Geography Quiz: Get to Know Your Public Lands Studying geography helps you learn about different places and people. Here's a fun way to learn more about our country's public lands. See how many states you can identify! Important note: You'll need to be able to view "Flash" (Version 7) animations to run the quiz. Taking the Quiz: Each slide contains a set of clues describing a state where BLM administers public lands. Read each paragraph and select the state it describes by clicking that state on the map. Hint: You'll have two chances to get it right. A little hand will appear over the possible answers. Your selection will pop up on the screen. Click "Check Answer" to see how you did. When you complete all 12 questions, you will see how well you did. Good luck! LEARN MORE Check out our Learning Landscapes website for mapping and surveying information and activities http://www.blm.gov/education/LearningLandscapes/explorers/lifetime/surveying.html Find out more about GIS Day 2004 and National Geography Week http://www.gisday.com/ http://www.ngsednet.org/community/events.cfm?community_id=7&month=11-08-04 Some more information about the places mentioned in this quiz: Alaska's Arctic tundra http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/alaskas_cold_desert/posterback.html Arizona's Lake Havasu Fisheries Improvement Project http://www.az.blm.gov/lhfo/fishproject.htm California's renewable energy http://www.ca.blm.gov/pa/minerals/geothermal.html Colorado's Canyon of the Ancients http://www.co.blm.gov/canm/ Eastern States' General Land Office http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ Idaho's Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area http://www.birdsofprey.blm.gov/ Montana's Pompeys Pillar National Monument http://www.mt.blm.gov/pillarmon/ Nevada's rangelands http://www.nv.blm.gov/rangelands/range.htm Nevada's wild horses and burros http://www.wildhorseandburro.blm.gov/index.php New Mexico's mineral resources http://www.nm.blm.gov/what_we_do.html Oregon's checkerboard land grants http://www.or.blm.gov/forestsoandc.htm http://www.blm.gov/education/00_resources/articles/steel_rails_and_iron_horses/index.html Utah's recreational fossil collecting http://www.ut.blm.gov/Recreation/recreationfossils.html Wyoming's coal http://www.wy.blm.gov/minerals/ JUST FOR KIDS Learn about your state from the U.S. Census Bureau http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/kids/kids.html Web Contact: Kevin_Flynn@blm.gov Last updated: 12/30/2004

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