Day 30 (D-31) Halfway through our blog trip: QUIZ

Day 30 (D-31) Halfway through our blog trip: QUIZ!

We're halfway through our blog trip, with only 31 more days before we leave for the United States.
We'll be visiting Arches National Park (our third park) on the 8th day of our trip (June 25, 2019), but before going to Arches here on the blog tomorrow, it's time for a little National Parks quiz.
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Death Valley National Park  (California)


QUIZ: America's National Parks, America's Best Idea


1.  Who are America's National Parks for?


2.  President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) said:  "The 

fundamental idea behind the parks is that the country 

belongs to the ______________."


3.  How many acres of national parks are there in the USA?

(1 acre = approximately 0.40 hectares)




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Badlands National Park  (South Dakota)

4.  Who will own the parks in the future?

5.  What do John D. Rockefeller, Jr and Lancelot Jones have in common?  How are they different?

6.  How many national parks (in fact, parks and monuments) are there in the USA?

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Shenandoah National Park  (Virginia)

7.  Who is in charge of taking care of the national parks?

8.  How many visitors come to the parks every year?

9.  When was Yellowstone National Park, the world's first national park, created?
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Yellowstone National Park

10.  Where are these words carved:  "For the benefit and 

enjoyment of the people"?



You can't answer all these questions? 
No problem:  Go back to yesterday's post and watch/listen to the video again!
And if you still have difficulties, Jane is here to help you.  Just be patient!

My best,
Jane
________________________
-- carved = gravé

Where is this one??  See you there tomorrow!

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Arches National Park  (UTAH!)

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