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A) The Gold Rush B) The Civil War C) World War I D) The Mariposa War
A) 1851 B) 1870 C) 1848 D) 1865
A) By migrating to urban areas B) By entering the tourism industry through employment and small businesses C) By relying solely on government aid D) By leaving the area entirely
A) An unidentified descendant B) Totuya, also known as Maria Lebrado C) Chief Tenaya D) A member of the Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation
A) 1931 B) 1953 C) 1945 D) 1920
A) Yosemite Valley Visitor Center B) The Smithsonian and the Yosemite Museum C) National Park Service headquarters D) California State Library
A) A new form of government B) Treaties to establish land reservations for them C) A trade agreement with the United States D) An alliance with European settlers
A) Amended them for further negotiation B) Ignored them completely C) Accepted and implemented them D) Refused to ratify them
A) 1969 B) 1975 C) 1953 D) 1980
A) They were given land rights within the park B) They were allowed to stay without restrictions C) They were evicted to a government housing area for park employees and their village was destroyed as part of a fire-fighting exercise D) They were relocated to another national park
A) Near the park's main entrance B) In a remote area of the park C) Inside the Yosemite Valley Visitor Center D) Behind the Yosemite Museum, next to the Yosemite Valley Visitor Center
A) Sacred sites and their return to homelands to use park resources B) The construction of new housing within the park C) Commercial enterprises by non-Native businesses D) Tourism development projects
A) 2,000 mi2 (5,180 km2) B) 1,187 mi2 (3,070 km2) C) 500 mi2 (1,295 km2) D) 800 mi2 (2,073 km2)
A) 1984 B) 1976 C) 1999 D) 2005
A) Limestone caves B) Basalt columns C) Granite cliffs D) Sandstone arches
A) 5 million years ago B) 10 million years ago C) 20 million years ago D) 15 million years ago
A) James D. Savage B) John Muir C) Galen Clark D) Abraham Lincoln
A) 'Grizzly bear' B) 'They are killers' C) 'Dwellers' D) 'Big mouth'
A) John Muir B) James D. Savage C) Galen Clark D) Doctor Lafayette Bunnell
A) Mono Lake Paiutes B) Central Sierra Miwoks C) Southern Paiute D) The Ahwahneechee
A) 500,000 B) 300,000 C) 50,000 D) 150,000
A) Abraham Lincoln B) Andrew Johnson C) Ulysses S. Grant D) Rutherford B. Hayes
A) 1890 B) 1906 C) 1864 D) 1916
A) Four million B) Six million C) Three million D) Five million
A) Acorns B) Rice C) Wheat D) Corn
A) John Muir B) Galen Clark C) James D. Savage D) Abraham Lincoln
A) Almost 95 percent B) 75 percent C) 50 percent D) 60 percent
A) 'They are killers' B) 'Big mouth' C) 'Dwellers' D) 'Full-grown grizzly bear'
A) Glaciers B) Rivers C) Deserts D) Volcanoes
A) Curry Village B) The first visitor center C) The Wawona Hotel D) The Ahwahnee Hotel
A) June 30, 1864 B) July 1, 1872 C) September 15, 1880 D) May 10, 1859
A) Josiah Whitney B) Galen Clark C) Frederick Law Olmsted D) Hutchings
A) 9th Cavalry B) 1st Cavalry C) Troop I D) 4th Cavalry
A) 1913 B) 1891 C) 1906 D) 1926
A) Clare Marie Hodges B) Ansel Franklin Hall C) Enid Michael D) Rosalie Edge
A) Calvin Coolidge B) William Howard Taft C) Woodrow Wilson D) Theodore Roosevelt
A) 1916 B) 1899 C) 1924 D) 1903
A) Rosalie Edge B) Ansel Franklin Hall C) Clare Marie Hodges D) Enid Michael
A) Sierra Club Act B) Raker Act C) Muir Act D) National Park Service Act
A) 1926 B) 1937 C) 1906 D) 1913
A) National Park Service B) Sierra Club C) Emergency Conservation Committee (ECC) D) Century Magazine
A) 2008 B) 1999 C) 2025 D) 2016
A) Camping activities B) Sheep grazing C) Logging of giant sequoia D) Automobile traffic
A) Captain Abram Epperson Wood B) Gifford Pinchot C) Theodore Roosevelt D) Charles G. Thomson
