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Which two men are depicted in the painting?

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a. Thomas Cole (red coat) b. William Cullen Bryant, poet c. Ledge above Kaaterskill Cove in the Catskills of New York

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Which characteristics does Henry David Thoreau have that allow him to fit the mold of poster child?

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a. He rebelled against the status order of society b. Came up with civil disobedience c. Supported John Brown d. Harper’s Ferry e. His writings on civil disobedience went to Gandhi and Rev. Martin Luther King Jr f. Protection of Nature g. All people are one

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What did Charles Dickens write that is very seasonal right now?

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a. A Christmas Carol

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Who wrote Factories in Lowell Massachusetts?

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a. Charles Dickens

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Which painting is this? (2 men standing over a cliff)

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a. “Kindred Spirits”

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What is the Zone system of photography?

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a. Blackest black to whitest white b. Most detail possible c. Coming up in the middle is gray and exposing it

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Who wrote Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs and Conditions of North American Indians in 1841?

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a. George Catlin

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What is “The Course of Empire: The Pastoral or Arcadian State” about?

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b. Man manipulating the land

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What was the size of Henry David Thoreau’s cabin at Walden Pond?

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a. 10x15 ft

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Survey system in Louisiana?

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a. South French long lots b. North townships

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Who said, “We live this earth as a newborn loves its mothers heart beat. If we sell you our land, care for it as we have cared for it?”

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a. Chief Seattle

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Who is the Franklinia Alatamaha named for? Who found it and where was it found?

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a. Benjamin Franklin b. William and John Bartram c. Along the Alathamaha River in Georgia d. It is also called “the Lost Tree”

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What year did the Louisiana Purchase take place?

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a. 1803

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Who wrote Nature?

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a. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Who said, “How can you buy the sky, how can you own the rain and the wind?”

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a. Chief Seattle

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What did Bob Marshall do?

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a. He wanted all forests in public control b. He pushed to have Leopold a part of the group working toward wilderness protection

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Which university did John Muir attend?

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a. University of Wisconsin

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Who was the first native-born artist naturalist?

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a. William Bartram

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What was Factories in Lowell Massachusetts about?

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a. Lowell, MA b. Textile Mills c. Poetry magazine

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Which museum had the first collection of photography?

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a. Museum of Modern Art in NYC

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Who climbed a 100ft Douglass Fir just to experience a windstorm?

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a. John Muir

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Who is the last author in Mirror of America?

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a. Bernard De Voto

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What person came up with the idea of National Parks?

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a. George Catlin

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Who was Aldo Leopold?

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a. Forester b. Establisher of Ethics i. He put together ethics with ecology

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Who was Howard Zahniser?

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a. A bureaucrat b. Lobbyist c. Pictured wearing a jacket with large pockets

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Who wrote “Ktaadn” in the Maine Woods?”

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a. Henry David Thoreau

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Which sections were held for government or public use use?

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a. 8 b. 11 c. 26 d. 29

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Who was Bob Marshall?

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a. Young forester b. Counter i. He counted everything…. c. Author d. Socialist

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Through the National Park Service Act, the Department of the Interior controls what?

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a. National Parks b. Monuments c. Recreation Areas d. Seashore/Lakeshore e. National Parkways f. Battlefields/Historic Sites/N. Capital Parks

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What was the compromise in the Wilderness Act of 1964?

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a. Lands had to come out of national parks, refuges, forests, landmarks and memorials, NOT FROM the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

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Where is the Gila National Forest located?

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a. New Mexico

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Who created the Zone system of photography?

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a. Ansel Adams

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The United States Forests Service is in what department of Federal Government?

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a. Department of Agriculture

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Who wrote Western Expansion across Wide Missouri?

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a. Bernard De Voto

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What are the FIVE Values of Wilderness?

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a. Protection of Natural Areas b. Area Acts as a Benchmark c. Maintenance of Habitat d. Recreation e. Scientific Research

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What is “The Course of Empire: The Consummation of Empire” about?

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b. Society and architecture

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Who was a pianist before he was a photographer?

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a. Ansel Adams

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What are the FIVE paintings in “The Course of Empire” series (in order 1-5)?

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(1) The Savage State (2) The Arcadian or Pastoral State (3) The Consummation of Empire (4) Destruction (5) Desolation

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One of the Values of Wilderness is that it can act as a benchmark for comparing nature to the works of man.

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a. TRUE

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What is the Natural Bridge of Virginia now called?

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a. Camp David

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Who compared the volcanoes Vesuvius and Kilauea?

