Social Studies quiz 3

What desert is home to Big Bend National Park in Texas? (26)

• A) Great Basin Desert
• B) Red Desert
• C) Mojave Desert
• D) Appalachian Desert
• E) Chihuahuan Desert

At which park can a winter-time visitor have a good chance of seeing the Aurora Borealis, or the Northern Lights? (59)

• A) Olympic National Park
• B) Denali National Park
• C) Glacier National Park
• D) Isle Royale National Park
• E) North Cascades National Park

What formed Thunder Hole, a point of interest in Acadia National Park? (18)

• A) volcanic activity
• B) wind erosion
• C) tsunami activity
• D) water erosion
• E) plate tectonics

How many states does the National Park System span? (6)

• A) 23 states and 1 territory
• B) 35 states and 1 territory
• C) 30 states and 2 territories
• D) 35 states and 2 territories
• E) 42 states and 3 territories

What is the nation’s biggest flying bird, which calls Pinnacles National Park home? (45)

• A) the bald eagle
• B) the golden eagle
• C) the American cassowaries
• D) the California condor
• E) the California emu

What unique fossil was discovered at White Sands National Park? (29)

• A) a femur of a megalosaurus
• B) a completely persevered wooly mammoth
• C) an complete ant colony in liquid amber sap
• D) oldest human footprints in North America
• E) footprint of a meat-eating dinosaur

What was the original purpose of President Theodore Roosevelt preserving the area that is now Olympic National Park? (55)

• A) as a cultural preservation of human works
• B) a gateway park to see the wonders in Alaska
• C) an elk reserve
• D) to preserve the highest mountain in America for all to enjoy
• E) as an astronomical observatory

Which park earns its nickname as the “southern jewel”? (8)

• A) Dry Tortugas National Park
• B) Great Smoky Mountains
• C) Virgin Islands National Park
• D) Everglades National Park
• E) Biscayne National Park

What was the first cave system to be protected as a National Park? (25)

• A) North Cascades National Park
• B) Wind Cave National Park
• C) Carlsbad Caverns National Park
• D) Mammoth Cave National Park
• E) Congaree National Park

Which national park was the first to preserve works of people, rather than nature? (36)

• A) Mesa Verde National Park
• B) Death Valley National Park
• C) Grand Teton National Park
• D) Pinnacles National Park
• E) Theodore Roosevelt National Park