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