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a. Mark Twain

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Who wrote Footloose in Democracy?

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a. Bernard De Voto

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Who said, “I would rather fight two Indians than have to face a bear?”

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a. Meriwether Lewis

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Who painted “The Rocky Mountains?”

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a. Albert Bierstadt

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Who wrote A Second World?

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a. Bayard Taylor

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Who went to Alaska to climb the peaks?

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a. Bob Marshall

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What did Thomas Cole do?

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a. Started the Hudson River School of Art

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Which painting is this? (Painted by Thomas Moran)

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a. “Grand Canyon of Yellowstone” b. Painted by Thomas Moran

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Who wrote Marks of Human Passage?

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a. Wallace Stegner

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Which painting is this? (sold at fundraiser for record price)

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a. “The Rocky Mountains”

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Where was John Muir’s first home in the United States?

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a. Portage, Wisconsin

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What did Aldo Leopold write?

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a. Sand County Almanac

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Mark Twain is a pen name for which person?

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a. Samuel Clemons

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What other person fits this mold?

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a. Thomas Jefferson

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Who wrote Should Cars Be Allowed in Yosemite?

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a. James Bryce

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Who is William Cullen Bryant and what did he do?

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a. He was the first one to suggest the idea for Central Park in NYC

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Who is William Henry Jackson?

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a. Photographer b. Photographed the Mount of Holy Cross

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Where did Thomas Cole study art?

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a. Europe

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What is the Ordinance of 1785?

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a. That area can be reserved for government needs

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How big is a township?

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a. 6 sq miles b. 36 sections c. 1 section = 640 acres

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Charles Dickens was British.

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a. TRUE

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Henry David Thoreau went to which University?

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a. Harvard at Cambridge

50
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Who wrote Hawaii Volcanoes?

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a. Mark Twain

52
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What were Lewis and Clark looking for as they crossed the cotton?

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a. Water route b. In order to travel by boat instead of foot c. They never found one

54
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What did Howard Zahniser carry in his pockets?

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a. Filled with rings of bills going before congress b. Membership blanks for The Wilderness Society c. Testified for all the hearings on wilderness d. He died before President Johnson could sign the Wilderness Bill

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What is the “Gateway to the West?”

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a. Natural Bridge of Virginia

57
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What area is Aldo Leopold responsible for?

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a. Establishing “primitive” area in the GILA National Forest b. He got the Secretary of Agriculture to put his signature on it

57
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What did Ansel Adams do in addition to inventing the zone system?

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a. Helped establish the first school of photography and the first exhibit of photography in the Museum of Modern Art in NYC

58
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Is recreation a value of wilderness?

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a. YES

60
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Who was the Native American woman that traveled with Lewis and Clark?

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a. Sacagawea

61
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Where did Aldo Leopold live?

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a. Wisconsin

63
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Who is associated with the Natural Bridge in Virginia?

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a. Thomas Jefferson

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What was the section number of the school board section in the township?

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a. 16

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What is “The Course of Empire: Desolation” about?

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b. Ruins of temples. Trees are starting to grow and nature is recovering

64
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Who walked across volcanoes during the nighttime?

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a. Mark Twain

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What is it about “The Course of Empire: The Savage State” about?

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b. Raw Nature

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Who was a botanist?

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a. John Bartram

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At which fundraiser did “The Rocky Mountains” earn the highest amount paid for a painting?

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a. Fundraiser for the American Sanitation Commission

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What came between John Muir and Gifford Pinchot?

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a. Hetch Hetchy b. Yosemite c. The Damn Dam d. John Muir lost the battle e. Gifford Pinchot won the battle f. Took the water from the reservoir and put it in one in San Francisco on top of the San Andreas Fault g. San Francisco needed the water because of the earthquake and fire in 1906 h. The losers: all of us and our children

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Was “The President of The United States” engraved on Thomas Jefferson’s tombstone?

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a. NO

74
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What was built on the Natural Bridge of Virginia?

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a. A cabin

75
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Who said, “In wilderness is the preservation of the world?”

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a. Henry David Thoreau

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What were the problems with the process of establishing area in the GILA National Forest?

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a. Any secretary could change it b. 20 years of lobbying c. In 1964 the Wilderness Act was passed

77
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What is “The Course of Empire: Destruction” about?

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b. Fires and solider

79
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What did Leopold, Marshall and Zahniser form?

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a. The Wilderness Society

80
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Who was the author of the first international best seller of the new world, published in FOUR languages, and what was the title of the publication?

