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Wildlife management, as we know it today, has evolved during the past ________ years.	75-100	1-25	25-50	50-75
As early as 1694, Massachusetts declared a ________ on white-tailed deer as an early effort at wildlife management.	closed season	open season	ban	none of the answers listed
The period from ________ saw the greatest abuse of wild animals in North America.	1700-1900	1500-1700	1300-1500	none of the answers listed
By 1776 every southeastern state except ________ had established a closed season on deer.	Georgia	Alabama	South Carolina	Tennessee
From the very beginning in Jamestown, the English settlers had no intention of adapting to the ________.	wilderness	environment	climate	none of the answers listed
In 1810, Alexander Wilson observed a flock of ________ in Kentucky.	passenger pigeons	geese	ducks	none of the answers listed
Occuring in the mid-1870s, an estimated ________ birds were devastated by market hunters from all over the country.	136 million	136,000	136 billion	13,600
Though they will never number in the millions, as they did in the 1800s, it is a tribute to early ________ that the bison and pronghorn are here at all.	conservationists	environmentalists	pioneers	none of the answers listed
The passage of the ________ in 1900 ended market hunting and the interstate shipment of wildlife and wildlife products, such as feathers, taken in violation of state law.	Lacey Act	Wildlife Enforcement	Hunting Rule	Lacey Enforcement
This president has been called the father of American conservation.	Theodore Roosevelt	William McKinley	William Howard Taft	Woodrow Wilson
Yellowstone National Park, the nation's first and for many years only national park, was founded in ________.	1872	1876	1880	1868
Modern ________ has evolved only since the early 1900s.	wildlife management	wilderness	extinction	environment
________ had a closed season on white-tailed deer as early as 1694.	Massachusetts	Rhode Island	Delaware	New York
America was blessed with a tremendous abundance of ________.	fauna	crops	flowers	none of the answers listed
Early settlers in America went from starvation to prosperity by learning how to ________ wildlife.	exploit	respect	defeat	neglect
During the first 200 years of our nation, before ________ became well established, wildlife provided food and clothing for a growing nation.	agriculture	the soil	the animals	none of the answers listed
Early English colonists, unlike the French to the north, had no intention of adapting to the ________.	environment	habitat	country	conditions
Many species of wildlife were found in great numbers; it is estimated that there were ________ million plains bison and billions of _______.	40-60; passenger pigeons	5-15; geese	20-40; deer	80-100; antelope
The last ________ died in the Cincinnati Zoo in 1914.	passenger pigeon	dodo bird	King Island Emu	Labrador duck
The U.S. government unofficially encouraged the slaughter of _______ as a means of defeating Native Americans on the Great Plains.	buffalo	plains bison	antelope	deer
Through the efforts of ________ and conservationists, many species of wildlife are plentiful today.	sport hunters	the government	various individuals	none of the answers listed
Early sport hunters worked to change American attitudes toward the ________ of wild game.	commercialization	developing	lessening	none of the answers listed
________ hunters played a major role in eliminating much of America's wildlife from its original range.	Market	Sport	All	none of the answers listed
All wildlife produces a/an ________, which allows for some harvest without damaging the overall population.	surplus	need	necessity	excess
All wildlife are extremely vulnerable when ________ tactics are used.	unsporting	fair	just	wrong
Market hunters were motivated to kill for ________.	money	sport	food	clothing
In the late 1870s it became stylish for women to wear hats heavily decorated with ________.	feathers or whole birds	feathers	whole birds	none of the answers listed
________, the nation's first national park, was established in 1872.	Yellowstone	Grand Canyon	Grand Teton	Yosemite
The primary federal agency responsible for wildlife management in America is the ________.	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	U.S. Forest Service	Bureau of Land Management	Conservation Reserve Program
The Bureau of ________ and the U.S. Forest Service have wildlife management responsibilities.	Land Management	Fish and Wildlife	Federal Reserve	none of the answers listed
Each ________ has an agency that manages wildlife.	state	city	country	none of the answers
In 1956 the ________ Act created the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.	Fish and Wildlife	Wildlife Restoration	Sport Fisheries Restoration	none of the answers listed
The mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is to conserve, ________, and enhance fish, wildlife, and their habitats.	protect	breed	assure	keep
