Alaska : Key Terms and Places Quiz

This was the 49th state to join the United States of America.
1. Texas
2. Hawaii
3. Alaska
4. Puerto Rico
5. Kentucky
This is the large range of mountains in the south of Alaska.
1. Brooks Range
2. The Rockies
3. Alaska Range
4. Rover Range
5. Valdez Range
This is the large river in central Alaska.
1. Mackenzie
2. Mississippi
3. Missouri
4. Snake River
5. Yukon
This is the oil port at the end of the pipeline on Prince William Sound.
1. Prudhoe Bay
2. Deadhorse
3. Anchorage
4. Valdez
5. Fairbanks
This is the frozen sea to the north of Alaska.
1. Bering Strait
2. Beaufort Sea
3. Gulf of Alaska
4. Prince William Sound
5. Pacific Ocean
The Exxon Valdez would have sailed across this if it had reached Long Beach in California.
1. Beaufort Sea
2. Atlantic Ocean
3. Arctic Ocean
4. Pacific Ocean
5. Panama Canal
The Oil Storage Terminal in the north of Alaska is called - what?
1. Prudhoe Bay
2. Vladez
3. Anchorage
4. Fairbanks
5. Seward
The narrow strip of water between Alaska and the Siberian section of Russia - is called what?
1. Beaufort Strait
2. Beaufort Sea
3. Bering Strait
4. Bass Strait
5. Prince William Sound
What do the initials A.N.W.R. stand for?
1. Alaskan National Wildlife Reserve
2. Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
3. Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge
4. Arctic National Wildlife Reserve
5. Alaskan Natural Wilderness Rules
This is the range of mountains in the far north of Alaska.
1. The Brooks Range
2. The Alaska Range
3. The Yukon Range
4. The Beaufort Range
5. The Permafrost Range
This was opened in 1977 and cost over 7 billion dollars.
1. Valdez Terminal
2. Prudhoe Bay steelworks
3. The Trans-Alaska Pipeline.
4. The Exxon Valdez
5. The state capital - Juneau
The native American caribou huntes who oppose drilling in the ANWR - are called what?
1. The Eskimoes
2. The Inuit
3. The Inupiat
4. The Gwich'in
5. The Aleuts
The industry that makes chemicals like plastics from oil is called - what?
1. Refinery
2. Distillery
3. Petrochemicals
4. Fertiliser
5. B.P.
This word means developing resources and using them to benefit humans.
1. Experimenting
2. Exploitation
3. Exporting
4. Conservation
5. Conversation
The Oil money has helped to pay for - improved schools - improved hospitals - improved water supplies and sewerage. These are all examples of - what?
1. Environmental Damage
2. Social Benefits
3. Economic activity
4. Public service
5. Private Capital
Oil spills are one way the oil industry can cause pollution. This sort of problem is called - what?
1. Environmental Damage
2. Economic Activity
3. Environmental Education
4. Social Costs
5. Atmospheric Pollution
The far north of Alaska - is the Tundra. The tundra is easily damaged. It is said to be what?
1. A wild wasteland
2. A wilderness of potential.
3. A treeless dump.
4. A fragile ecosystem
5. Low Value Farmland
The native peoples who live in Kaktovik and who hunt on the ice for seals and whales - are called what?
1. Gwich'in
2. Inupiat
3. Siberians
4. Aleuts
5. Alaskans
The Alaskan oil industry has created a lot of wealth. It is the biggest source of money in Alaska. So the oil industry is what?
1. An environmental asset
2. An economic liability
3. An economic benefit
4. An ecological disaster
5. An economic measure
This word means favouring the protection of the environment in preference to economic developments
1. Reservation
2. Conversation
3. Convention
4. Conservation
5. Exploitation