America buys Alaska from Russia
  • 1. When did America buy Alaska from Russia?
A) 1849
B) 1867
C) 1901
D) 1776
  • 2. How much did America pay for Alaska?
A) $100,000
B) $10 million
C) $7.2 million
D) $1 billion
  • 3. Who was the US Secretary of State that negotiated the purchase of Alaska?
A) Abraham Lincoln
B) William Seward
C) Andrew Jackson
D) Thomas Jefferson
  • 4. Which country governed Alaska before it was purchased by America?
A) England
B) Russia
C) Canada
D) France
  • 5. What is the nickname given to the purchase of Alaska?
A) Seward's Folly
B) Russian Buyout
C) Alaska Deal
D) Northern Purchase
  • 6. What is the capital city of Alaska?
A) Fairbanks
B) Anchorage
C) Sitka
D) Juneau
  • 7. Which animal serves as the state bird of Alaska?
A) Puffin
B) Willow Ptarmigan
C) Moose
D) Bald Eagle
  • 8. What was the original name of Alaska when the Russians first settled there?
A) Russian America
B) Seward's Land
C) Cold Terra
D) Alaskaland
  • 9. Which US President officially ratified the purchase of Alaska by the US Senate?
A) Andrew Johnson
B) Theodore Roosevelt
C) John F. Kennedy
D) Ronald Reagan
  • 10. What is the name of the mountain range that extends across Alaska?
A) Rocky Mountains
B) Alaska Range
C) Sierra Nevada
D) Appalachian Mountains
  • 11. Which city in Alaska was a major Russian settlement before the US purchase?
A) Nome
B) Anchorage
C) Sitka
D) Fairbanks
  • 12. Alaska is known as the Land of the Midnight _____?
A) Aurora
B) Moon
C) Sun
D) Stars
  • 13. What is the state flower of Alaska?
A) Fireweed
B) Forget-Me-Not
C) Bluebell
D) Wild Rose
  • 14. What is the largest city in Alaska by population?
A) Sitka
B) Juneau
C) Anchorage
D) Fairbanks
  • 15. Which explorer is credited with first sighting Alaska in 1741?
A) John Cabot
B) James Cook
C) Sir Francis Drake
D) Vitus Bering
  • 16. What is the state sport of Alaska?
A) Cross-Country Skiing
B) Ice Hockey
C) Dog Mushing
D) Snowboarding
  • 17. In what body of water is Alaska's capital city located?
A) Bering Sea
B) Prince William Sound
C) Gastineau Channel
D) Cook Inlet
  • 18. What is the most popular fish caught in Alaska?
A) Trout
B) Salmon
C) Halibut
D) Cod
  • 19. Which Russian tsar approved the sale of Alaska to the United States?
A) Alexander II
B) Ivan the Terrible
C) Nicholas II
D) Catherine the Great
  • 20. What is the native name for Alaska's native people?
A) Sioux
B) Navajo
C) Cherokee
D) Inuit
  • 21. Who was the Russian minister who handled the negotiations for the sale of Alaska to the US?
A) Eduard de Stoeckl
B) Czar Alexander II
C) Vladimir Putin
D) Joseph Stalin
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