Acadia National Park - Quiz
  • 1. How long have Native Americans inhabited the area known as Acadia?
A) At least 12,000 years
B) 20,000 years
C) 8,000 years
D) 5,000 years
  • 2. Which confederacy consists of five related Algonquian nations that inhabit the Acadia area?
A) Sioux Nation
B) Cherokee Nation
C) Wabanaki Confederacy
D) Iroquois Confederacy
  • 3. What is Mount Desert Island called by some Wabanaki nations?
A) Akadie
B) Castine
C) Pemetic
D) Bashaba
  • 4. From which language does the park's name 'Acadia' originate?
A) French
B) Penobscot
C) Mi'kmaq
D) English
  • 5. What was Asticou's role in the early 17th century on Mount Desert Island?
A) Guide
B) Grandchief
C) Chieftain
D) Trader
  • 6. Where did Wabanaki tribes gather for trade during the early 17th century?
A) Frenchman Bay
B) Somes Sound
C) Castine (Pentagoet)
D) Mount Desert Island
  • 7. Which European countries fought for control over the fur trading post at Castine?
A) Danish, Norwegian, and Belgian
B) French, English, and Dutch
C) German, Italian, and Swedish
D) Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian
  • 8. What were some of the items traded by Wabanakis for European commodities?
A) Wheat, barley, and oats
B) Corn, beans, and squash
C) Sealskins, moose hides, and furs
D) Cotton, tobacco, and sugar
  • 9. What impact did warfare and diseases have on the Wabanaki tribes by the early 1620s?
A) Decimated the population leaving about 10 percent of the original population
B) Caused them to migrate northward
C) Increased their population significantly
D) Had no significant effect
  • 10. What event split the Wabanaki homelands between the United States and Canada?
A) The Civil War
B) The signing of the Treaty of Versailles
C) The American Revolution
D) World War I
  • 11. When was the Wabanaki confederacy dissolved due to pressure from governments?
A) In the early 1600s
B) Around 1870
C) In 1980
D) During World War II
  • 12. What was T.R.I.B.E. and where did it operate?
A) A fur trading post in Castine
B) A reservation for the Penobscot tribe
C) A Wabanaki educational center on the west side of Eagle Lake
D) A summer tourist attraction in Bar Harbor
  • 13. When were American Indian land claims in Maine legally settled?
A) In 1776 and 1783
B) In 1980 and 1991
C) During the Civil War
D) In 2000
  • 14. When did the annual Bar Harbor Native American Festival begin?
A) 1989
B) 1975
C) 1993
D) 2001
  • 15. What is one purpose of Wabanakis visiting Mount Desert Island today?
A) To hunt for sealskins
B) To trade furs with European traders
C) To establish new reservations
D) To advise on and perform in exhibitions
  • 16. What did Wabanakis sell to travelers in the nineteenth century?
A) Handmade ash and birch bark baskets
B) Wheat and corn
C) Sealskins and moose hides
D) Furs and tobacco
  • 17. What organization was formed in 1993 to assist with the annual festival?
A) Abbe Museum Association
B) T.R.I.B.E. Educational Society
C) Wabanaki Confederacy Council
D) Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance
  • 18. What is the highest point in Acadia National Park?
A) Cadillac Mountain
B) Echo Lake
C) Mount Desert Island
D) Thunder Hole
  • 19. During which months can you watch the sunrise from Cadillac Mountain before any other place in the United States?
A) All year round
B) April to September
C) January to June
D) October 7 through March 6
  • 20. What is the length of the Park Loop Road in Acadia National Park?
A) 27 miles (43 km)
B) 5 miles (8 km)
C) 50 miles (80 km)
D) 10 miles (16 km)
  • 21. What is the depth of Somes Sound at its deepest point?
A) 200 ft (61 m)
B) 470 ft (143 m)
C) 284 ft (87 m)
D) 130 ft (40 m)
  • 22. Which feature is a crevasse into which waves crash loudly?
A) Somes Sound
B) Thunder Hole
C) Bass Harbor Head Light
D) Jordan Pond
  • 23. What is the name of the trail located on Champlain Mountain known for its exposed cliffside?
A) Echo Lake Trail
B) Beehive Trail
C) Precipice
D) Thunder Hole Trail
  • 24. Which lighthouse is situated atop a cliff on the southernmost tip of Mount Desert Island's west side?
