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