1. The Chickasaw National Recreational Area at Sulphur, Oklahoma, created in 1976, contains a sulphur spring that once had national park status. Can you name this one-time (1906) national park?
ANSWER: Platt National Park, first called Sulphur Springs Reservation
2. The Union Army waged a 10-month campaign at this place in 1864-65 to seize the railroad center supplying Richmond, Virginia. The most popular spot on the battlefield is a crater, that remains a tunnel dug by miners and later exploded in one of the most spectacular chapters of the Civil War. Name the battlefield.
ANSWER: Petersburg
3. The lowest point in the United States is located in what well-known national monument. It is 282 feet below sea level, with a record temperature of 134 degrees in the summer.
ANSWER: Death Valley National Monument
4. Name the city and park in which the following historic places, among others, form a large national historical park; Old North Church, Old State House, Bunker Hill, Old South Meeting House, and the Paul Revere House.
ANSWER: Boston - Boston National Historical Park
5. Name the Mississippi town involved in a 47-day siege that ended the same day as the last of three days of battle at Gettysburg, July 4, 1863. Victory here gave the Union control of the Mississippi River and cut the Confederacy in two. The site is now a Civil War military park.
ANSWER: Vicksburg
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