A) Cadillac Mountain Lighthouse
B) Otter Cliff Lighthouse
C) Bass Harbor Head Light
D) Bear Island Light
  • 25. What is the name of the fjord that nearly divides Mount Desert Island in half?
A) Somes Sound
B) Thunder Hole
C) Echo Lake
D) Jordan Pond
  • 26. What is the name of the saltwater swimming area in Acadia National Park?
A) Jordan Pond
B) Sand Beach
C) Otter Cove
D) Echo Lake
  • 27. Which mountain on Mount Desert Island is 284 ft (87 m) high?
A) Flying Mountain
B) Cadillac Mountain
C) Saint Sauveur Mountain
D) Acadia Mountain
  • 28. Which feature in Acadia National Park is a pond located on the eastern side of Mount Desert Island?
A) Otter Cove
B) Echo Lake
C) Tarn
D) Jordan Pond
  • 29. What is the name of the mountain that borders Somes Sound to the east?
A) Norumbega Mountain
B) Acadia Mountain
C) Cadillac Mountain
D) Saint Sauveur Mountain
  • 30. Which lighthouse is not managed by Acadia National Park?
A) Cadillac Mountain Lighthouse
B) Bass Harbor Head Light
C) Bear Island Light
D) Baker Island Light
  • 31. What is the name of the trail that leads to a popular cliffside view on Champlain Mountain?
A) Echo Lake Trail
B) Thunder Hole Trail
C) Precipice Trail
D) Beehive Trail
  • 32. Which feature is known for its large, rounded boulders in Acadia National Park?
A) Sand Beach
B) Thunder Hole
C) The Bubbles
D) Jordan Pond
  • 33. Who financed the historic carriage road system in Acadia National Park?
A) Henry Ford
B) Thomas Edison
C) Andrew Carnegie
D) John D. Rockefeller Jr.
  • 34. What was the original designation of Acadia before it became a national park in 1929?
A) Sieur de Monts National Monument
B) Yellowstone National Park
C) Yosemite National Park
D) Glacier Bay National Park
  • 35. Who is known as the 'Father of Acadia National Park'?
A) Ansel Adams
B) Frederick Law Olmsted
C) George B. Dorr
D) John Muir
  • 36. How many acres does Acadia National Park encompass as of 2017?
A) 75,000 acres
B) 60,000 acres
C) 30,000 acres
D) 49,075 acres
  • 37. Which peninsula is part of Acadia National Park?
A) Kenai Peninsula
B) Cape Cod Peninsula
C) Delaware Peninsula
D) Schoodic Peninsula
  • 38. What type of beaches can be found in Acadia National Park?
A) Sandy beaches
B) Rocky beaches
C) Cobble beaches
D) Pebble beaches
  • 39. What was the park visitation record set in 2025?
A) 3,500,000 recreation visits
B) 4,079,318 recreation visits
C) 4,200,000 recreation visits
D) 3,800,000 recreation visits
  • 40. Which of these islands is not part of Acadia National Park?
A) Mount Desert Island
B) Long Island
C) Baker Island
D) Isle au Haut
  • 41. What year was the park initially designated as a national monument?
A) 1935
B) 1929
C) 1940
D) 1916
  • 42. Which recreational activity is prohibited on carriage roads in Acadia National Park?
A) Motor vehicles
B) Horses
C) Bicycles
D) Walking
  • 43. How many campgrounds are located on Mount Desert Island within the park?
A) Two
B) One
C) Three
D) Four
  • 44. Who sailed along the coast of Mount Desert Island in 1524?
A) Giovanni da Verrazzano
B) Samuel de Champlain
C) Estêvão Gomes
D) Jean Alfonse
  • 45. Which explorer arrived in Acadia National Park in 1542?
A) Giovanni da Verrazzano
B) Simon Ferdinando
C) Jean Alfonse
D) Estêvão Gomes
  • 46. Who guided an English expedition in 1580?
A) Samuel de Champlain
B) Jean Alfonse
C) Giovanni da Verrazzano
D) Simon Ferdinando
  • 47. How far is the island from the mainland on the north according to Champlain?
A) Twenty kilometers
B) Not a hundred paces
C) Ten miles
D) Five leagues
  • 48. What did Jean Alfonse record details about during his visit?
A) Agriculture
B) The fur trade
C) Fishing techniques
D) Native tribes
  • 49. In what year was the first French missionary colony on Mount Desert Island destroyed by an armed vessel from Virginia?
