Film Worksheet: The Wilderness Idea

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1 Name: Department of Recreation, Park & Tourism Administration Western Illinois University RPTA 376: Principles of Outdoor Recreation Instructions: As you view The Wilderness Idea, answer the questions listed below. The questions are organized sequentially to follow the film. Before we start, scan the questions so you will recognize them as they appear in the film. 1. According to historian Roderick Nash, the one common factor in the American experience was A. cities. B. Native Americans. C. wealth. D. wild land. 2. By 1900, what percent of virgin forests had been cut down or burned in the U.S.? A. 40 percent B. 60 percent C. 70 percent D. 90 percent 3. As the amount of wilderness remaining got smaller, the popularity of wilderness A. also got smaller. B. did not change C. grew steadily. D. remained the same. 4. The American conservation movement first begin to take shape in the A. 1900s. B. 1940s. C. 1960s. D. 1980s. 5. Hetch Hetchy is a A. mountain in Glacier National Park. B. Native American tribe. C. river in Oregon. D. valley in Yosemite. 1

2 6. Gifford Pinchot believed that nature should be A. improved by carefully turning it to human purposes. B. left as it is as God s handiwork C. returned to the way it was when discovered. D. thoroughly exploited to create wealth. 7. John Muir believed nature should be A. improved by carefully turning it to human purposes. B. left as it is as God s handiwork C. returned to the way it was when discovered. D. thoroughly exploited to create wealth. 8. Pinchot was originally A. an engineer. B. a forester. C. an inventor D. a professor. 9. Muir was originally A. an engineer. B. a forester. C. an inventor. D. a professor. 10. Pinchot got his start working at an estate named A. Biltmore. B. East Overshoe. C. Mount Rushmore. D. Mount Vernon. 11. As a result of his 1000 mile walk to the Gulf, Muir realized that nature is A. entirely random and arbitrary, with no purposes or rules. B. highly dangerous and inhospitable to human beings. C. made for itself, with its own purposes, and not made to suit human purposes. D. whatever human beings want it to be. 12. After arriving in the Sierra wilderness, how many years did Muir spend exploring it alone? A. 4 B. 6 C. 8 D. 10 2

3 13. Which national park was founded largely through Muir s inspirational leadership? A. Great Smokey Mountains B. Rocky Mountain C. Yellowstone D. Yosemite 14. Pinchot believed that was destroying the U.S. s natural resources willy nilly. A. Bad planning B. Industrialism C. Preservationism D. Weather 15. Muir and Pinchot were once friends who spent time together in the wilderness. Where did they do this? A. Bayonne B. The Grand Canyon C. Yosemite D. Yellowstone 16. What issue caused the split between Muir and Pinchot? A. Grazing rights on public lands B. Mining in Yellowstone C. Muir was a Blackhawks fan, Pinchot a Redwings fan D. Oil drilling on public lands 1. Muir believed wilderness areas should be preserved, but Pinchot believed wilderness areas should be A. developed for multiple uses. B. developed only by the government. C. kept as is. D. sold for private development. 17. Around 1890, what demographic trend began causing concern about the future of public lands? A. The aging of the population B. The closing of the frontier C. Reverse migration to Europe D. Too few people for too much land 18. According to Muir, the wilderness was A. the fountain of life. B. useless for human beings. C. ultimately wasteful. D. without meaning for human beings. 3

4 19. The idea that wilderness had rejuvenating powers for people trapped in an industrial society was adopted most enthusiastically by A. no one but a few idealists. B. practically everyone. C. the wealthy and privileged. D. the working class. 20. Which U.S. president asked Muir to guide him around Yosemite National Park? A. James Earl Carter B. Theodore Roosevelt C. William Howard Taft D. Woodrow Wilson 21. When the U.S. Forest Service was created, who was appointed its first chief? A. S. T. Bear B. J. Muir C. G. Pinchot D. J. Rockefeller 22. What kind of natural event led to the Hetch Hetchy controversy? A. A blizzard B. An earthquake C. A flood D. A hurricane 23. The main question raised by the Hetch Hetchy controversy was whether A. earthquakes are really natural disasters. B. the federal government or local governments control national parks. C. land could be withdrawn from national parks for economic development. D. San Francisco really needed the water. 24. In the early years of Pinchot s directorship, the amount of Forest Service land A. decreased by half B. increased slightly. C. tripled in size. D. remained the same. 4

5 25. According to historian Roderick Nash, the most surprising thing about the Hetch Hetchy controversy was that A. hardly anyone other than Muir paid attention to it. B. it occurred at all, reflecting changing ideas about preserving wilderness. C. national newspapers demanded that the dam be built. D. San Francisco didn t really need the water anyway. 26. Muir described Hetch Hetchy Valley as A. important only because Pinchot wanted to develop it. B. a precious and rare mountain temple. C. without real environmental value. D. worthwhile only as a tourist attraction. 27. With whom did President Roosevelt ultimately side in the Hetch Hetchy controversy? A. Muir B. He compromised between Muir and Pinchot. C. No one he refused to make a decision. D. Pinchot 28. Muir described Pinchot s view of utilizing natural resources as A. plundering nature. B. scientifically justified. C. sound political policy. D. wise use. 29. One major result of the popular uproar over the Hetch Hetchy dam was A. greater development in the national parks. B. passage of the National Park Service Act in C. Pinchot s retirement from public service. D. the Yankees lost the pennant. 30. When this film was made, the Federal government protected how much land as official wilderness? A. 70 million acres B. 80 million acres C. 90 million acres D. 100 million acres 5

6 31. Where has most of this land come from? A. The national forests B. The national parks C. Private donations D. State forests and parks 32. To Muir, the ultimate question facing the conservation movement was A. how much federal land should be sold to private interests. B. what is the human part of the mountain s destiny. C. whether national parks are a good idea. D. would the Cubs ever win the World Series. 6