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