Acadia National Park - Quiz
Acadia National Park
  • 1. How long have Native Americans inhabited the area known as Acadia?
A) At least 12,000 years
B) 20,000 years
C) 5,000 years
D) 8,000 years
  • 2. Which confederacy consists of five related Algonquian nations that inhabit the Acadia area?
A) Sioux Nation
B) Wabanaki Confederacy
C) Cherokee Nation
D) Iroquois Confederacy
  • 3. What is Mount Desert Island called by some Wabanaki nations?
A) Akadie
B) Bashaba
C) Castine
D) Pemetic
  • 4. From which language does the park's name 'Acadia' originate?
A) Penobscot
B) English
C) French
D) Mi'kmaq
  • 5. What was Asticou's role in the early 17th century on Mount Desert Island?
A) Chieftain
B) Guide
C) Trader
D) Grandchief
  • 6. Where did Wabanaki tribes gather for trade during the early 17th century?
A) Somes Sound
B) Frenchman Bay
C) Castine (Pentagoet)
D) Mount Desert Island
  • 7. Which European countries fought for control over the fur trading post at Castine?
A) Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian
B) Danish, Norwegian, and Belgian
C) German, Italian, and Swedish
D) French, English, and Dutch
  • 8. What were some of the items traded by Wabanakis for European commodities?
A) Cotton, tobacco, and sugar
B) Corn, beans, and squash
C) Wheat, barley, and oats
D) Sealskins, moose hides, and furs
  • 9. What impact did warfare and diseases have on the Wabanaki tribes by the early 1620s?
A) Had no significant effect
B) Increased their population significantly
C) Caused them to migrate northward
D) Decimated the population leaving about 10 percent of the original population
  • 10. What event split the Wabanaki homelands between the United States and Canada?
A) The signing of the Treaty of Versailles
B) The Civil War
C) World War I
D) The American Revolution
  • 11. When was the Wabanaki confederacy dissolved due to pressure from governments?
A) In 1980
B) Around 1870
C) During World War II
D) In the early 1600s
  • 12. What was T.R.I.B.E. and where did it operate?
A) A fur trading post in Castine
B) A reservation for the Penobscot tribe
C) A summer tourist attraction in Bar Harbor
D) A Wabanaki educational center on the west side of Eagle Lake
  • 13. When were American Indian land claims in Maine legally settled?
A) In 2000
B) In 1980 and 1991
C) In 1776 and 1783
D) During the Civil War
  • 14. When did the annual Bar Harbor Native American Festival begin?
A) 2001
B) 1975
C) 1993
D) 1989
  • 15. What is one purpose of Wabanakis visiting Mount Desert Island today?
A) To establish new reservations
B) To advise on and perform in exhibitions
C) To hunt for sealskins
D) To trade furs with European traders
  • 16. What did Wabanakis sell to travelers in the nineteenth century?
A) Wheat and corn
B) Handmade ash and birch bark baskets
C) Sealskins and moose hides
D) Furs and tobacco
  • 17. What organization was formed in 1993 to assist with the annual festival?
A) Wabanaki Confederacy Council
B) Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance
C) Abbe Museum Association
D) T.R.I.B.E. Educational Society
  • 18. What is the highest point in Acadia National Park?
A) Mount Desert Island
B) Cadillac Mountain
C) Echo Lake
D) Thunder Hole
  • 19. During which months can you watch the sunrise from Cadillac Mountain before any other place in the United States?
A) April to September
B) October 7 through March 6
C) January to June
D) All year round
  • 20. What is the length of the Park Loop Road in Acadia National Park?
A) 50 miles (80 km)
B) 10 miles (16 km)
C) 27 miles (43 km)
D) 5 miles (8 km)
  • 21. What is the depth of Somes Sound at its deepest point?
A) 130 ft (40 m)
B) 470 ft (143 m)
C) 200 ft (61 m)
D) 284 ft (87 m)
  • 22. Which feature is a crevasse into which waves crash loudly?
A) Bass Harbor Head Light
B) Jordan Pond
C) Thunder Hole
D) Somes Sound
  • 23. What is the name of the trail located on Champlain Mountain known for its exposed cliffside?
