Who | ||
#1 | How many people attempted to travel to Yukon? | About 100,000 |
#2 | How many people actually made it to the Yukon? | About 30,000 |
#3 | Who was the first person to find gold in the Yukon? | George Carmack |
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What | ||
#1 | What is one method of discovering gold?- | Panning or Mining |
#2 | What is one of the main reasons that most people couldn’t travel to the Yukon? | The harsh wind and the cold |
#3 | What is one of the important mining towns? | Dawson City |
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Where | ||
#1 | What country/state is the Yukon located in? | Canada/Alaska |
#2 | Which creek did George Carmack find gold in? | Rabbit Creek |
#3 | Where did all the miners leave the Yukon for? | Nome, Alaska |
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#5 |
When | ||
#1 | When did the gold rush begin? | 1896 |
#2 | When did all of the miners leave Dawson city? | 1899 |
#3 | When did the gold rush end? | 1899 |
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#5 |
Why | ||
#1 | Why did all of the miners leave? | There was much more gold discovered in Alaska |
#2 | Why did more than half of the prospectors not make it to the Yukon? | Because of the harsh weather and the boats often sank |
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