A) About 500,000 acres B) Over 1 million acres C) Nearly 600,000 acres D) Approximately 300,000 acres
A) It serves as a route of discovery and migration from the coastal mountain range to the Pacific Ocean. B) It separates two Tlingit ancestral homelands. C) It only provides a setting for commercial fishing. D) It is used exclusively for recreational boating.
A) The Endangered Species Act B) The Marine Mammal Protection Act C) The Clean Water Act D) The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA)
A) Seven B) Twelve C) Five D) Ten
A) Johns Hopkins Glacier B) Gilman Glacier C) Grand Pacific Glacier D) Muir Glacier
A) Joseph Whidbey B) John Muir C) George Vancouver D) La Perouse
A) The ice had not retreated significantly B) Halfway up the bay C) Almost all the way up the bay, a distance of around 48 miles (77 km) D) A few miles from the mouth of the bay
A) Margerie Glacier B) Grand Pacific Glacier C) Lituya Glacier D) Johns Hopkins Glacier
A) 10 to 15 ft (3.0 to 4.6 m) per day B) 5 to 7 ft (1.5 to 2.1 m) per day C) 20 to 25 ft (6.1 to 7.6 m) per day D) It was retreating at this rate
A) Grand Pacific Glacier B) LaPerouse Glacier C) Margerie Glacier D) Muir Glacier
A) Ice fields B) Post-glacial meadows C) Alpine tundra D) Sitka spruce and Western hemlock forests
A) Hot and arid B) Relatively mild with significant rainfall and comparatively low snowfall C) Cold and snowy throughout the year D) Dry with minimal precipitation
A) Sandy beaches B) Densely vegetated alder and devils club C) Lack of trails D) Rocky terrain without vegetation
A) 1925 B) 1978 C) 1994 D) 1980
A) Calvin Coolidge B) Ronald Reagan C) Barack Obama D) Jimmy Carter
A) 2000 B) 1979 C) 1986 D) 1994
A) Paleozoic B) Early Cretaceous C) Late Silurian D) Middle Devonian
A) Terminal moraine B) Moraines C) Glacial gravels D) Outwash
A) Molybdenite B) Copper C) Gold D) Silver
A) Volcanic activity B) Tectonic uplift C) Erosion D) Post-glacial rebound (isostatic rebound)
A) Dundas Bay B) The Nunatak C) Tidal Inlet D) Muir Inlet
A) Gilbert Island B) Lemesurier Island C) Sturgress Island D) Sebree Island
A) Silver mining B) Quartz vein gold mining C) Placer gold mining D) Copper mining
A) Volcanic eruptions B) Heavy rainfall C) Human activities D) Earthquake-induced activity
A) Takhinsha Mountains B) Chilkat Range C) Fairweather Range D) Mount Fairweather
A) Gulf of Alaska B) Icy Strait C) Lynn Canal D) Dry Bay
A) Subpolar Oceanic (Cfc) B) Warm Summer Mediterranean (Csb) C) Temperate Oceanic (Cfb) D) Subarctic With Cool Summers and Year Around Rainfall (Dfc)
A) 5b B) 8b C) 6a D) 7a
A) Road travel B) Sea travel C) Ferry service D) Air travel
A) About 300,000 B) About 600,000 C) About 443,975 D) About 500,000
A) Ferry service B) Cruise ships C) Air travel D) White-water rafting trips
A) Tatshenshini River B) Fairweather River C) Chilkat River D) Alsek River
A) Mount Fairweather B) Hoonah C) Dry Bay D) Gustavus
A) Orca B) Sea otter C) Dolphins D) Harbor seal
A) Hiking B) Bird-watching C) Subsistence hunting D) Kayaking
A) Wolves B) Brown bears C) Moose D) Mountain goats
A) Recreational fishing B) Sport fishing C) Deep-sea fishing D) Ice fishing
A) Flashlight B) Insect repellent C) A whistle D) Bear spray
A) Edward Harriman B) Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse C) George Vancouver D) John Muir
A) 1879 B) 1900 C) 1899 D) 1885
A) George Vancouver B) William Skinner Cooper C) Edward Harriman D) John Muir
A) Fur trading B) Gold mining C) Settlement D) Whaling
A) George Alexander Parks B) Edward Harriman C) William Skinner Cooper D) John Muir
A) A salmon cannery B) A gold mine C) A whaling station D) A fur trading post
A) 1920s B) 1950s C) 1930s D) 1940s
A) The U.S. Army B) Lee Metcalf C) Ernest Gruening D) Franklin D. Roosevelt
A) April 18, 1939 B) 1955 C) 1945 D) 1966
A) 1939 B) 1949 C) 1953 D) 1966
A) 1958 B) 1969 C) 1949 D) 1978
A) 1945 legislation B) 1958 legislation C) 1969 legislation D) 1936 legislation
A) Franklin D. Roosevelt B) The U.S. Army C) Ernest Gruening D) Montana senator Lee Metcalf
A) No B) Mining operations began in the 1980s. C) Only small-scale prospecting was allowed. D) Yes, several proposals were made.
A) December 2, 1980 B) October 10, 1979 C) January 3, 1981 D) November 15, 1978
A) 1985 B) 1992 C) 2001 D) 1979
A) The Antiquities Act B) The National Park Service C) The UNESCO World Heritage Site D) The ANILCA legislation |