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a. William Bartram b. Travels Through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida

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In 1820, one out of ten paintings on the walls of museums were landscapes; by 1850 how many were landscapes?

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a. Nine out of ten

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Who painted “Kindred Spirits”? Why did he paint it?

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a. Asher B. Durand b. As a eulogy a year after Thomas Cole’s death

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Who wrote “The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America”?

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a. John James Audubon and John Bachman

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What did the Wilderness Society do?

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a. Protected wilderness areas b. Took 20 years of lobbying to get the Wilderness Bill passed

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From who was Louisiana purchased? For how much?

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a. France b. $15 million

89
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The United States Parks Service is in what department of Federal Government?

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a. Department of the Interior

90
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Who was the secretary of the United Sanitation Commission?

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a. Fredrick Law Olmsted

91
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Who found petrified Cypress at the base of Brown’s Cliffs on the Mississippi River (today known as the White Cliffs of Port Hudson) when traveling to Louisiana?

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a. William Bartram

93
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Where was John Muir born?

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a. Dunbar, Scotland

94
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Who said, “All men are created equal?”

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a. Thomas Jefferson

95
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Whom was a member of parliament and not American?

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a. James Bryce

96
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Who helped establish the first collection of photography in the Museum of Modern Art?

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a. Ansel Adams

97
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What did Wallace Stegner do?

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a. Joined in on a fight for the Dam of Echo Park b. Friends with De Voto (according to Harmon) c. Wrote Marks of Human Passage

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Who could be the poster child for transcendentalism?

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a. Henry David Thoreau

100
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What is the Marks of Human Passage about?

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a. Biography on Powell b. Powell’s travels down the Colorado River

101
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The United States Fish and Wildlife Service is in what department of Federal Government?

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a. Department of the Interior

102
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The Hudson River School of Art is considered the _______ _______ ________ of the new world.

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a. First art school

104
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What was written on Thomas Jefferson’s tombstone?

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a. “Author of the Declaration of American Independence” b. “Author of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom” c. “Father of the University of Virginia”

105
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Thomas Cole painted a series of paintings called ______________.

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a. “The Course of Empire”

106
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Why did Ansel Adams think in terms of the Zone System?

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a. He was a pianist first b. He wanted to play with all 88 keys of the piano and felt the same way about photography

107
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Who were the three main characters from the “Wild by Law” movie?

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a. Howard Zahniser b. Bob Marshall c. Aldo Leopold

108
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Why is the Park Service in the Department of the Interior?

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a. When Yellowstone was established, there was no state of Wisconsin

109
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Which is the bigger volcano, Vesuvius or Kilauea? Where is it located?

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a. Kilauea b. Hawaii c. Twain called Vesuvius a soup-kettle and a child’s toy compared to Kilauea

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What type of paintings did George Catlin paint?

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a. Lifestyles of Indians

111
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  1. Reverend Bachman’s Warbler was pictured with a background painted by
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his second wife, Maris Martin, which is the Franklinia Atathamia.

112
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  1. Who painted the Magnolia Warbler?
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a. William Bartram

113
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  1. Which picture is this?
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a. Bachman’s Warbler
b. The background is the Franklinia Atathamia

114
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  1. Who said, “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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a. John Muir

115
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  1. The Atchafalaya is what:
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a. The land is raising due to sediment and deposition along the banks
b. It has a dynamic landscape

116
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  1. Who was the author that preceded De Voto and what did he write about?
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a. Wallace Stagner
b. Wrote an autobiography about John Wesley Powell, about how he sailed down the Green River, since the Echo park Controversy was on the Green River, Stagner and De Voto were good friends

117
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  1. Why do we have Dinosaur National Monument? Why was it a National Monument to begin with?
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a. Andrew Carnegie made a lot of money and wanted to have an institute, Carnegie Hall (big library, museum, concert hall, lecture hall), he wanted dinosaurs

118
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  1. What is the relationship between A Christmas Carol and The Factories in Lowell Massachusetts, both written by Charles Dickens?
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a. Conditions of workers

119
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  1. Who went “hotfooted” one night?
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a. Mark Twain also know as Samuel Clemens went hot footed in Hawaii across a crater Caldera in Kilauea Volcano

120
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  1. What is The Second World written about?
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a. Mammoth Cave

121
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  1. Bayard Taylor wrote some of his best pros about American marvels?
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TRUE

122
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  1. What did De Voto write that got him a Pulitzer prize?
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a. Western Expansion Across the Wide Missouri

