World Heritage Sites - United States

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1. Which of the following is a cultural World Heritage Site(s) in the continental United States which is or was occupied? all of these Independence Hall Monticello Cahokia Mounds

2. Which of these World Heritage Sites in the continental United States is located in Colorado? Carlsbad caverns Chaco culture Taos pueblo Mesa Verde

3. Which of the following U.S. National Parks was the first one to be designated a World Heritage Site? Canyonlands, Utah Arches, Utah Badlands, South Dakota Mammoth Cave, Kentucky

4. Which U.S. territory or commonwealth (apart from states calling themselves a commonwealth) was the first to have a World Heritage Site? American Samoa U.S. Virgin Islands Puerto Rico Guam

5. In which state is the first university to be designated a World Heritage Site? Virginia California New York Texas

6. Part of the Waterton Glacier International Peace Park is located in which U.S. state? Idaho Alaska Montana Washington

7. Which of the following statements about U.S. World Heritage Sites is true? one of the sites was razed to the ground to make way for a housing development all of these one of the sites was actually imported from another country three sites have actually been removed from the list

8. Yellowstone National Park is a Natural World Heritage site. It stretches across how many states? 4 1 3 2

9. Which of the following is a U.S. World Heritage Site which contains nearly as many tree species as all of northern Europe? Redwood National Park Rocky Mountain National Park Adirondacks National Park Great Smoky Mountains National Park

10. Which of the following species is not a native species in the Florida Everglades, a World Heritage Site? crocodile platypus panther West Indian manatee