A) Echo Lake Trail
B) Precipice
C) Beehive Trail
D) Thunder Hole Trail
  • 24. Which lighthouse is situated atop a cliff on the southernmost tip of Mount Desert Island's west side?
A) Bear Island Light
B) Otter Cliff Lighthouse
C) Bass Harbor Head Light
D) Cadillac Mountain Lighthouse
  • 25. What is the name of the fjord that nearly divides Mount Desert Island in half?
A) Somes Sound
B) Echo Lake
C) Jordan Pond
D) Thunder Hole
  • 26. What is the name of the saltwater swimming area in Acadia National Park?
A) Echo Lake
B) Sand Beach
C) Otter Cove
D) Jordan Pond
  • 27. Which mountain on Mount Desert Island is 284 ft (87 m) high?
A) Saint Sauveur Mountain
B) Flying Mountain
C) Cadillac 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) Jordan Pond
C) Tarn
D) Otter Cove
  • 29. What is the name of the mountain that borders Somes Sound to the east?
A) Cadillac Mountain
B) Acadia Mountain
C) Norumbega Mountain
D) Saint Sauveur Mountain
  • 30. Which lighthouse is not managed by Acadia National Park?
A) Bear Island Light
B) Baker Island Light
C) Cadillac Mountain Lighthouse
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) Thunder Hole Trail
D) Echo Lake Trail
  • 32. Which feature is known for its large, rounded boulders in Acadia National Park?
A) Jordan Pond
B) The Bubbles
C) Sand Beach
D) Thunder Hole
  • 33. Who financed the historic carriage road system in Acadia National Park?
A) Andrew Carnegie
B) Henry Ford
C) John D. Rockefeller Jr.
D) Thomas Edison
  • 34. What was the original designation of Acadia before it became a national park in 1929?
A) Sieur de Monts National Monument
B) Yellowstone National Park
C) Glacier Bay National Park
D) Yosemite National Park
  • 35. Who is known as the 'Father of Acadia National Park'?
A) John Muir
B) George B. Dorr
C) Ansel Adams
D) Frederick Law Olmsted
  • 36. How many acres does Acadia National Park encompass as of 2017?
A) 49,075 acres
B) 60,000 acres
C) 30,000 acres
D) 75,000 acres
  • 37. Which peninsula is part of Acadia National Park?
A) Kenai Peninsula
B) Cape Cod Peninsula
C) Schoodic Peninsula
D) Delaware Peninsula
  • 38. What type of beaches can be found in Acadia National Park?
A) Cobble beaches
B) Pebble beaches
C) Rocky beaches
D) Sandy beaches
  • 39. What was the park visitation record set in 2025?
A) 3,800,000 recreation visits
B) 4,200,000 recreation visits
C) 3,500,000 recreation visits
D) 4,079,318 recreation visits
  • 40. Which of these islands is not part of Acadia National Park?
A) Baker Island
B) Mount Desert Island
C) Long Island
D) Isle au Haut
  • 41. What year was the park initially designated as a national monument?
A) 1935
B) 1916
C) 1940
D) 1929
  • 42. Which recreational activity is prohibited on carriage roads in Acadia National Park?
A) Walking
B) Bicycles
C) Motor vehicles
D) Horses
  • 43. How many campgrounds are located on Mount Desert Island within the park?
A) One
B) Four
C) Three
D) Two
  • 44. Who sailed along the coast of Mount Desert Island in 1524?
A) Estêvão Gomes
B) Giovanni da Verrazzano
C) Jean Alfonse
D) Samuel de Champlain
  • 45. Which explorer arrived in Acadia National Park in 1542?
A) Jean Alfonse
B) Estêvão Gomes
C) Simon Ferdinando
D) Giovanni da Verrazzano
  • 46. Who guided an English expedition in 1580?
A) Giovanni da Verrazzano
B) Jean Alfonse
C) Simon Ferdinando
D) Samuel de Champlain
  • 47. How far is the island from the mainland on the north according to Champlain?
A) Twenty kilometers
B) Ten miles
C) Five leagues
D) Not a hundred paces
  • 48. What did Jean Alfonse record details about during his visit?
