Mountain Ranges Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. A driver following Skyline Drive through Shenandoah National Park is traveling along which section of the Appalachians?
Green Mountains
Allegheny Mountains
Blue Ridge Mountains
Taconic Mountains
2. Which range stretches across northern Alaska, north of the Arctic Circle?
Alaska Range
Chugach Mountains
Brooks Range
Aleutian Range
3. The Columbia River Gorge cuts through which mountain range near the border of Washington and Oregon?
Klamath Mountains
Olympic Mountains
Cascade Range
Sierra Nevada
4. A hiker in Great Smoky Mountains National Park is exploring a subrange of which larger mountain system?
Rocky Mountains
Sierra Nevada
Cascade Range
Appalachian Mountains
5. A traveler drives east from California's Central Valley, crosses a high mountain barrier, and descends toward Nevada. Which range did the traveler cross?
Sierra Nevada
Cascade Range
Wasatch Range
Olympic Mountains
6. Denali, the highest mountain in the United States, is part of which range?
Brooks Range
Alaska Range
Chugach Mountains
Wrangell Mountains
7. A traveler in California sees mountains between the Central Valley and the Pacific Ocean. Which regional ranges are these most likely to be?
Sierra Nevada
California Coast Ranges
Bitterroot Range
Wasatch Range
8. Mount Rainier, Mount St. Helens, and Mount Hood all belong to which range?
Alaska Range
Sierra Nevada
Olympic Mountains
Cascade Range
9. Which range rises immediately east of the Salt Lake Valley in Utah?
Bitterroot Range
Wasatch Range
Uinta Mountains
Ruby Mountains
10. Which mountain system passes through western states including Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado?
Appalachian Mountains
California Coast Ranges
Rocky Mountains
Ouachita Mountains
11. Which mountain region is located in northern New York and includes numerous peaks surrounding the High Peaks Wilderness?
Allegheny Mountains
Green Mountains
White Mountains
Adirondack Mountains
12. A visitor looking across Jenny Lake at sharply rising peaks in Grand Teton National Park is viewing which range?
Wind River Range
Absaroka Range
Bighorn Mountains
Teton Range
13. Which major mountain system extends through much of the eastern United States, from Alabama toward New England?
Rocky Mountains
Appalachian Mountains
Cascade Range
Sierra Nevada
14. Which range extends from northern New Mexico into southern Colorado and forms a prominent backdrop near Santa Fe?
Sangre de Cristo Mountains
San Juan Mountains
Bighorn Mountains
Uinta Mountains
15. Which range runs along eastern California and contains Mount Whitney?
Sierra Nevada
Cascade Range
Wasatch Range
Blue Ridge Mountains
16. Mount Washington and the Presidential Range are found within which New England mountain group?
White Mountains
Berkshire Mountains
Green Mountains
Adirondack Mountains