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 ________.

When was Yellowstone made the first national park in America?

The Antiquities Act allowed the president to protect special lands by making them ________ monuments.

When was the National Park Service established?

The Organic Act created the ________ in the early 1900s.