A) 1688
B) Shortly after 1613
C) 1713
D) 1760
  • 50. To which country was Mount Desert Island ceded in 1713?
A) Spain
B) The United States
C) Great Britain
D) France
  • 51. Who assumed control of Mount Desert Island in 1760?
A) George B. Dorr
B) Charles Eliot
C) Massachusetts governor Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet
D) Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
  • 52. In which year did Massachusetts grant the eastern half of Mount Desert Island to Cadillac's granddaughter?
A) 1790
B) 1888
C) 1868
D) 1901
  • 53. Who published the popular guidebook 'Mount Desert on the Coast of Maine' in 1867?
A) Clara Barnes Martin
B) Charles T. How
C) Thomas Cole
D) Frederic Church
  • 54. What was the term used to describe early visitors who stayed in local homes for modest fees?
A) Cottagers
B) Philanthropists
C) Rusticators
D) Artists
  • 55. When was the Green Mountain Cog Railway built from Eagle Lake to Cadillac Mountain?
A) 1901
B) 1929
C) 1867
D) 1888
  • 56. Who is credited with the idea for Acadia National Park?
A) Sir Francis Bernard
B) Charles Eliot
C) John D. Rockefeller Jr.
D) George B. Dorr
  • 57. On what date was the national monument redesignated as Lafayette National Park?
A) February 26, 1919
B) January 19, 1929
C) July 8, 1916
D) April 20, 1930
  • 58. When was the name of the park changed to Acadia National Park?
A) February 26, 1919
B) July 8, 1916
C) January 19, 1929
D) April 20, 1930
  • 59. Who was the landscape architect sponsored by John D. Rockefeller Jr. to design planting plans for the carriage roads?
A) Charles Eliot
B) Beatrix Farrand
C) George B. Dorr
D) Frederic Church
  • 60. What nickname is given to the granite coping stones along carriage road edges?
A) Dorr's Stones
B) Rockefeller's Teeth
C) Eliot's Guardrails
D) Farrand's Edges
  • 61. Who was Acadia National Park's first naturalist?
A) George B. Dorr
B) Arthur Stupka
C) John D. Rockefeller Jr.
D) Charles Eliot
  • 62. What four-volume serial did Arthur Stupka write, edit, and publish?
A) Mount Desert Chronicles
B) Park Nature Studies
C) Acadia's Wildlife Ways
D) Nature Notes from Acadia
  • 63. How many historic summer cottages were destroyed by the 1947 fire?
A) Eighty
B) Fifty
C) Seventy-five
D) Sixty-seven
  • 64. What type of climate does Mount Desert Island have according to the Köppen classification system?
A) Warm-summer humid continental (Dfb)
B) Humid subtropical
C) Oceanic
D) Mediterranean
  • 65. What is the average annual temperature in Acadia National Park?
A) 40 °F (4.4 °C)
B) 55 °F (12.8 °C)
C) 60 °F (15.6 °C)
D) 47.3 °F (8.5 °C)
  • 66. Which month is the warmest in Acadia National Park?
A) August
B) July
C) September
D) June
  • 67. What is the record high temperature recorded in Acadia National Park?
A) 96 °F (36 °C)
B) 85 °F (29.4 °C)
C) 100 °F (37.8 °C)
D) 90 °F (32.2 °C)
  • 68. What is the average annual precipitation in Bar Harbor?
A) 45 inches
B) 55.54 inches (1411 mm)
C) 65 inches
D) 75 inches
  • 69. Which month has the highest average precipitation in Bar Harbor?
A) July
B) January
C) September
D) November
  • 70. How many days with precipitation does Acadia National Park experience annually on average?
A) 160 days
B) 120 days
C) 139 days
D) 150 days
  • 71. How much snow does Acadia National Park receive on average annually?
A) 90 inches
B) 66.1 inches (167 cm)
C) 50 inches
D) 80 inches
  • 72. What gives the Cadillac Mountain granite its pinkish color?
A) Chlorite
B) Quartz
C) Feldspar
D) Perthite
  • 73. During which geological period was the Mount Desert Island granite formed?
A) Silurian
B) Cambrian
C) Ordovician
D) Devonian
  • 74. What type of rock is diabase that intruded into the Cadillac Mountain granite?
A) Sedimentary
B) Metamorphic
C) Igneous
D) Schist
  • 75. Which feature is an example of a glacial erratic in Acadia National Park?
A) Bubble Rock
B) The Bubbles
C) Somes Sound
D) Mount Desert Island
  • 76. What type of rock is the oldest on Mount Desert Island?
