North Cascades National Park - Quiz
A) In the 1890s B) In the 1920s C) By the 1850s D) In the 1870s
A) Hard rock mining for silver and other minerals B) Gold panning C) Placer mining for copper D) Coal mining
A) Excessive rainfall and flooding B) Easy access to resources C) Short working seasons, difficult terrain, low quantities of ore, and lack of financial investment D) Overabundance of ore
A) Airports B) Railroads C) Some of the first trails and roads, including bridges and dynamited rock ledges D) Underground tunnels
A) For recreational boating B) To irrigate crops C) To transport lumber and supply water for hydraulic mining operations D) To provide drinking water to miners
A) Iron and coal B) Copper and zinc C) Tin and nickel D) Silver, lead, and gold
A) Miners had too much financial investment B) The demand for metals fluctuated greatly, affecting prices C) There was an oversupply of minerals D) Mining technology was advanced
A) All were immediately closed down B) They were sold to foreign companies C) They were converted into tourist attractions D) Some remained, such as the Thunder Creek mine
A) The entire region was logged for commercial purposes B) Logging was the primary industry in the area C) It led to extensive deforestation within the park boundaries D) It had little impact due to rugged terrain and more viable timber resources elsewhere
A) The establishment of the national park B) A severe drought C) The commencement of the Skagit River Hydroelectric Project by Seattle City Light in the 1920s D) The discovery of gold
A) Almost 12,000 acres (4,900 ha) B) 50 acres (20.23 ha) C) 5,000 acres (2,023 ha) D) 20,000 acres (8,094 ha)
A) In 1945 B) In 1920 C) In 1935 D) In 1958
A) Only partially, some areas were within the park B) Yes, all logging occurred within the park C) The entire region was converted into a national park D) No, they are in the adjoining Ross Lake National Recreation Area
A) Rocky Mountains B) Appalachian Mountains C) Sierra Nevada D) The North Cascades Range
A) Cascade Range B) Coastal Range C) Olympic Mountains D) North Cascades Range
A) July 4, 1976 B) June 15, 1985 C) September 1, 1950 D) October 2, 1968
A) U.S. Highway 2 B) Washington State Route 97 C) State Route 20 D) Interstate 90
A) Quartzite B) Flint C) Hozomeen chert D) Obsidian
A) 50 feet (15 m) B) 200 feet (61 m) C) 100 feet (30 m) D) 150 feet (45 m)
A) 1804 B) 1811 C) 1853 D) 1882
A) US Army B) Hudson's Bay Company C) Pacific Fur Company D) North West Company
A) 1853 B) 1814 C) 1806 D) 1887
A) 47th parallel B) 46th parallel C) 49th parallel D) 48th parallel
A) Henry Custer B) Alexander Ross C) US Army Captain George B. McClellan D) Lieutenant Henry Hubbard Pierce
A) Lieutenant Henry Hubbard Pierce B) George B. McClellan C) Alexander Ross D) Henry Custer
A) 1882 B) 1901 C) 1846 D) 1853
A) 1968 B) 1887 C) 1972 D) 1853
A) 1906 B) 1890 C) 1872 D) 1897
A) 1916 B) 1921 C) 1892 D) 1906
A) National Recreation Areas B) Wilderness areas C) Primitive Areas D) National Parks
A) Julian Itter B) President John F. Kennedy C) The Mazamas Alpine Club D) Forester Bob Marshall
A) Richard Nixon B) Dwight D. Eisenhower C) Lyndon B. Johnson D) John F. Kennedy
A) January 1, 1969 B) 1988 C) October 2, 1968 D) January 1966
A) North Cascade Primitive Area B) Stephen Mather Wilderness C) Bob Marshall Wilderness D) Lake Chelan Recreation Area
A) Sedro-Woolley, Washington B) Seattle, Washington C) Spokane, Washington D) Olympia, Washington
A) 75 percent B) 93 percent C) 50 percent D) 80 percent
A) 50,000 B) 971,173 C) 30,815 D) 16,485
A) 70 percent B) 90 percent C) 83 percent D) 50 percent
A) 200 B) 250 C) 81 D) 100
A) $8 million B) $10 million C) $7.5 million D) $6 million
A) Winthrop B) Sedro-Woolley C) Chelan D) Stehekin
A) 190 mi (310 km) B) 120 mi (190 km) C) 100 mi (160 km) D) 150 mi (240 km)
A) Thornton Lakes Road B) North Cascades Highway C) State Route 20 D) Cascade River Road
A) Marblemount B) Sedro-Woolley C) Chelan D) Winthrop
A) Diobsud Lookout B) Glacier Peak C) Mount Baker D) Goode Mountain
A) Over 300 B) Exactly 500 C) Less than 50 D) About 100
A) 450 B) 300 C) 600 D) 150
A) Eldorado Peak B) Forbidden Peak C) Boston Peak D) Black Peak
A) 30 B) 25 C) 21 D) 15
A) Mount Spickard B) Mox Peaks C) Mount Redoubt D) Mount Shuksan
A) Fish scales B) Algae blooms C) Mineral deposits D) Glacial flour
A) Mount Redoubt B) Mount Spickard C) Mount Shuksan D) Mox Peaks
A) 70% B) 50% C) 100% D) Nearly 90%
A) 150 B) 312 C) 450 D) 200
A) Sulphide Glacier B) McAllister Glacier C) East Nooksack Glacier D) Boston Glacier
A) 1971 B) 1955 C) 1960 D) 1984
A) 1993 B) 2009 C) 1971 D) 1984
A) Twelve B) Ten C) Five D) Eight
A) Whitebark pine B) Douglas fir C) Red cedar D) Western hemlock
A) Grey wolf B) Black bear C) Coyote D) Lynx
A) Clark's nutcracker B) Northern spotted owl C) Golden eagle D) Peregrine falcon
A) Chinook (king) salmon B) Pink salmon C) Atlantic salmon D) Coho salmon
A) 50 B) 30 C) 75 D) 100
A) Red alder berries B) Ferns C) Whitebark pine seeds D) Bigleaf maple sap
A) At least 28 B) 15 C) 50 D) 10
A) Western toad B) Pacific giant salamander C) Rough-skinned newt D) Eastern newt
A) 113 B) 300 C) 150 D) 264
A) Mid-June B) Late November C) Late September D) Early March
A) A parking pass may be required. B) An entrance fee C) No requirements are needed D) A wilderness permit
A) Exactly ten people B) Up to 20 people C) Less than a dozen. D) No limit as long as they are hikers
A) Ansel Adams B) John Muir C) Fred Beckey. D) Yvon Chouinard
A) The Cascade Climbing Guide B) Alpine Adventures of Fred Beckey C) North Cascades Mountaineering Manual D) The 'Beckey Bible'. |
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