Wildlife CDE Test A (1-100)
75-100 - ANS-Wildlife management, as we know it today, has evolved during the past ________
years.
closed season - ANS-As early as 1694, Massachusetts declared a ________ on white-tailed
deer as an early effort at wildlife management.
1700-1900 - ANS-The period from ________ saw the greatest abuse of wild animals in North
America.
Georgia - ANS-By 1776 every southeastern state except ________ had established a closed
season on deer.
wilderness - ANS-From the very beginning in Jamestown, the English settlers had no intention
of adapting to the ________.
136 million - ANS-Occuring in the mid-1870s, an estimated ________ birds were devastated by
market hunters from all over the country.
conservationists - ANS-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.
Lacey Act - ANS-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.
Theodore Roosevelt - ANS-This president has been called the father of American conservation.
1872 - ANS-Yellowstone National Park, the nation's first and for many years only national park,
was founded in ________.
wildlife management - ANS-Modern ________ has evolved only since the early 1900s.
exploit - ANS-Early settlers in America went from starvation to prosperity by learning how to
________ wildlife.
agriculture - ANS-During the first 200 years of our nation, before ________ became well
established, wildlife provided food and clothing for a growing nation.
environment - ANS-Early English colonists, unlike the French to the north, had no intention of
adapting to the ________.
, passenger pigeon - ANS-The last ________ died in the Cincinnati Zoo in 1914.
buffalo - ANS-The U.S. government unofficially encouraged the slaughter of ________ as a
means of defeating Native Americans on the Great Plains.
sport hunters - ANS-Through the efforts of ________ and conservationists, many species of
wildlife are plentiful today.
commercialization - ANS-Early sport hunters worked to change American attitudes toward the
________ of wild game.
Market - ANS-________ hunters played a major role in eliminating much of America's wildlife
from its original range.
surplus - ANS-All wildlife produces a/an ________, which allows for some harvest without
damaging the overall population.
unsporting - ANS-All wildlife are extremely vulnerable when ________ tactics are used.
money - ANS-Market hunters were motivated to kill for ________.
feathers or whole birds - ANS-In the late 1870s it became stylish for women to wear hats heavily
decorated with ________.
Yellowstone - ANS-________, the nation's first national park, was established in 1872.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - ANS-The primary federal agency responsible for wildlife
management in America is the ________.
Land Management - ANS-The Bureau of ________ and the U.S. Forest Service have wildlife
management responsibilities.
state - ANS-Each ________ has an agency that manages wildlife.
Fish and Wildlife - ANS-In 1956 the ________ Act created the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
protect - ANS-The mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is to conserve, ________, and
enhance fish, wildlife, and their habitats.
endangered species - ANS-The primary responsibilities of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are
protecting and enhancing migratory birds, ________, freshwater and fisheries, and certain
marine mammals.
75-100 - ANS-Wildlife management, as we know it today, has evolved during the past ________
years.
closed season - ANS-As early as 1694, Massachusetts declared a ________ on white-tailed
deer as an early effort at wildlife management.
1700-1900 - ANS-The period from ________ saw the greatest abuse of wild animals in North
America.
Georgia - ANS-By 1776 every southeastern state except ________ had established a closed
season on deer.
wilderness - ANS-From the very beginning in Jamestown, the English settlers had no intention
of adapting to the ________.
136 million - ANS-Occuring in the mid-1870s, an estimated ________ birds were devastated by
market hunters from all over the country.
conservationists - ANS-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.
Lacey Act - ANS-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.
Theodore Roosevelt - ANS-This president has been called the father of American conservation.
1872 - ANS-Yellowstone National Park, the nation's first and for many years only national park,
was founded in ________.
wildlife management - ANS-Modern ________ has evolved only since the early 1900s.
exploit - ANS-Early settlers in America went from starvation to prosperity by learning how to
________ wildlife.
agriculture - ANS-During the first 200 years of our nation, before ________ became well
established, wildlife provided food and clothing for a growing nation.
environment - ANS-Early English colonists, unlike the French to the north, had no intention of
adapting to the ________.
, passenger pigeon - ANS-The last ________ died in the Cincinnati Zoo in 1914.
buffalo - ANS-The U.S. government unofficially encouraged the slaughter of ________ as a
means of defeating Native Americans on the Great Plains.
sport hunters - ANS-Through the efforts of ________ and conservationists, many species of
wildlife are plentiful today.
commercialization - ANS-Early sport hunters worked to change American attitudes toward the
________ of wild game.
Market - ANS-________ hunters played a major role in eliminating much of America's wildlife
from its original range.
surplus - ANS-All wildlife produces a/an ________, which allows for some harvest without
damaging the overall population.
unsporting - ANS-All wildlife are extremely vulnerable when ________ tactics are used.
money - ANS-Market hunters were motivated to kill for ________.
feathers or whole birds - ANS-In the late 1870s it became stylish for women to wear hats heavily
decorated with ________.
Yellowstone - ANS-________, the nation's first national park, was established in 1872.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - ANS-The primary federal agency responsible for wildlife
management in America is the ________.
Land Management - ANS-The Bureau of ________ and the U.S. Forest Service have wildlife
management responsibilities.
state - ANS-Each ________ has an agency that manages wildlife.
Fish and Wildlife - ANS-In 1956 the ________ Act created the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
protect - ANS-The mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is to conserve, ________, and
enhance fish, wildlife, and their habitats.
endangered species - ANS-The primary responsibilities of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are
protecting and enhancing migratory birds, ________, freshwater and fisheries, and certain
marine mammals.
