What was the primary reason for the Russian colonization of Alaska?
The high value of sea otter pelts.
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Who found the sea otter population in Alaska?
Vitus Bering
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During the Russian era, what was the single biggest killer of Alaska Natives?
disease
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Who made the first successful Russian expedition to Alaska in 1741
Vitus Bering
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Who was the man commissioned by the tzar Peter the Great (1672-1725) in 1727 to sail east from the eastern coast of Russia?
Vitus Bering.
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Why did Europeans and Russians first sail to Alaksa
For exploration and to learn about the geography of the world
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What was the first permanent Russian post in Alaska?
Kodiak Island, 1794
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Which Native group did the Russian traders force into slave labor/forced to hunt sea otter
Aleuts
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What main tool did the Russians possess that allowed them to claim dominance over the Alaska Natives?
Guns/muskets
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What were the three main furs the Russians wanted
Sea Otter, seal, and fox
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What was the name of the company that held a monopoly over the Russian-Alaskan fur trade from 1799 until 1867?
The Russian-American Fur Company.
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Who helped create an alphabet for the Aleut language, worked to help Alaska Natives and took extensive notes on the impacts of Russian colonization on Alaska Natives?
Ioann Veniaminov, later named Bishop Innocent
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Which Alaska Native group attacked and defeated the Russians in the Battle of Sitka?
the Tlingit
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The Russian mindset of superiority over Indigenous peoples was a display of ___________________
Ethnocentrism
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Russia was competing with England and Spain for colonies and resources because many European nations were engaged in the policy/practice of _________________
imperialism
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________________ church converted many Aleut and Tlingit to Christianity and helped protect Alaska Natives from exploitation by traders
The Russian Orthodox
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In 1867 what key event happened to Alaska?
It was sold to the US
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The treaty signed between Russia and the US for the sale of Alaska was called?
The Treaty of Cession
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What geographic feature near Anchorage is named after a British explorer that first charted the North American coast?
Cook Inlet
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Who took possession of the Anchorage and Kenai penninsula region and claimed it for Britain, believing the local Athabaskans would not care and would just be grateful for new technologies?
Captain James Cook
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Who was the aggressive first chief manager and governor of the Russian colony, who was responsible for expanding the colony to southeast Alaska?
Alexander Baranov
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The Treaty that the US signed with Russia did not include the consent of or money for who?
Alaska Native people
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The Russians taught the Tlingit how to grow potatoes and then traded with them for the food. This is important because the Russians_________________________
came to depend on the food and labor supplied the Alaska Natives
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With Russian colonization and then sale to the US, Alaska Native people lost control of their___________________