Alaskan Geography
15 Questions
| Total Attempts: 165
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Questions and Answers
- 1.What is the largest town in Alaska (by population) not located on the continuous road system?
- A.
Kodiak
- B.
Ketchikan
- C.
Nome
- D.
Bethel
- E.
Juneau
- 2.What is the largest national park in Alaska?
- A.
Denali National Park
- B.
Glacier Bay National Park
- C.
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
- D.
Katmai National Park
- E.
Gates of the Arctic National Park
- 3.What is the largest state park in Alaska?
- A.
Wood-Tikchik State Park
- B.
Denali State Park
- C.
Chugach State Park
- 4.The Innoko River is a tributary of what river?
- 5.The Iditarod Trail crosses the Alaska Range at what pass?
- 6.You leave Anchorage in a jet to fly to Bethel. Which direction are you heading?
- A.
North
- B.
Northwest
- C.
West
- D.
Southwest
- E.
South
- 7.What is the narrow strait at the end of the Alaska Peninsula called?
- 8.Name one of the two towns on St. Lawrence Island.
- 9.Which dogsled race starts in Kasilof, runs through the Caribou Hills to Clam Gulch, and back around the track to Kasilof?
- A.
Kuskokwim 300
- B.
Copper Basin 300
- C.
Klondike 300
- D.
Tustumena 200
- E.
Kobuk 440
- 10.The proposed Pebble Mine would potentially impact which two major watersheds?
- A.
Yukon/Kuskokwim
- B.
Kuskokwim/Nushagak
- C.
Nushagak/Togiak
- D.
Kvichak/Nushagak
- E.
Kvichak/Naknek
- 11.In what lakeside community did governor Jay Hammond live?
- 12.What location officially recorded Alaska's all-time coldest temperature?
- A.
Chandalar Lake
- B.
Bettles
- C.
Prospect Creek
- D.
Fort Yukon
- E.
Arctic Village
- 13.According to 2007 estimates from the US Census Bureau, what is the population of Alaska?
- A.
567,953
- B.
602,811
- C.
641,732
- D.
683,478
- E.
712,994
- 14.Which of the following is not one of Alaska's five largest islands?
- A.
Prince of Wales Island
- B.
Chichagof Island
- C.
Admiralty Island
- D.
Kodiak Island
- E.
Unimak Island
- 15.What famous pass north of Skagway is crossed by railroad?
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