National Parks

What is the name of the first national park established in the United States?

• Yosemite

• Zion

• Yellowstone

• Glacier

What US president had a great impact on the National Parks System?

• Abe Lincoln

• Teddy Roosevelt

• George Washington

• Donald Trump

What year did Congress pass the law creating the National Park Service?

• 1915

• 1916

• 1917

• 1918

Congress' accept the idea that public lands should be federally owned was based on the exploitation of these public lands during this age of excess.

• Rights of Land Management

• The Golden Age

• The American Age

• The Gilded Age

Which act stated that the purpose of national parks is "to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations."

• Organic Act

• Inorganic Act

The National Park Service was signed it into law on August 25, 1916. Who was the President?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Woodrow Wilson

• Teddy Roosevelt

What is the job of the National Park Service?

• to maintain the areas

• to keep people out of the areas

• to preserve and protect the areas for future generations

• to prevent forest fires

The national park system began where it did because of the vast lands and limited population.

• True

• False

The most famous and oldest national parks are in this area of the U.S.

• the West

• the East

• the South

• the Midwest

Which is not an issue for today's park ranger?

• trails overcrowded

• overloaded with office work

• overbooked campgrounds

• the beauty of the park

• living in the backcountry