National Parks Reading Check Quiz

When did the National Park Service start?

• 1871

• 1916

• 1900

• 1876

Which national park was the first in America?

• Yellowstone

• Yosemite

• Crater Lake

• Grand Canyon

Who made the first national monument?

• Theodore Roosevelt

• John Muir

• Stephen Mather

• Horace Albright

What law created the National Park Service?

• Antiquities Act

• Organic Act

• National Park Act

• Preservation Act

Who became the first director of the National Park Service?

• Theodore Roosevelt

• John Muir

• Stephen Mather

• Horace Albright

Mather and Albright worked to ensure all parks followed the same rules and more parks were (a)   .

When was Yellowstone made the first national park in America?

The Antiquities Act allowed the president to protect special lands by making them (a)   monuments.

When was the National Park Service established?

The Organic Act created the (a)   in the early 1900s.