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1
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Who was the first native-born American artist/naturalist from the New World?

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William Bartram

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Who was the Secretary of the Sanitary Commission?

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Frederick Law Olmsted

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Who wrote of “Travels Through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida” (1791)

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William Bartram

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What was the first international best seller from the New World that was also published in 4 languages?

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William Bartram

Travels Through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida

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Who is the father of William Bartram?

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John Bartram

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Who was King George III’s botanist?

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John Bartram

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Who painted the “Franklinia Alatamaha” aka “The Lost Tree”?

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William Bartram

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The genus of the Franklinia alatamaha flower is named after who/what?

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Benjamin Franklin

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The species of the Franklinia alatamaha flower is named after who/what?

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Altamaha River, Georgia (where the flower was found)

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________________is known as the Lost Tree because it was not found in the wild after the Bartrams collected it and brought it back to their garden.

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Franklinia alatamaha

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Gifford Pincho is a _____.
John Muir is a _____ .
They are both _____.

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conservationist, preservationist, environmentalist

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John Muir and Gifford Pinchot were on opposing sides of what issue?

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The Damming of Hetch-Hetchy Valley

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John Muir and Gifford Pinchot were both forest preservers. (T/F)

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True

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Who is the first modern forester? Worked on the Biltmore Estates.

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Gifford Pinchot

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Who wrote “The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America”?

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John James Audubon & Sons (John Woodhouse and Victor Gifford)

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16
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What are quadrupeds?

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Four-legged animals

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17
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Who wrote “A Sandy County Almanac”?

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Aldo Leopold

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18
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Aldo Leopold helped established the _____?

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Gila Wilderness

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Where is the Gila Wilderness?

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Gila National Forest, New Mexico

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Where is Aldo Leopold from?

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Sand Hills, Wisconsin

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21
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The Natural Bridge of Virginia was bought by _____for $2?

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Thomas Jefferson

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“How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land? The idea is strange to us. If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water, how can you buy them?”

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Chief Seattle

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“This we know: All things are connected like the blood that unites us. We did not weave the web of life, We are merely a strand in it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves”

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Chief Seattle

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“We love this earth as a newborn loves its mother’s heartbeat. So, if we sell you our land, love it as we have loved it. Care for it, as we have cared for it.”

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Chief Seattle

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Who was the Chief of the Suquamish and the Duwamish Indians?

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Chief Seattle

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Who was presented at the negotiations in the 1850s with Commissioner of Indian Affairs for the Territory?

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Chief Seattle

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Section 23 in the Township and Range was set aside for Pubic School usage? (T/F)

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False

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Section _____ was in the center and was for school usage.

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Section 16

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Sections 8, 11, 26, and 29 were set aside for future government use. (T/F)

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True

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30
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A Township is _____ square miles and contains _____sections.

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6 sq. miles, 36

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31
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How many acres is 1 section?

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640 acres

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32
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The US Forest Service is part of what department of the US government?

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U.S. Department of Agriculture

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The National Park Service is part of what department of the US government?

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U.S. Department of the Interior

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34
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What title was NOT inscribed on Thomas Jefferson’s tomb stone?

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POTUS

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35
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What was inscribed on Thomas Jefferson’s tomb stone?

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  • (50 anniversary of the Declaration of Independence)
  • Author of the Declaration of American Independence
  • Of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom
  • Father of the University of Virginia”
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36
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What two public land survey systems are used in Louisiana?

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township and range system, arpents (French)

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What public land survey system is NOT used in Louisiana?

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parish boundaries

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38
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Which of the following “Green” lands is under the control of the National Park Service?

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National Battlefields

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39
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How many years of lobbying were spent for the National Wilderness Act of 1964?

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20 years

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40
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Lewis and Clark were searching for a water route across the country. (T/F)

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True

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41
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Who climbed a 100 foot Douglas Fir tree just to experience a storm?

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John Muir

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42
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“And from the eastern boundary of the vast golden flower bed rose the mighty Sierra, miles in height, and so gloriously colored, and so radiant, it seemed not clothed with light, but wholly composed of it, like the wall of some celestial city.”

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John Muir

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43
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Where was John Muir from?

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Dumbar, Scotland

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44
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What university did John Muir attend?

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University of Wisconsin

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45
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Where did Henry David Thoreau graduate from?

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Harvard University

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46
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What was the size of Henry David Thoreau’s cabin near Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts?

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10x15 feet

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47
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“In wilderness is the preservation of the world”

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Henry David Thoreau

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48
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“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.”

