Water Bodies
Rivers
Mountains
Islands & Peninsulas
Cities & Villages
100
What is the major ocean that surrounds most of Alaska, including Southeast Alaska?
The Pacific Ocean
100
What is the longest river in Alaska?
Yukon River
100
Which Mountain Range forms the border between the Northern and Interior regions of Alaska?
Brooks Range
100
What is the name for the range of mountainous islands that curves from Southwest Alaska towards Russia ?
Aleutian Islands
100
What is the capital city of Alaska?
Juneau
200
What body of water is bordered by SE Alaska to the East, the Aleutian Islands to the West, and the Kenai Peninsula/Anchorage area to the North?
The Gulf of Alaska
200
What major river that starts in Canada comes into the Inside Passage of SE Alaska near the town of Wrangell, Alaska?
Stikine River
200
Which mountain range, forming the border between the Interior and Southcentral regions, contains Denali?
Alaska Range
200
What is the name of the largest island in Alaska, located in the Gulf of Alaska?
Kodiak Island
200
What is the northernmost city in Alaska?
Barrow
300
What sea, north and west of the Aleutian Islands, is named after a famous explorer?
The Bering Sea
300
What two rivers form the "Mat-Su" valley in Southcentral Alaska?
Matanuska River and Susitna River
300
What is the name of the mountain range that we look out at from our classroom window?
Coast Range
300
Southeast Alaska's A-B-C Islands include Admiralty Island and Chichagof island. What is the "B" island, home of the town of Sitka?
Baranof Island
300
What is the largest city in Alaska?
Anchorage
400
What bay has the largest run of sockeye salmon in the world?
Bristol Bay
400
When people refer to the "Y-K Delta" they are referring to the land formed where the Yukon River and the _______ River come together.
Kuskokwim
400
Mt. St. Elias, near Yakutat, an 18,000+ foot mountain is part of which mountain range?
The St. Elias Range
400
Which peninsula heads SW of Anchorage, and includes the towns of Seward and Homer?
Kenai Peninsula
400
Which city on the Kuskokwim River serves as the regional hub to small villages?
Bethel
500
The TransAlaska pipeline transports oil from a bay on the north coast of Alaska to a sound in Southcentral Alaska. Name both bodies of water.
Prudhoe Bay (or Beaufort Sea), Prince William Sound
500
Which river comes to tidewater near the fishing town of Cordova, in a delta which helps huge numbers of birds to migrate?
Copper River
500
When Mr. McKenna used to teach on Unalaska Island which mountain range did he ski on?
Aleutian Range
500
What is the name of the island chain that makes up Southeast Alaska's Inside Passage?
Alexander Archipelago
500
Which city, once called Shee Atika , and later New Archangel, was a former capital of Alaska?
Sitka
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