Review 1
Thirty three whaling ships were crushed by what?
Sea Otters were almost completely wiped out by the Aleuts and Russians because of what?
Why did William Perry realize it would be cheaper to harvest and sell ice from Alaska?
Why did people rush to California in 1848?
Gold
What were people who moved to California during the gold rush called?
California 49ers
Alaskan Eskimos and Aleuts came to North America following which animals?
Bison, caribou and wooly mammoth
What year did Russia sell Alaska to the United States?
1867
What did the Aleuts demand in return for their animal trapping services?
Cloth and Iron Tools
What is incentive?
A reason to do something
Where did the Russian American Ice Company move production after realizing Sitka summers were too warm?
Kodiak
By 1900, whales were more expensive to kill, and the demand decreased for whale products. What does this mean?
In 1802, which Native poeple attacked the Sitka colony made by Baranov?
Tlingit
What does the value of a good depend on?
How much of a product there is and how much people want to buy it.
Vitus Bering "discovered" Alaska in which year?
1741
What was the main mode of transportation for most native groups?
Boats
Which city in Alaska did the Russian American Ice Company havet ice from first?
Sitka
What animal did Russians realize they could get rich by harvesting vast populations of?
Sea Otters
Why was ice being produced and shipped from New England to California expensive?
Boats had to travel around South America to reach California.
What is a profit?
The amount of money earned after expenses are paid.
How much did Russia sell Alaska for?
2 cents per acre
Baranov, colony manager for the Russian American Company, was nicknamed what?
Lord of Alaska
What are capital resources?
Man made things that enhance production
In 1848 what brought New England whaling ships to the Bering Sea?
Whale Bone and Whale Oil
Boats made from driftwood and sea lion or seal skin are called what?
Baidarkas
Approximately how many Native Alaskans lived in Alaska when Russians came in the 1700s?
80,000