U.S.A. Landmarks Scavenger Hunt. Print this document out and answer the questions using the interactive map on www.mrnussbaum.com/landmarks.htm. TEACHERS - click here for ANSWER KEY. Click here to return to Landmarks.

1.) Great Smoky Mountain National Park is located on the North Carolina and _____TENNESSEE_____________ border..

2.) Fort Clatsop was the 1805-1806 winter encampment of what famous explorers? LEWIS AND CLARK

3.) How tall is Mt. Rainier? 14,410 FEET

4.) Who won the Lincoln-Douglas Debates? STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS

5.) About how many people visit the Golden Gate Bridge area every year? 16 million

6.) St. Augustine was the first permanent ___EUROPEAN______________ settlement in the New World.

 

7.) The Gateway Arch was built as a monument to what? WESTWARD EXPANSION

 

8.) Name three Civil War battles that occurred in Virginia. BULL RUN, CHANCELLORSVILLE, WILDERNESS, SPOTSYLVANIA, NORFOLK

 

9.) ***Bonus - Where did Custer's Last Stand take place? LITTLE BIG HORN, MONTANA

10.)***Bonus - Where was George Washington's winter encampment during the Revolutionary War? VALLEY FORGE PENNSYLVANIA

11.)***Bonus - Who bought the area that would become New York City from the local indians? How much did he pay? PETER MINUET; 24 DOLLARS WORTH OF TRINKETS