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Henry David Thoreau

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49
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Who was a conductor on the “Underground Railroad” operations?

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Henry David Thoreau

50
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Who photographed the Mount of the Holy Cross?

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William Henry Jackson

51
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What was the name of the first museum with art?

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Museum of Modern Art in NYC

52
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Who founded the Museum of Modern Art in NYC?

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Ansel Adams

53
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Who co-founded the first museum collection of photography in 1940?

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Ansel Adams

54
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Who created the idea of Zone System Photography (black, white and grey photography)?

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Ansel Adams

55
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How much was the Louisiana Purchase?

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15 million

56
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Who did the US purchase Louisiana from?

A

France(1803)

57
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Why is the land in the Atchafalaya Basin vanishing?

A

Sediment Deposition

58
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Who was credited for the idea of National Parks?

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George Catlin

59
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Who wrote “Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Conditions of the North American Indians”?

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George Catlin

60
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What men are listed as Wild by Law”?

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Aldo Leopold, Bob Marshall, Howard Zahniser

61
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Who were in the Wilderness Society?

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Aldo Leopold, Bob Marshall, Howard Zahniser

62
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What did the “Wild by Law” men accomplish?

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Passage of the first Wilderness Act

63
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What is the Wilderness Act?

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The Act defines wilderness as an area where “the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain.”

64
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The “Wild by Law” man that is considered to be a academic, ethical person.

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Aldo Leopold

65
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The “Wild by Law” man that is considered to be a bureaucrat and lobbyist.

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Howard Zahniser

66
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The “Wild by Law” man that is considered to be a socialist and author.

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Bob Marshall

67
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What are the Values of Wilderness?

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  • Protection of Natural Areas
  • Maintenance of Habitat
  • Recreation
  • Scientific Research
68
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Which of the following agencies is NOT apart of the US Department of the Interior?

A

US Forest Service

69
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Henry David Thoreau represents transcendentalism (individual as rebel against the established orders of society). (T/F)

A

True

70
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Who painted “Kindred Spirits”?

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Asher B. Durand

71
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Who are the two people pictured in “Kindred Spirits”?

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Thomas Cole(painter) on the right; William Cullen Bryant(poet) on the left.

72
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Who founded the Hudson River School of Painting?

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Thomas Cole

73
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“Kindred Spirits” was a eulogy for whom?

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Thomas Cole

74
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What was the interest of the Hudson River School of Painting?

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It had an interest in realistic depictions of nature and a desire to celebrate distinctly American scenery. The artist of the Hudson River School played an important role in helping Americans see and appreciate nature and wilderness.

75
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Where was Thomas Cole educated?

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Europe (born in Lanchsire, England)

76
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Who came up with the idea of a Central Park in NYC?

A

William Bryant

77
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The five names of the “Course of Empire” series by Thomas Cole are:

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  • “The Savage Stage”
  • “Pastoral or Arcadian State”
  • “The Consummation of Empire”
  • “Destruction”
  • “Desolation”
78
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In Thomas Cole’s “Course of Empire” series the _____ allows you to know that the pictures are from the same place.

A

Rocks

79
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What artist from the Hudson River School of Painting painted for the American Sanitary Commission Auction?

A

Albert Bierstandt

80
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What was the name of Albert Bierstandt’s painting exhibited at the New York Metropolitan Fair as a fundraiser for the American Sanitary Commission?

A

The Rocky Mountains

81
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What is the name of the first American school of painting?

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Hudson River School of Painting

82
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When did the Hudson River School of Painting begin and end?

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1823; 1870-1880

83
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When was the Erie Canal constructed?

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1825

84
Q

Who created the “Indian Gallery Collection”?

A

George Catlin

85
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In 1820, 9 out of 10 paintings were landscape paintings. (T/F)

A

False

86
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In 1850, 9 out of 10 paintings were landscape paintings. (T/F)

A

True

87
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Who wrote “Should Cars Be Allowed in Yosemite”?

A

James Bryce

88
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Who wrote “Factories in Lowell”?

A

Charles Dickens

89
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Who wrote “A Second World”?

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Bayard Taylor

90
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Who wrote “The Hawaii Volcanoes”?

A

Mark Twain

91
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Who wrote “The Marks of Human Passage”?

A

Wallace Stegner

92
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Who wrote “Footloose in Democracy”?

A

Bernard De Voto

93
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Who wrote “Nature”?

