A) World War I B) The Mariposa War C) The Civil War D) The Gold Rush
A) 1848 B) 1870 C) 1851 D) 1865
A) By leaving the area entirely B) By migrating to urban areas C) By entering the tourism industry through employment and small businesses D) By relying solely on government aid
A) Totuya, also known as Maria Lebrado B) Chief Tenaya C) An unidentified descendant D) A member of the Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation
A) 1920 B) 1953 C) 1931 D) 1945
A) Yosemite Valley Visitor Center B) California State Library C) National Park Service headquarters D) The Smithsonian and the Yosemite Museum
A) Treaties to establish land reservations for them B) An alliance with European settlers C) A trade agreement with the United States D) A new form of government
A) Amended them for further negotiation B) Ignored them completely C) Accepted and implemented them D) Refused to ratify them
A) 1975 B) 1980 C) 1969 D) 1953
A) They were allowed to stay without restrictions B) They were given land rights within the park C) They were relocated to another national park D) They were evicted to a government housing area for park employees and their village was destroyed as part of a fire-fighting exercise
A) Inside the Yosemite Valley Visitor Center B) Near the park's main entrance C) In a remote area of the park D) Behind the Yosemite Museum, next to the Yosemite Valley Visitor Center
A) Sacred sites and their return to homelands to use park resources B) Commercial enterprises by non-Native businesses C) Tourism development projects D) The construction of new housing within the park
A) 800 mi2 (2,073 km2) B) 2,000 mi2 (5,180 km2) C) 500 mi2 (1,295 km2) D) 1,187 mi2 (3,070 km2)
A) 1984 B) 1976 C) 1999 D) 2005
A) Sandstone arches B) Granite cliffs C) Basalt columns D) Limestone caves
A) 20 million years ago B) 5 million years ago C) 10 million years ago D) 15 million years ago
A) James D. Savage B) Abraham Lincoln C) John Muir D) Galen Clark
A) 'Big mouth' B) 'They are killers' C) 'Grizzly bear' D) 'Dwellers'
A) Galen Clark B) Doctor Lafayette Bunnell C) James D. Savage D) John Muir
A) Southern Paiute B) The Ahwahneechee C) Central Sierra Miwoks D) Mono Lake Paiutes
A) 150,000 B) 500,000 C) 300,000 D) 50,000
A) Ulysses S. Grant B) Andrew Johnson C) Rutherford B. Hayes D) Abraham Lincoln
A) 1890 B) 1916 C) 1906 D) 1864
A) Six million B) Four million C) Five million D) Three million
A) Corn B) Wheat C) Rice D) Acorns
A) Galen Clark B) James D. Savage C) John Muir D) Abraham Lincoln
A) 60 percent B) 75 percent C) 50 percent D) Almost 95 percent
A) 'They are killers' B) 'Dwellers' C) 'Full-grown grizzly bear' D) 'Big mouth'
A) Deserts B) Glaciers C) Volcanoes D) Rivers
A) Curry Village B) The Wawona Hotel C) The Ahwahnee Hotel D) The first visitor center
A) June 30, 1864 B) May 10, 1859 C) July 1, 1872 D) September 15, 1880
A) Frederick Law Olmsted B) Galen Clark C) Hutchings D) Josiah Whitney
A) 9th Cavalry B) Troop I C) 1st Cavalry D) 4th Cavalry
A) 1926 B) 1906 C) 1891 D) 1913
A) Enid Michael B) Clare Marie Hodges C) Ansel Franklin Hall D) Rosalie Edge
A) William Howard Taft B) Theodore Roosevelt C) Calvin Coolidge D) Woodrow Wilson
A) 1903 B) 1916 C) 1899 D) 1924
A) Rosalie Edge B) Enid Michael C) Ansel Franklin Hall D) Clare Marie Hodges
A) Muir Act B) Raker Act C) Sierra Club Act D) National Park Service Act
A) 1913 B) 1937 C) 1926 D) 1906
A) Emergency Conservation Committee (ECC) B) Sierra Club C) National Park Service D) Century Magazine
A) 1999 B) 2025 C) 2008 D) 2016
A) Logging of giant sequoia B) Sheep grazing C) Camping activities D) Automobile traffic
A) Charles G. Thomson B) Gifford Pinchot C) Theodore Roosevelt D) Captain Abram Epperson Wood
