Vitus Bering
What King sent Bering on his exploration mission?
Peter the Great
What was the most important animal in the Alaskan fur trade?
Sea Otter
Who was the first English explorer to sail the coast of British Columbia and Southeast Alaska?
James Cook
The establishment of this lead to the ivolvement of the Chukchi in the fur trade.
Russian Fur Fair.
Why are former shoreline sites on found inland and at higher elevation?
Glacial Rebound.
He was the first governor of Russian AMerica, and treaty the Aleut better than the pomyshelnniks had.
Who is Baranov?
What was the Russian Name for Sitka?
New Archangel
Who was the doctor/scientist who sailed with Bering and who catalogued many new to Europeans species, including a blue jay, eagle and sea lion.
Georg Steller
These 2 groups controlled trade in the Bering Strait before the arrival of American traders.
What are Chukchi and Eskimo
What happened to the two small boats launched by the Spanish Explorer when they tried explore Southeast?
They disappeared.
The General San Martin was the first trading ship from what country to reach the Bering Strait?
The United States
Why is there more Glacial Rebound in the Juneau area than on Prince of Wales?
Glaciers were thicker.
The Russian Colny of Three Saints was established on what Alaska Island?
What is Kodiak?
Who was the First Governor of Russian-America?
Alexsandr Baranov
One marooned, what did the Bering's crew become obsessed with collecting?
Sea otter pelts
What items were most desired by the Tlingit in trade.
Guns, iron tools, cloth.
James Cook spent time in this British Columbia Bay and recommended ir for fur trading and trapping.
What is Nootka Sound.
The Russian America Company and the Hudson Bay Company both established trading posts on what river, much to the annoyance of the Inupiaq and Chukchi.
THe Yukon
How far inland might old villages be found today in northern Southeast?
3 miles
This SOutheast town, then known as New Archangel, became the capital of Russian Alaska.
What is Sitka?
Who was the Orthodox Priest who created Native alaphabets to translate texts into, and preserved cultural stories.
Father Ivan Veniaminov
What disease lead to the death of Bering and many of his men?
Scurvy
How did Europeans characterize the Tlingit as traders?
Skilled, cunning traders.
What did the Spanish erect on a SE Alaska beach, which local Tlingit took down and moved to a longhouse?
A large cross.
According to Tlingit stories, furs from Lituya Bay floated a cross to Russia in waterproof bags made of what?
Halibut skin.
How old was the basketry and other ancient artifacts found on Prince of Wales Island?
6000 years.
Who was the Russian that established the first Russian colony in Alaska?
Grigory Shelikhov
What buildings did Father Ivan Veniaminov build in Sitka.
The Bishop's House and St. Miccheal's Cathedral
What is the Russian name for the fur traders that followed in the wake of the Bering Expedition?
Promyshlenniks
How hairs per square inch does sea otter fur have?
One million.
When a French ship anchored to trade in Lituya Bay in 1785, what item did the Tlingit want above all others?
Iron
What do we call trade where both sides gain (which is most free trade)?
Positive Sum
This 800 year old object was found in Montana creek, and more than 100 others have been found around Southeast.
Fish Weir
What was the battle that was fought on Kodiak Island called?
Refuge Rock Massacre
Father Ivan Veniaminov was sainted. What was his new name?
St. Innocent