A) The fur trade
B) Agriculture
C) Native tribes
D) Fishing techniques
  • 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) 1760
C) 1713
D) 1688
  • 50. To which country was Mount Desert Island ceded in 1713?
A) France
B) The United States
C) Great Britain
D) Spain
  • 51. Who assumed control of Mount Desert Island in 1760?
A) George B. Dorr
B) Massachusetts governor Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet
C) Charles Eliot
D) Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
  • 52. In which year did Massachusetts grant the eastern half of Mount Desert Island to Cadillac's granddaughter?
A) 1888
B) 1901
C) 1868
D) 1790
  • 53. Who published the popular guidebook 'Mount Desert on the Coast of Maine' in 1867?
A) Charles T. How
B) Thomas Cole
C) Frederic Church
D) Clara Barnes Martin
  • 54. What was the term used to describe early visitors who stayed in local homes for modest fees?
A) Rusticators
B) Artists
C) Cottagers
D) Philanthropists
  • 55. When was the Green Mountain Cog Railway built from Eagle Lake to Cadillac Mountain?
A) 1929
B) 1888
C) 1867
D) 1901
  • 56. Who is credited with the idea for Acadia National Park?
A) George B. Dorr
B) Charles Eliot
C) John D. Rockefeller Jr.
D) Sir Francis Bernard
  • 57. On what date was the national monument redesignated as Lafayette National Park?
A) April 20, 1930
B) February 26, 1919
C) January 19, 1929
D) July 8, 1916
  • 58. When was the name of the park changed to Acadia National Park?
A) April 20, 1930
B) February 26, 1919
C) July 8, 1916
D) January 19, 1929
  • 59. Who was the landscape architect sponsored by John D. Rockefeller Jr. to design planting plans for the carriage roads?
A) Charles Eliot
B) Beatrix Farrand
C) Frederic Church
D) George B. Dorr
  • 60. What nickname is given to the granite coping stones along carriage road edges?
A) Dorr's Stones
B) Farrand's Edges
C) Rockefeller's Teeth
D) Eliot's Guardrails
  • 61. Who was Acadia National Park's first naturalist?
A) George B. Dorr
B) Arthur Stupka
C) John D. Rockefeller Jr.
D) Charles Eliot
  • 62. What four-volume serial did Arthur Stupka write, edit, and publish?
A) Acadia's Wildlife Ways
B) Park Nature Studies
C) Mount Desert Chronicles
D) Nature Notes from Acadia
  • 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) 55 °F (12.8 °C)
B) 47.3 °F (8.5 °C)
C) 60 °F (15.6 °C)
D) 40 °F (4.4 °C)
  • 66. Which month is the warmest in Acadia National Park?
A) September
B) June
C) July
D) August
  • 67. What is the record high temperature recorded in Acadia National Park?
A) 96 °F (36 °C)
B) 85 °F (29.4 °C)
C) 90 °F (32.2 °C)
D) 100 °F (37.8 °C)
  • 68. What is the average annual precipitation in Bar Harbor?
A) 45 inches
B) 75 inches
C) 55.54 inches (1411 mm)
D) 65 inches
  • 69. Which month has the highest average precipitation in Bar Harbor?
A) November
B) September
C) January
D) July
  • 70. How many days with precipitation does Acadia National Park experience annually on average?
A) 120 days
B) 160 days
C) 139 days
D) 150 days
  • 71. How much snow does Acadia National Park receive on average annually?
A) 50 inches
B) 80 inches
C) 90 inches
D) 66.1 inches (167 cm)
  • 72. What gives the Cadillac Mountain granite its pinkish color?
A) Feldspar
B) Perthite
C) Quartz
D) Chlorite
  • 73. During which geological period was the Mount Desert Island granite formed?
A) Cambrian
B) Devonian
C) Silurian
D) Ordovician
  • 74. What type of rock is diabase that intruded into the Cadillac Mountain granite?
A) Igneous
B) Schist
C) Sedimentary
D) Metamorphic
  • 75. Which feature is an example of a glacial erratic in Acadia National Park?