A

Ralph Waldo Emerson

94
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Which of the following was a liberal member of Parliament? 
A. James Bryce
B. Bernard De Voto
C. Wallace Stegner
D. Bayard Taylor
E. Mark Twain
A

James Bryce

95
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What author went “hot footed” in his night adventure?

A

Mark Twain (Samuel Clemons)

96
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Which of the following wrote from the Easy Chair of Harpers Magazine?
A. James Bryce
B. Bernard De Voto
C. Wallace Stegner
D. Bayard Taylor
E. Mark Twain
A

Bernard De Voto

97
Q 
Dinosaur National Monument is associated with which of the following?
A.Green and Yampa Rivers
B.Earl Douglas
C.Echo canyon 
D.The Utah Colorado Border
E. all of the above
A

all of the above

98
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Who wrote a history on Major John Wesley Powell?

A

Wallace Stegner

99
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“Aesthetics, one may lack words to express the impact of beauty but no one who has felt it remains untouched”

A

Bernard De Voto

100
Q 
Earl Douglas tried to protect his dinosaur diggings from who?
A.Dam Builders
B.Mineral Claims
C.Survey Teams
D.Souvenir Hunters
A

Souvenir Hunters

101
Q

The relationship between De Voto and Stagner can be described as what?
A.competitors
B.friends
C.combatants

A

Friends

102
Q 
Bayard Taylor wrote some of his best pieces about the American Marvels of Nature. Which of the following scenic wonders was subject of his "Second World"?
A.Yellowstone
B.Yosemite
C.Nigeria Falls
D.Mammoth Cave
E.Natural Bridge
A

Mammoth Cave

103
Q

“According to Jackson who in “his capacity as geological surveyor of state as accurately measured that the altitude is 5,300 feet and a little more than one mile…. highest point in state of Maine most abrupt granite mountain in new England”

A

Henry David Thoreau

104
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Which author won a Pulitzer Prize in 1947 for his masterful rendition to “Western Expansion Across the Wide Missouri”?

A

Bernard De Voto

105
Q 
Charles Dickens wrote which of the following? 
A.The Hawaii Volcanoes
B.Footloose in Democracy 
C.Should Cars be Allowed in Yosemite
D.The Marks of Human Passage
E.The Factories of Lowell
A

The Factories of Lowell

106
Q

Who wrote “Ktaadn in the Maine Woods”?

A

Henry David Thoreau

107
Q

Mark Twain compared Killowaya Volcano to Vesuvius Volcano by saying …..?

A

Vesuvis was “a mere toy, a child volcano, a soup kettle” compared to Killowaya.

108
Q 
Which author delivered a series of addresses on National Parks in needs of the future in 1912?
A.James Bryce
B.Bernard De Voto
C.Wallace Stegner
D.Bayard Taylor
E.Mark Twain
A

James Bryce

109
Q 
These places: Valley of Humiliation, Gothic Gallery, Great Relief can all be found in which of the following sites?
A.Hawaii Volcanoes 
B.Lowell Factories
C.Mammoth Cave 
D.Natural bridge 
E.Niagara falls
A

Mammoth Cave

110
Q

According to David Harmen, Echo Park marks the coming of age of the Conservation Movement. (T/F)

A

True

111
Q

According to David Harmen, Echo Park marks the beginning of the use of ecology. (T/F)

A

False

112
Q 
Which of the following is NOT associated with Dinosaur National Monument?
A.Green and Yampa Rivers
B.Great Salt Lake
C.Earl Douglas
D.Echo Canyon 
E.Utah Colorado Border
A

Great Salt Lake

113
Q

Bayard Taylor wrote some of his best pieces about American nature with Mammoth Cave as the subject of his Second World (T/F)

A

True

114
Q

Who wrote “Christmas Carol”?

A

Charles Dickens

115
Q

Who wrote “Western Expansion across Wide Missouri”?

A

Bernard De Voto

116
Q

Which two people started the Forest Commission?

A

John Muir and Gifford Pinchot

117
Q

How many years did it take from the idea to set Yellowstone to implementation?

A

2 years

118
Q

What location is Kindred Spirits placed in?

A

Kaaterskill Cove in the Catskills of New York

119
Q

What department is the Fish and Wildlife Service in?

A

US Department of the Interior

120
Q

Thoreau represents the 2 best gifts America gave to the world, What are they?

A
  • Idea of nature protection

- Idea that all people are created equal

121
Q

Why did San Francisco need the water from Hetch-Hetchy Valley?

A

Fire

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