National Park History Quiz

#1. How many National Park sites are there?

419

914

194

398

#2. Who (or what) is General Sherman?

The first "bark" ranger (dog "park ranger")

A sequoia tree--and the largest-by-volume tree in the world at 275 feet tall and over 36 feet diameter at the base!

A rock formation out west

#3. Which of the following symbols is NOT found in the National Park Service’s logo?

Sequoia tree

Bison

Wolf pack

Arrowhead

#4. True or False? The National Park Service logo is shaped like an arrowhead to represent the history and culture the National Park Service works to protect.

True

False

#5. What does the lake on the National Park Service logo represent?

The Cuyahoga River

Trick question - there is no lake on the logo

Water and recreational resources

#6. Which Ohio national park site is the home of many American Indian mounds, which were used for funerals, celebrations, and rites of passage?

Hopewell Culture National Historical Park

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

First Ladies National Historic Site

#7. Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park honors three men – who is NOT one of those men?

Wilbur Wright

Orville Wright

Paul Lawrence Dunbar

Lawrence Paul Dunbar

#8. Which Ohio national park site preserves over 20 miles of the Cuyahoga River?

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Yellowstone National Park

Rocky Mountain National Park

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

#9. Which Ohio national park site can you visit to learn more about women such as Michelle Obama, Mary Todd Lincoln, and Nancy Reagan?

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

James A. Garfield National Historic Site

Cuyahoga County Public LIbrary

First Ladies National Historic Site

#10. What Ohio national park site honors the men who protected America’s first national parks, among other things?

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument

First Ladies National Historic Site

James A. Garfield National Historic Site

#11. True or False? The Buffalo Soldiers were the men who served in the African American Regiments of the Army, formed after the Civil War, who also helped protect America’s first national parks?

True

False

#12. Perry’s Victory & International Peace Memorial celebrates our lasting friendship with which country?

Italy

Canada

Germany

#13. In addition to James A. Garfield National Historic Site, which other Ohio national park site honors a past president?

William Howard Taft National Historic Site

First Ladies National Historic Site

George Washington National Historic Site

Results

#1. How many National Park sites are there?

#2. Who (or what) is General Sherman?

#3. Which of the following symbols is NOT found in the National Park Service’s logo?

#4. True or False? The National Park Service logo is shaped like an arrowhead to represent the history and culture the National Park Service works to protect.

#5. What does the lake on the National Park Service logo represent?

#6. Which Ohio national park site is the home of many American Indian mounds, which were used for funerals, celebrations, and rites of passage?

#7. Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park honors three men – who is NOT one of those men?

#8. Which Ohio national park site preserves over 20 miles of the Cuyahoga River?

#9. Which Ohio national park site can you visit to learn more about women such as Michelle Obama, Mary Todd Lincoln, and Nancy Reagan?

#10. What Ohio national park site honors the men who protected America’s first national parks, among other things?

#11. True or False? The Buffalo Soldiers were the men who served in the African American Regiments of the Army, formed after the Civil War, who also helped protect America’s first national parks?

#12. Perry’s Victory & International Peace Memorial celebrates our lasting friendship with which country?

#13. In addition to James A. Garfield National Historic Site, which other Ohio national park site honors a past president?

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