8 Look at the encyclopedia entry about Alaska and fill in a, an or the when necessary, Alarka . SRS Alaska is 1) largest state in 2) USA, with 3) . population of 634,892. 4) name Alaska comes from 5). old word, 'Alyeska', meaning 'great land'. Alaska officially became 6) 49th state in 1959. Before 1959, Alaska was 7) territory and not 8) state. 9) capital of 10) 11) Juneau, located in 12) southeast region. Juneau has 13) population of 30,684. In Barrow, Alaska's northernmost village far above the Arctic Circle, 14) sun doesn't set for 84 days!