A) Summer months visitation B) Wildlife migrations C) Construction projects D) Winter sports activities
A) On the west coast of California B) In the Rocky Mountains C) Near Los Angeles D) In the central Sierra Nevada
A) The Emigrant Wilderness B) The Ansel Adams Wilderness C) The Hoover Wilderness D) The Sequoia Wilderness
A) 800 miles B) 350 miles C) 1,600 miles D) 3,080 miles
A) Shale B) Granitic rock C) Sandstone D) Limestone
A) Volcanic activity B) River erosion C) Cross joints D) Fault lines
A) Earthquakes B) Sediment deposition C) Exfoliation D) Volcanic activity
A) Oceanic trenches B) Flat plains C) Steep cliffs D) V-shaped river-cut valleys
A) Domes B) Canyons C) Columns D) Valleys
A) Mount Lyell B) Sentinel Dome C) El Capitan D) Half Dome
A) Mount Lyell B) Matterhorn Peak C) Cathedral Peak D) El Capitan
A) Maclure Glacier B) Black Mountain Glacier C) Palisades Glacier D) Lyell Glacier
A) Merced River B) Sierra River C) Yosemite River D) Tuolumne River
A) Second tallest B) Fourth tallest C) Tenth tallest D) First tallest
A) Ribbon Falls B) Horsetail Fall C) Yosemite Falls D) Bridalveil Fall
A) Pacific Crest Trail B) Continental Divide Trail C) Appalachian Trail D) John Muir Trail
A) Bridalveil Fall B) Horsetail Fall C) Ribbon Falls D) Yosemite Falls
A) 150 trees B) 25 trees C) 20 trees D) 200 trees
A) Half Dome B) El Capitan C) Sentinel Dome D) Taft Point
A) Desert habitats B) Tundra habitats C) Meadow habitats D) Forest habitats
A) 160 acres B) 200 acres C) 100 acres D) 250 acres
A) Subterranean waterfalls B) Ephemeral waterfalls C) Artificial waterfalls D) Permanent waterfalls
A) Desert B) Mediterranean C) Tropical rainforest D) Humid continental
A) Fall B) Winter C) Summer D) Spring
A) 50 inches B) 58.64 inches C) Nearly 37 inches D) 14.81 inches
A) January 1, 2009 B) December 23, 1955 C) June 1977 D) July 22, 1915
A) 50 inches B) 100 centimeters C) 39.4 inches D) 176.5 inches
A) 1993 B) 1955 C) 1948–1949 D) 1937–1938
A) Mesozoic B) Precambrian C) Paleozoic D) Cenozoic
A) Mid-ocean ridge B) Active continental margin C) Passive continental margin D) Oceanic trench
A) Talus deposits B) Outwash plains C) Glacial till D) Recessional moraines
A) Jeffrey pine B) Whitebark pine C) Red fir D) Douglas fir
A) American goshawk B) Brown bear C) Clark's nutcracker D) Mountain beaver
A) Exotic species B) Overpopulation of native animals C) Abundance of natural fires D) Lack of human activity
A) Sweet clover B) Yellow star thistle C) Klamath weed D) Bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare)
A) Ozone pollution B) Acid rain C) Water pollution D) Soil erosion
A) 2016 B) 2018 C) 2023 D) 1949
A) Tourism promotion B) Flood attenuation C) Mining operations D) Agricultural development
A) U.S. Forest Service B) Indigenous residents C) The Trust for Public Land D) Major John Savage's militia group
A) Savage Fire B) Conservancy Fire C) Ackerson Fire D) Ferguson Fire
A) 1949 B) 2023 C) 2016 D) 2018
A) The snowpack has shrunk. B) The snowpack has increased. C) The snowpack melts later in the year. D) The snowpack remains unchanged.
A) Only private shuttles operate. B) A free shuttle bus system. C) Shuttle services are available only outside the valley. D) No shuttle systems are available.
A) A reservation at Curry Village B) A special climbing gear rental C) A permit D) A wilderness permit
A) Mariposa Grove Road B) Glacier Point Road C) Tioga Road D) Yosemite Valley Road
A) 10 B) 13 C) 15 D) 20
A) A special permit B) An adult companion C) Off-trail riding gear D) Helmets
A) Rafting B) Kayaking C) Swimming D) Fishing
A) Astroworld B) Untamed C) Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) D) Jurassic World Evolution 2 |