| A | B |
|---|
| Anchorage | ceremonial start of Iditarod race |
| ghost towns | gold rush towns that are empty now |
| Diphtheria | disease that inspired the 1st race |
| serum | medicine for disease |
| seward's folly | nickname for the purchase of Alaska |
| father of the Iditarod | Joe Redington, Sr. |
| mother of the Iditarod | Dorothy Page |
| Russia | Alaska purchased from this country |
| Alaska | became a state in 1959 |
| mushers | dogsled drivers |
| mushing | driving a dogsled |
| Iditarod | longest dogsled race in world |
| wasilla | official start of the Iditarod |
| Iditariders | persons who pay to ride in dogsled in ceremonial start |
| serum run | 1925 event that entire nation focused on Alaska |
| checkpoints | required stops for all mushers on race |
| scratched | musher who drops out of race |
| red lantern | award to last person in to the finish line |
| Iditarod trail | originally for delivery of mail, food, supplies |
| Nome | finish line of Iditarod race |