A) Construction projects B) Summer months visitation C) Winter sports activities D) Wildlife migrations
A) In the central Sierra Nevada B) Near Los Angeles C) In the Rocky Mountains D) On the west coast of California
A) The Emigrant Wilderness B) The Sequoia Wilderness C) The Hoover Wilderness D) The Ansel Adams Wilderness
A) 3,080 miles B) 800 miles C) 350 miles D) 1,600 miles
A) Granitic rock B) Limestone C) Sandstone D) Shale
A) River erosion B) Cross joints C) Volcanic activity D) Fault lines
A) Sediment deposition B) Earthquakes C) Exfoliation D) Volcanic activity
A) V-shaped river-cut valleys B) Oceanic trenches C) Flat plains D) Steep cliffs
A) Valleys B) Columns C) Domes D) Canyons
A) Mount Lyell B) El Capitan C) Sentinel Dome D) Half Dome
A) Cathedral Peak B) El Capitan C) Mount Lyell D) Matterhorn Peak
A) Maclure Glacier B) Black Mountain Glacier C) Palisades Glacier D) Lyell Glacier
A) Merced River B) Yosemite River C) Sierra River D) Tuolumne River
A) Fourth tallest B) Tenth tallest C) Second tallest D) First tallest
A) Ribbon Falls B) Horsetail Fall C) Yosemite Falls D) Bridalveil Fall
A) Pacific Crest Trail B) John Muir Trail C) Appalachian Trail D) Continental Divide Trail
A) Yosemite Falls B) Horsetail Fall C) Ribbon Falls D) Bridalveil Fall
A) 150 trees B) 25 trees C) 200 trees D) 20 trees
A) Taft Point B) El Capitan C) Half Dome D) Sentinel Dome
A) Forest habitats B) Meadow habitats C) Tundra habitats D) Desert habitats
A) 100 acres B) 250 acres C) 200 acres D) 160 acres
A) Permanent waterfalls B) Artificial waterfalls C) Ephemeral waterfalls D) Subterranean waterfalls
A) Mediterranean B) Humid continental C) Desert D) Tropical rainforest
A) Spring B) Winter C) Summer D) Fall
A) Nearly 37 inches B) 50 inches C) 14.81 inches D) 58.64 inches
A) July 22, 1915 B) January 1, 2009 C) December 23, 1955 D) June 1977
A) 100 centimeters B) 176.5 inches C) 50 inches D) 39.4 inches
A) 1955 B) 1993 C) 1948–1949 D) 1937–1938
A) Paleozoic B) Cenozoic C) Precambrian D) Mesozoic
A) Oceanic trench B) Passive continental margin C) Mid-ocean ridge D) Active continental margin
A) Glacial till B) Recessional moraines C) Outwash plains D) Talus deposits
A) Jeffrey pine B) Red fir C) Whitebark pine D) Douglas fir
A) Mountain beaver B) Clark's nutcracker C) American goshawk D) Brown bear
A) Lack of human activity B) Overpopulation of native animals C) Abundance of natural fires D) Exotic species
A) Yellow star thistle B) Sweet clover C) Klamath weed D) Bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare)
A) Acid rain B) Soil erosion C) Water pollution D) Ozone pollution
A) 2018 B) 2023 C) 2016 D) 1949
A) Mining operations B) Flood attenuation C) Tourism promotion D) Agricultural development
A) Indigenous residents B) The Trust for Public Land C) U.S. Forest Service D) Major John Savage's militia group
A) Ackerson Fire B) Conservancy Fire C) Savage Fire D) Ferguson Fire
A) 1949 B) 2016 C) 2018 D) 2023
A) The snowpack has shrunk. B) The snowpack has increased. C) The snowpack remains unchanged. D) The snowpack melts later in the year.
A) Shuttle services are available only outside the valley. B) A free shuttle bus system. C) Only private shuttles operate. D) No shuttle systems are available.
A) A wilderness permit B) A permit C) A special climbing gear rental D) A reservation at Curry Village
A) Mariposa Grove Road B) Yosemite Valley Road C) Tioga Road D) Glacier Point Road
A) 20 B) 13 C) 15 D) 10
A) Off-trail riding gear B) An adult companion C) A special permit D) Helmets
A) Fishing B) Rafting C) Kayaking D) Swimming
A) Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) B) Untamed C) Jurassic World Evolution 2 D) Astroworld |