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	Connecting federal employees, scientists, educators, and the public with their wilderness heritage Search Support us Home > About Wilderness > Fast Facts > Intermediate Quiz Text size: A \| A \| A [Print] Intermediate Wilderness Quiz Test your knowledge by completing the beginning quiz or advanced quiz. 1. Which federal agency manages the most wilderness areas? Bureau of Land Management Incorrect answer! Fish and Wildlife Service Incorrect answer! Forest Service Correct answer! National Park Service Incorrect answer! 2. Which federal agency manages the most wilderness acres? Bureau of Land Management Incorrect answer! Fish and Wildlife Services Incorrect answer! Forest Service Incorrect answer! National Park Service Correct answer! 3. What is the United States largest wilderness? Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness, Idaho Incorrect answer! Wrangell-Saint Elias Wilderness, Alaska Correct answer! Gates of the Arctic Wilderness, Alaska Incorrect answer! Death Valley Wilderness, California and Nevada Incorrect answer! 4. What is the United States smallest wilderness? Rocks and Islands Wilderness, California Incorrect answer! Pelican Island Wilderness, Florida Correct answer! Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey Incorrect answer! Agassiz Wilderness, Minnesota Incorrect answer! 5. Which of the following contains the most acreage of federal wilderness land? California Incorrect answer! Montana Incorrect answer! Alaska Correct answer! The lower 48 states Incorrect answer! 6. Which U.S. President signed the Alaska National Interest Conservation Lands Act (ANILCA)? Theodore Roosevelt Incorrect answer! Ronald Reagan Incorrect answer! The Act never passed Incorrect answer! None of the above Correct answer! 7. Which agency was not directed by the Wilderness Act of 1964 to inventory lands to determine wilderness characteristics? Bureau of Land Management Correct answer! Fish and Wildlife Service Incorrect answer! Forest Service Incorrect answer! National Park Service Incorrect answer! 8. The term "untrammeled" from the Wilderness Act of 1964, means what? in pristine condition Incorrect answer! wild, free, unfettered Correct answer! without regulations Incorrect answer! without human visitors Incorrect answer! 9. Generally, as visitor use levels increase, resource impacts will: Decrease at a constant rate Incorrect answer! Increase at an increasing rate Incorrect answer! Increase at a decreasing rate Correct answer! None of the above Incorrect answer! 10. Who is associated with the idea of a Land Ethic? Howard Zahniser Incorrect answer! Aldo Leopold Correct answer! Bob Marshall Incorrect answer! Arthur Carhart Incorrect answer! Score = contact us \| about us \| sitemap \| policies

Intermediate Wilderness Quiz