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Class Leadership: Return the Parks

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the first National Park?

a)

Yosemite

b)

Mount Rushmore

c)

Everglades

d)

Yellowstone

2.

What president was described as having "a wild love for natural vistas and a propensity for violent imperialism" in the article?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

William McKinley

d)

George Washington

3.

The General Allotment Act took how many acres from tribes?

a)

90 million

b)

85 million

c)

60 million

d)

65 million

4.

How many National Parks did Theodore Roosevelt establish?

a)

10

b)

5

c)

3

d)

8

5.

Who was referred to as the "father of modern conservationism" in the article. Hint: he advocated for the creation of the parks

a)

John Muir

b)

David Treuer

c)

Teddy Roosevelt

d)

Geronimo

6.

The U.S. government always upheld treaties made with tribes

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

7.

Who was the Apache leader Roosevelt refused to let return to his homelands?

a)

Benjamin Schildt

b)

John Colter

c)

Pontiac

d)

Geronimo

8.

What is the MHA Nation?

a)

The Three Affiliated Tribes

b)

A U.S. government agency

c)

A National Park

d)

The Army Corps of Engineers

9.

There are 547 federally recognized tribes in the United States.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

10.

Which non-American indigenous populations now have more control over natural landmarks in their homelands?

a)

Ireland & Scotland

b)

Hawaii

c)

Australia & New Zealand

d)

France

11.

What was the Indigenous population of the United States at first contact?

a)

250,000

b)

3 million

c)

5-15 million

d)

600,000

12.

What conflict was raging around the borders of Yellowstone during its creation?

a)

WWI

b)

WWII

c)

Civil War

d)

Plains War

13.

Many of the negotiations that enabled the creation of National Parks happened in Native languages as well as English.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

14.

Which celebrity did the author see long boarding during his trip through some of the National Parks?

a)

Tony Hawk

b)

Pedro Pascal

c)

Stevo

d)

Justin Bieber