Задания 32-38
Ответы:
- D) expedition
- B) sailed
- A) proved
- C) shore
- A) look after
- D) who
- B) area
- A) discovery
Alaska
The first Europeans to visit what is now called Alaska were Russian sailors led by Captain Bering. The __expedition__ was funded by Russian czar Peter the Great. In 1728 Bering and his crew __sailed__ through the strait that is now named after him, between the easternmost part of Asia and the westernmost part of the Americas. Their journey __proved__ that Asia was not connected to North America; however, due to the heavy fog, they never actually saw the nearby land of North America. In 1741 Bering headed further south, landing on tiny Kayak Island off the __shore__ of what is now the southeastern part of the state.
In the 1780s and 1790s Russians began small colonies, first on Kodiak Island and later on the mainland. In 1799 the Russian-American Company was established to __look_after__ Russian interests. For the next 68 years the company provided the only form of government for the European colonists, __who__ never numbered more than a few hundred. The Russians ruled the __area__ until the late 1860s, when they sold it to the United States for $7.2 million dollars.
The __discovery__ of gold in 1896 in the Yukon Territory started a huge gold rush that brought thousands of settlers.
