Perspectives on Alaska
What city is the furthest distance and most expensive for air travel in 1997?
Tokyo, Japan
What region/regions of Alaska have a coastal western hemlock sitka spruce forests?
Southeast, Southcentral
In 1996, how many Alaskan towns had daily newspapers?
Seven
What month is best for subsistence hunting herring roe on kelp?
June
What geographic region of Alaska has the most volcanos?
Southwest
What is the furthest distance travelled by air according to the distances within Alaska map and what cities are they between?
1,448 miles, Anchorage to Seattle
What Region is the Colville River in and how long is it?
Far North / Arctic - 428 miles
What borough region of Alaska had the most government employees in 1996?
Anchorage/Mat-Su
What months does Bethel, of the Lower Kuskokwim Region, use dog sleds and snow machines for transportation?
Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Oct, Nov, Dec.
What percentage of visitors to Alaska came by cruise ship in 1996?
32%
I've taught you 5 regions of Alaska, but if we were to divide Alaska in 6 regions, what would they be called? (Yes there is a map that goes over this)
Arctic, Interior, Bering Sea Coast, Southcentral/Gulf Coast, Southeast, Alaska Peninsula & Aluetians
Where can you find areas that are generally underlain by isolated masses of permafrost?
South central, Southwest, Interior
What Alaskan Native tribe has the most different native languages?
Athabaskan
Louisiana
How big is Lake Dall?
100 squared miles
How many election regions were added to Alaska from 1960 - 1994?
16
Related to typography, what North American Physiographic division is Anchorage in?
Pacific Mountain System
In 1996, was the population of Alaskans age 67 below or above the rest of the country?
Below
Fort Yukon
What fishing region of Alaska produced the most revenue in 1995 and how much revenue did it create?
Westward Region IV, $888.9 Million
What did Alaska start doing (that the rest of the country except Arizona) in 1983 creating 3 time zones for the state?
Daylight Savings Time
Related to permafrost, what are ice-wedge polygons?
Patterns in the ground formed when soil freezes, cracks, and expands.
What percentage of the Alaska population lived in small villages? (less than 2,500 people)
30%
How many Lynx were hunted/trapped from 1990-1995 in all of Alaska?
1348
Around what year did the population of Alaska reach over 100,000 people
1945 (give or take 2 years above or below)