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1. The accompanying photo, see below link, shows a ______ visitor picking peaches in an orchard on park property. The fruit trees were planted by early settlers of the Fruita community, whose last residents departed nearly 40 years ago.
a. Point Reyes National Seashore
b. Big Bend National Park
c. Zion National Park
d. Capitol Reef National Park
2. Eisenhower National Historic Site, the farm home of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, is adjacent to and administered by
a. Gettysburg National Military Park
b. Antietam National Battlefield
c. Manassas National Battlefield Park
d. Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
3. There are nearly nine acres of fruit and nut trees in the orchard at the John Muir National Historic Site in ______, California. As fruit ripens, staff and park VIPs pick it and put in wooden boxes around the park. Visitors can take it, and there is no charge.
a. Monterey
b. Mariposa
c. Martinez
d. Mill Valley
4. There is a dairy goat herd on the premises of ______. Kids (no pun intended) get a big kick out of the animals, whose presence reflects a historically important use of the farm property.
a. Hamilton Grange National Memorial
b. Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
c. Booker T. Washington National Monument
d. George Washington Carver National Monument
5. Indians grew food crops for hundreds of years in what is now Mesa Verde National Park. Most of their agricultural activities focused on fields planted
a. on the mesa tops
b. on the river flood plain
c. near springs in small box canyons
d. along creeks in the valley bottoms
6. Situated on a creek in a water-scarce area, Indian Garden in ______ was frequented by Indians for thousands of years. Now there is a small campground and a ranger station there.
a. Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
b. Grand Canyon National Park
c. Joshua Tree National Park
d. Petroglyph National Monument
7. The Hale Farm and Village complex in ______ includes a living history museum called "Wheatfield". Last year, the timeframe reenacted by the first-person interpreters at Wheatfield was 1862.
a. Cuyahoga Valley National Park
b. Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
c. Whitman Mission National Historic Site
d. Cape Cod National Seashore
8. Oxon Cove & Oxon Hill Farm is a sub-unit of a National Park System unit located partly in the District of Columbia and partly in
a. Virginia
b. Delaware
c. Maryland
d. West Virgina
9. Claude Moore Colonial Farm, an 18th century living history farm, is not a stand-alone national park, but rather a component of
a. Baltimore-Washington Parkway
b. Blue Ridge Parkway
c. Natchez Trace Parkway
d. George Washington Memorial Parkway
10. There is an Artist-in-Residence Program at ______, which was home to a renowned American Impressionist painter and two other artists during 1882 to 2005.
a. Claude Moore Colonial Farm
b. Oxon Cove & Oxon Hill Farm
c. Weir Farm National Historic Site
d. Hale Farm
Extra Credit Question:
11. In the early 1900s, a farmer/investor who owned several islands in what is now Biscayne National Park produced all of the following crops for off-farm sale EXCEPT:
a. tomatoes
b. pineapples
c. limes
d. rice
Super Bonus Question:
12. Tribal members of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohican Indian Nation explained their history and discussed traditional agriculture techniques and medicinal uses of plants at the 6th annual Harvest Day celebration, which was held recently at ______, a park that honors a president who was an enthusiastic farmer during the 21 years he resided at his Lindenwald estate.
a. Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
b. Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
c. Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
d. James A. Garfield National Historic Site
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a. Point Reyes National Seashore
b. Big Bend National Park
c. Zion National Park
d. Capitol Reef National Park
2. Eisenhower National Historic Site, the farm home of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, is adjacent to and administered by
a. Gettysburg National Military Park
b. Antietam National Battlefield
c. Manassas National Battlefield Park
d. Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
3. There are nearly nine acres of fruit and nut trees in the orchard at the John Muir National Historic Site in ______, California. As fruit ripens, staff and park VIPs pick it and put in wooden boxes around the park. Visitors can take it, and there is no charge.
a. Monterey
b. Mariposa
c. Martinez
d. Mill Valley
4. There is a dairy goat herd on the premises of ______. Kids (no pun intended) get a big kick out of the animals, whose presence reflects a historically important use of the farm property.
a. Hamilton Grange National Memorial
b. Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
c. Booker T. Washington National Monument
d. George Washington Carver National Monument
5. Indians grew food crops for hundreds of years in what is now Mesa Verde National Park. Most of their agricultural activities focused on fields planted
a. on the mesa tops
b. on the river flood plain
c. near springs in small box canyons
d. along creeks in the valley bottoms
6. Situated on a creek in a water-scarce area, Indian Garden in ______ was frequented by Indians for thousands of years. Now there is a small campground and a ranger station there.
a. Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
b. Grand Canyon National Park
c. Joshua Tree National Park
d. Petroglyph National Monument
7. The Hale Farm and Village complex in ______ includes a living history museum called "Wheatfield". Last year, the timeframe reenacted by the first-person interpreters at Wheatfield was 1862.
a. Cuyahoga Valley National Park
b. Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
c. Whitman Mission National Historic Site
d. Cape Cod National Seashore
8. Oxon Cove & Oxon Hill Farm is a sub-unit of a National Park System unit located partly in the District of Columbia and partly in
a. Virginia
b. Delaware
c. Maryland
d. West Virgina
9. Claude Moore Colonial Farm, an 18th century living history farm, is not a stand-alone national park, but rather a component of
a. Baltimore-Washington Parkway
b. Blue Ridge Parkway
c. Natchez Trace Parkway
d. George Washington Memorial Parkway
10. There is an Artist-in-Residence Program at ______, which was home to a renowned American Impressionist painter and two other artists during 1882 to 2005.
a. Claude Moore Colonial Farm
b. Oxon Cove & Oxon Hill Farm
c. Weir Farm National Historic Site
d. Hale Farm
Extra Credit Question:
11. In the early 1900s, a farmer/investor who owned several islands in what is now Biscayne National Park produced all of the following crops for off-farm sale EXCEPT:
a. tomatoes
b. pineapples
c. limes
d. rice
Super Bonus Question:
12. Tribal members of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohican Indian Nation explained their history and discussed traditional agriculture techniques and medicinal uses of plants at the 6th annual Harvest Day celebration, which was held recently at ______, a park that honors a president who was an enthusiastic farmer during the 21 years he resided at his Lindenwald estate.
a. Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
b. Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
c. Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
d. James A. Garfield National Historic Site
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com...s-and-orchards
try to answer the question but the answers are also found at the above link.
enjoy