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