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Teacher's Guide
Alaska Geography Treasure Hunt List
Below are some physical features and places that have played a role in Alaska’s history. On an outline map of the state, write the full name of each place in its proper location. This will help you to recall via a “mental map” during later class discussion.
| Mountain Ranges |
| Alaska Range |
| Aleutian Range |
| Brooks Range |
| Chugach |
| Coast Mts. |
| Kuskokwim Mts. |
| St. Elias Mts. |
| Talkeetna Mts. |
| Wrangell Mts. |
| Denali (Mt. McKinley) |
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| Islands |
| Aleutians |
| Alexander Archipelago:(Admiralty, Baranof, Chichagof, Prince of Wales) |
| Attu |
| Kodiak |
| Little Diomede |
| Nunivak |
| Pribilof Islands |
| Prince of Wales |
| St. Lawrence |
| St. Matthew |
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| Peninsulas |
| Alaska |
| Seward |
| Kenai |
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| Bodies of Water |
| Arctic Ocean |
| Beaufort Sea |
| Bering Sea |
| Bering Strait |
| Bristol Bay |
| Chukchi Sea |
| Cook Inlet |
| Gulf of Alaska |
| Kotzebue Sound |
| Lake Iliamna |
| Norton Sound |
| Prince William Sound |
| Shelikof Strait |
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| Rivers |
| Colville |
| Copper |
| Kobuk |
| Koyukuk |
| Kuskokwim |
| Noatak |
| Stikine |
| Susitna |
| Tanana |
| Yukon |
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| S.E. Waterways |
| Chatham Strait |
| Dixon Entrance |
| Glacier Bay |
| Lynn Canal |
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| Major Communities |
| Anchorage |
| Barrow |
| Bethel |
| Cordova |
| Dillingham |
| Fairbanks |
| Fort Yukon |
| Galena |
| Haines |
| Juneau |
| Ketchikan |
| Kodiak |
| Kotzebue |
| McGrath |
| Nome |
| Prudhoe Bay |
| Seward |
| Sitka |
| Skagway |
| Unalakleet |
| Unalaska |
| Valdez |
Instructions:
While reading the chapter related to your assigned time period, take notes on historical events, people and organizations that helped to make your region what it is today. Use the information on Alaska's regions from the akhistorycourse.org web site (click on sidebar map of Alaska) and any other information available to you in your classroom or library.
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