The Quiz: The Great Smoky Mountains are part of what larger mountain chain?
A Allegheny
B Shenandoah
C Appalachian
The park lies in the southern part of the Appalachian Mountains, straddling the border between Tennessee and North Carolina. The Appalachians extend north into New England and southeastern Canada. They were formed 480 million years ago and were once as high as the Alps and the Rockies before natural erosion wore them down.
The correct answer to this quiz is Appalachian.