123
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  1. What profession was Gilford Pinchot?
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a. A forester
b. Fredrick Law Olmsted brought him to the Biltmore estate then became Teddy Roosevelt’s forester

124
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  1. What is the name of the survey system basically going from the Ohio Pennsylvania line all the way across the US to California?
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a. Township and Range

125
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  1. What was the first national park?
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a. Yellowstone National Park
b. (in Wyoming territory at the time)

126
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  1. What was the first scenic reserve?
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a. Yosemite

127
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  1. Which of the following is not a part of the two major survey systems used in Louisiana: Township and Range, Parish Counties, or French Longlots?
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a. Parish Counties is not a survey system
b. Township and Range used in north Louisiana

128
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  1. Land in the Louisiana basin is rising from?
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a. Sediment deposition

129
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  1. Who said, “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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a. Chief Seattle

130
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  1. Which of the following green land is under the control of the national park service, battlefields, grass lands, wildlife refugee, or energy?
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a. Battlefields

131
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  1. What did Thomas Moran paint?
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a. “Grand Canyon of Yellowstone”

132
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  1. What was the role of the Hudson River School of Painting?
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a. To help Americans to see and appreciate nature/wilderness

133
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  1. Who gave a lecture at Harvard on Nature that was considered by the Phi Beta Kappa address “The American Scholar” of our intellectual Declaration of Independence?
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a. Ralph Waldo Emerson

134
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  1. Who studied birds?
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a. John James Audubon

135
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  1. What does BLM stand for?
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a. Bureau of Land Management

136
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  1. What does TVA stand for?
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a. Tennessee Valley Authority

137
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  1. What does COE stand for?
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a. Corps of Engineers

138
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  1. What is the definition of Wilderness?
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a. 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.”

139
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  1. What did Bernard De Voto sit in at the Harper’s Magazine?
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a. An easy chair

140
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What did Bernard De Voto write about?

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a. Dinosaur National Park
b. Controversy at Echo Park
c. The Damn Dam

141
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Bernard De Voto and Wallace Stegner are friends.

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a. TRUE

142
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  1. Who wanted to compare workers conditions with factories in Lowell and quality of life?
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a. Charles Dickens
b. “Haunted, desperate misery”

143
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  1. What was the title of the series of addresses on National Parks that James Bryce gave to the American Civic Association?
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a. “Need of the Future”

144
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  1. Who wrote about Mammoth Cave?
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a. Bayard Taylor

145
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  1. Where can the Valley of Humiliation, Great Relief and Gothic gallery be found? Who wrote about these places?
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a. Mammoth Cave in Kentucky
b. Bayard Taylor in his article A Second World

146
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  1. Bayard Taylor met expectations of mid 19th century readers
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a. TRUE

147
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Who said that Echo Park has turned political?

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a. David Harmon

148
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  1. Who won the Pulitzer prize for the book Western Expansion Across the Wide Missouri in 1937?
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a. Bernard De Voto

149
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Why did David Harmon stop Mirror of America at Echo Park?

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a. Echo Park is a major point in the environmental conservation movement
b. Marks the coming of age of the conservation age as a political force

150
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The first battle-book, written by Wallace Stegner was called:

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a. This is Dinosaur, Echo Park and its Magic River

151
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While Andrew Carnegie was building libraries and museums, he built alarge museum in Pittsburgh where he needed to hire a curator for the museum, who is this curator and what did he do?

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a. Earl Douglass
b. He went on to find dinosaur bones to fill the museum with
c. He had an issue with people who were “souvenir hunters” who wanted
d. He tried to get the area set aside as a park so that he could save the these bones as well bones for the museum

152
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Dinosaur National Monument is associated with:

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a. The Green and Yampa River
b. Earl Douglass
c. Echo Canyon
d. The Utah/California Border

153
Q

Who said, “it is the same with aesthetics: one may lack words to express the impact of beauty but no one who has felt it remains untouched. It is renewal, enlargement, and intensification. The parks preserve it permanently in the inheritance of the American citizen?”

A

a. Bernard De Voto

154
Q

Who said, “According to Jackson, who, in his capacity of a geological surveyor of the State, has accurately measured it—the altitude of Ktaadn is 5,300feet or a little more than one mile above the level of the sea—it is then evidently the highest point in the State of Maine, and is the most abrupt granite mountain in New England?”

a. Henry David Thoreau

A

a. Henry David Thoreau

LA 1203 (2 decks)

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