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1. True or false? Glacier National Park is smaller than Waterton Lakes National Park, the Canadian park with which it is paired to form the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park.
2. True or false? Biscayne National Park, Everglades National Park, and Big Cypress National Preserve are all at least partly located in the same county.
3. True or false? The two separate national parks that comprise the pair known as Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks were established in the same year.
4. Which of the following is a meridionally linked pair of National Park System units?
a. Devils Tower National Monument and Yellowstone National Park
b. Grand Canyon National Park and Great Smoky Mountains National Park
c. Acadia National Park and Everglades National Park
d. Big Bend National Park and Mount Rushmore National Memorial
5. Each of the following is a contiguous (touching at the edge) pair of NPS units EXCEPT:
a. Golden Gate National Recreation Area and Point Reyes National Seashore
b. Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone National Park
c. Canyonlands National Park and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
d. Noatak National Preserve and Kobuk Valley National Park
6. With one exception, each of the following pairs consists of two NPS units that are in the same time zone. The pair that does NOT belong in this set is
a. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Badlands National Park
b. Joshua Tree National Park and Olympic National Park
c. Padre Island National Seashore and Gulf Islands National Seashore
d. Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
7. Nez Perce National Historical Park is to Big Hole National Battlefield as Golden Gate National Recreation Area is to
a. Muir Woods National Monument
b. Gettysburg National Military Park
c. Yosemite National Park
d. Point Reyes National Seashore
8. Name two noncontiguous National Park System units that are linked by the Hubbard Glacier.
9. Two national monuments beginning with the Spanish word “El” are nearest neighbors, meaning that they are closer to each other than to any other NPS unit. Can you name them?
10. Name a pair of National Park System units with hyphenated names that are nearest neighbors.
Extra Credit Question:
11. Major John Wesley Powell was stationed at Castle Clinton when he saw Jenny Lind perform at the opera house there. Smitten by the famous singer, he later named a mountain after her in what is now
a. Dinosaur National Monument
b. Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
c. Lake Mead National Recreation Area
d. Grand Canyon National Park
Super Bonus Question:
12. Only two units of the National Park System have a forward slash (/) in their names, and both are located at least partially in the same state. Name these two NPS units.
Answers at:
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com...2-paired-parks
2. True or false? Biscayne National Park, Everglades National Park, and Big Cypress National Preserve are all at least partly located in the same county.
3. True or false? The two separate national parks that comprise the pair known as Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks were established in the same year.
4. Which of the following is a meridionally linked pair of National Park System units?
a. Devils Tower National Monument and Yellowstone National Park
b. Grand Canyon National Park and Great Smoky Mountains National Park
c. Acadia National Park and Everglades National Park
d. Big Bend National Park and Mount Rushmore National Memorial
5. Each of the following is a contiguous (touching at the edge) pair of NPS units EXCEPT:
a. Golden Gate National Recreation Area and Point Reyes National Seashore
b. Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone National Park
c. Canyonlands National Park and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
d. Noatak National Preserve and Kobuk Valley National Park
6. With one exception, each of the following pairs consists of two NPS units that are in the same time zone. The pair that does NOT belong in this set is
a. Craters of the Moon National Monument and Badlands National Park
b. Joshua Tree National Park and Olympic National Park
c. Padre Island National Seashore and Gulf Islands National Seashore
d. Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
7. Nez Perce National Historical Park is to Big Hole National Battlefield as Golden Gate National Recreation Area is to
a. Muir Woods National Monument
b. Gettysburg National Military Park
c. Yosemite National Park
d. Point Reyes National Seashore
8. Name two noncontiguous National Park System units that are linked by the Hubbard Glacier.
9. Two national monuments beginning with the Spanish word “El” are nearest neighbors, meaning that they are closer to each other than to any other NPS unit. Can you name them?
10. Name a pair of National Park System units with hyphenated names that are nearest neighbors.
Extra Credit Question:
11. Major John Wesley Powell was stationed at Castle Clinton when he saw Jenny Lind perform at the opera house there. Smitten by the famous singer, he later named a mountain after her in what is now
a. Dinosaur National Monument
b. Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
c. Lake Mead National Recreation Area
d. Grand Canyon National Park
Super Bonus Question:
12. Only two units of the National Park System have a forward slash (/) in their names, and both are located at least partially in the same state. Name these two NPS units.
Answers at:
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com...2-paired-parks
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