The primary responsibilities of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are protecting and enhancing migratory birds, ________, freshwater and fisheries, and certain marine mammals.	endangered species	game animals	animals	none of the answers listed
Recovery plans established to help save endangered species may include habitat preservation and management, ________, research, and law enforcement.	captive breeding	study	analysis	none of the answers listed
Two recent success stories in the endangered species battle include the ________ and the bald eagle.	American alligator	American Bison	American Cinchona Plantation Treefrog	Amicorum Tree Toad
The Fish and Wildlife Service supervises the nation's ________ system.	wildlife refuge	hatchery	forest	agriculture
The nation's first wildlife refuge was established in 1903 by President ________.	Theodore Roosevelt	William McKinley	William Howard Taft	Woodrow Wilson
Although the first refuge consisted of only 3 acres, the National Wildlife Refuge System has since grown to more than ________ million acres.	90	80	70	60
Refuges are located in ________ states and several territories.	50	45	40	35
The majority of National Wildlife Refuges have been created to protect ________.	migratory waterfowl	freshwater fish	marine mammals	fisheries
Refuges are enjoyed by more than ______ million Americans each year.	25	50	75	100
The United States has treaties with Canada, Mexico, ________, and Russia on the protection of migratory birds.	Japan	China	France	Thailand
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has responsibility for more than __________ species of migratory birds.	800	700	600	500
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service supervises the banding of more than ________ birds each year.	45 million	55 million	65 million	75 million
Banding helps the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determine migratory routes, ________, breeding age, and other life history information of various species.	distribution	habitats	ages	none of the answers listed
Restoring fisheries is a major effort of the ________ Service.	U.S. Fish and Wildlife	United Fisherman	Fisheries Restoration	none of the answers
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service uses more than 70 national fish ________ to produce more than 160 million fish each year.	hatcheries	lakes	oceans	rivers or streams
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service also works to conserve wildlife ____.	habitat	breeding	conservation	none of the answers
Conducting ________ may be the most important task of the Fish and Wildlife Service.	research	analysis	experimentation	an expedition
Biologists must know the impact of ________, pesticides, heavy metals, and other pollutants have on fish and wildlife.	chemicals	nets	acid	ammunition
Researchers study endangered species and their habitats; fish health, genetics, and nutrition; and migratory bird habitat, ________, and populations.	diseases	nests	breeds	none of the answers listed
The Fish and Wildlife Service is also responsible for enforcing federal _____.	wildlife laws	fish laws	excise taxes	land
The Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act, commonly known as the ________ Act, provides money to support a wide variety of wildlife projects.	Pittman--Robertson	Dingell-Johnson	Roosevelt-Wilson	none of the answers listed
The Federal aid in Sport Fisheries Restoration Act, commonly known as the ________ Act, provides money for fishery research and restoring depleted fisheries.	Dingell-Johnson	Pittman-Robertson	Roosevelt-Wilson	none of the answers listed
Money for conservation programs comes from federal ________ taxes on sporting arms, ammunition, and sport fishing tackle.	excise	income	property	consumptive
Since these laws were enacted, American sportsmen and sportswomen have paid more than ________ billion dollars for fish and wildlife conservation.	10	5	15	20
The U.S. ________ Service manages more than 190 million acres of public forest land.	Forest	Wildlife	Fish	Management
The ________ oversee approximately 270 million acres of public lands.	Bureau of Land Management (BLM)	Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)	Natural Resources Division	Climate Conservation Program
More than ________ species of plants, birds, reptiles, fish, and mammals make their home on BLM's land.	3000	2000	1000	4000
The U.S. Department of Agriculture administers the ________ , which has been very beneficial to wildlife.	Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)	Bureau of Land Management (BLM)	Natural Resources Division	Climate Conservation Program
Ground-dwelling species have benefited the most from the permanent vegetative cover established on the ________ million acres enrolled in the CRP.	30	20	10	40
An animal's habitat is its ________.	home	own	business	roost
________ require food, water, cover, and space for their survival.	Wildlife	Minerals	Plants	none of the answers
Food, water, cover, space, and the arrangement of each of these elements are of equal ________.	importance	insignificance	unimportance	notability