U.S. purchasing Alaska?

• oil
• sand
• soil
• people

Who started the Iditarod?

• Joe Redington Sr
• Jeff King
• Dallas Seavey
• Lance Mackey

Why did he start the Iditarod?

• to preserve dog sledding
• to honor the Serum Run
• just because
• for money

What was the original Iditarod trail used as?

• mail route
• hiking
• homesteads
• roads

Why did people originally use dog sledding?

• transportation
• fun
• games
• racing