A) Cadillac Mountain granite
B) Diabase
C) Ellsworth Schist
D) Bar Harbor Formation
  • 77. Which ancient continental fragment collided with North America about 450 Mya?
A) Ellsworth Schist
B) Mount Desert Island
C) Cranberry Islands
D) Avalonia
  • 78. What type of rock comprises the Ellsworth Schist?
A) Granite
B) Metamorphic
C) Sedimentary
D) Igneous
  • 79. What type of valleys are found at Sargent Mountain Pond and Jordan Pond?
A) V-shaped
B) Rounded
C) Oxbow
D) U-shaped
  • 80. What geological process followed the formation of the Cadillac Mountain granite?
A) Volcanic activity
B) Metamorphism
C) Erosion
D) Deposition
  • 81. Which rock type is part of the Bar Harbor Formation?
A) Granite
B) Sandstone
C) Schist
D) Diabase
  • 82. What geological feature can be seen along the Cadillac Mountain road and on the Schoodic Peninsula?
A) Glacial striations
B) Diabase dikes
C) Roches moutonnées
D) Terminal moraines
  • 83. What geological feature forms the southern end of Long Pond, Echo Lake, and Jordan Pond?
A) Diabase dikes
B) Glacial striations
C) Terminal moraines
D) Roches moutonnées
  • 84. What type of rock is visible on the eastern side of Cadillac Mountain due to fracturing?
A) Diabase
B) Ellsworth Schist
C) Shatter zone
D) Bar Harbor Formation
  • 85. What type of volcanic activity introduced igneous rocks into the Bar Harbor Formation?
A) Deposition
B) Glaciation
C) Erosion
D) Further volcanic activity
  • 86. What evidence of frost weathering can be seen above the Tarn?
A) Lava flows
B) Sandstone arches
C) Bright pink scars with granitic rubble below
D) Deep river valleys
  • 87. What can a sea cave become if enlarged enough?
A) A mountain peak
B) A desert oasis
C) A sea arch
D) An underground river
  • 88. What type of clay is involved in mass wasting along Hunters Brook on Mount Desert Island?
A) Marine clay
B) Sandstone
C) Limestone
D) Granite
  • 89. What type of fossils are found in the Presumpscot Formation?
A) Marine fossils
B) Dinosaur fossils
C) Meteorite fragments
D) Volcanic rock samples
  • 90. What geological process raised sea level during the deposition of the Presumpscot Formation?
A) Volcanic activity
B) Meteorite impact
C) Isostatic loading
D) Tectonic plate movement
  • 91. What process lowered sea level after the deposition of the Presumpscot Formation?
A) Volcanic activity
B) Post-glacial rebound
C) Erosion by rivers
D) Tectonic uplift
  • 92. What type of trees are found near the summits in Acadia National Park?
A) Pine and spruce trees
B) Cedar and fir trees
C) Oak and maple trees
D) Stunted, gnarled trees
  • 93. Which type of forest covers much of Acadia National Park?
A) Northern coniferous forests
B) Eastern deciduous forests
C) Subtropical rainforests
D) Spruce-fir boreal forests
  • 94. What type of forest do oak, maple, and beech trees represent in Acadia National Park?
A) Coniferous forests
B) Subtropical rainforests
C) Northern boreal forests
D) Eastern deciduous forests
  • 95. Which type of pines reach the southern limit of their range in Acadia National Park?
A) Jack pines
B) Scrub pines
C) Pitch pines
D) Spruce pines
  • 96. What percentage of Acadia National Park is classified as wetland?
A) More than 20%
B) Exactly 30%
C) Less than 10%
D) About 50%
  • 97. Which type of water bodies make up 31.6% of the wetlands in Acadia National Park?
A) Lacustrine (freshwater lakes and ponds)
B) Estuarine (coastal, brackish water)
C) Marine (sea water)
D) Palustrine (stagnant water)
  • 98. How many great ponds are there in Acadia National Park?
A) Fifty
B) Fourteen
C) Twenty
D) Ten
  • 99. What percentage of wetlands in Acadia National Park is composed of estuarine water?
A) 37.5%
B) 10.7%
C) 31.6%
D) 20%
  • 100. What type of forest do pitch pines inhabit at their northeastern range limit in Acadia National Park?
A) Subtropical rainforests
B) Eastern deciduous forests
C) Isolated forests
D) Spruce-fir boreal forests
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