A) Bubble Rock
B) Somes Sound
C) Mount Desert Island
D) The Bubbles
  • 76. What type of rock is the oldest on Mount Desert Island?
A) Bar Harbor Formation
B) Cadillac Mountain granite
C) Ellsworth Schist
D) Diabase
  • 77. Which ancient continental fragment collided with North America about 450 Mya?
A) Mount Desert Island
B) Ellsworth Schist
C) Avalonia
D) Cranberry Islands
  • 78. What type of rock comprises the Ellsworth Schist?
A) Metamorphic
B) Granite
C) Sedimentary
D) Igneous
  • 79. What type of valleys are found at Sargent Mountain Pond and Jordan Pond?
A) Oxbow
B) Rounded
C) U-shaped
D) V-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) Diabase
D) Sandstone
  • 82. What geological feature can be seen along the Cadillac Mountain road and on the Schoodic Peninsula?
A) Terminal moraines
B) Glacial striations
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) Diabase dikes
C) Glacial striations
D) Terminal moraines
  • 84. What type of rock is visible on the eastern side of Cadillac Mountain due to fracturing?
A) Shatter zone
B) Bar Harbor Formation
C) Ellsworth Schist
D) Diabase
  • 85. What type of volcanic activity introduced igneous rocks into the Bar Harbor Formation?
A) Deposition
B) Erosion
C) Glaciation
D) Further volcanic activity
  • 86. What evidence of frost weathering can be seen above the Tarn?
A) Sandstone arches
B) Deep river valleys
C) Lava flows
D) Bright pink scars with granitic rubble below
  • 87. What can a sea cave become if enlarged enough?
A) A sea arch
B) A mountain peak
C) An underground river
D) A desert oasis
  • 88. What type of clay is involved in mass wasting along Hunters Brook on Mount Desert Island?
A) Granite
B) Marine clay
C) Limestone
D) Sandstone
  • 89. What type of fossils are found in the Presumpscot Formation?
A) Marine fossils
B) Volcanic rock samples
C) Dinosaur fossils
D) Meteorite fragments
  • 90. What geological process raised sea level during the deposition of the Presumpscot Formation?
A) Meteorite impact
B) Isostatic loading
C) Volcanic activity
D) Tectonic plate movement
  • 91. What process lowered sea level after the deposition of the Presumpscot Formation?
A) Tectonic uplift
B) Volcanic activity
C) Post-glacial rebound
D) Erosion by rivers
  • 92. What type of trees are found near the summits in Acadia National Park?
A) Oak and maple trees
B) Cedar and fir trees
C) Stunted, gnarled trees
D) Pine and spruce trees
  • 93. Which type of forest covers much of Acadia National Park?
A) Northern coniferous forests
B) Subtropical rainforests
C) Spruce-fir boreal forests
D) Eastern deciduous forests
  • 94. What type of forest do oak, maple, and beech trees represent in Acadia National Park?
A) Subtropical rainforests
B) Northern boreal forests
C) Coniferous forests
D) Eastern deciduous forests
  • 95. Which type of pines reach the southern limit of their range in Acadia National Park?
A) Jack pines
B) Pitch pines
C) Spruce pines
D) Scrub pines
  • 96. What percentage of Acadia National Park is classified as wetland?
A) Less than 10%
B) Exactly 30%
C) About 50%
D) More than 20%
  • 97. Which type of water bodies make up 31.6% of the wetlands in Acadia National Park?
A) Estuarine (coastal, brackish water)
B) Lacustrine (freshwater lakes and ponds)
C) Palustrine (stagnant water)
D) Marine (sea water)
  • 98. How many great ponds are there in Acadia National Park?
A) Fourteen
B) Fifty
C) Ten
D) Twenty
  • 99. What percentage of wetlands in Acadia National Park is composed of estuarine water?
A) 20%
B) 37.5%
C) 10.7%
D) 31.6%
  • 100. What type of forest do pitch pines inhabit at their northeastern range limit in Acadia National Park?
A) Spruce-fir boreal forests
B) Isolated forests
C) Eastern deciduous forests
D) Subtropical rainforests
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