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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Fogs
B Flooding
C Heavy winter snowfall
D Both heavy winter snowfall and fogs can disrupt transportation
Question #2
A Barre Gray granite is primarily used in monument construction
B The mountainside where the granite is quarried is called ‘Graniteville’
C The E.L. Smith quarry in Barre, Vermont is the largest dimensional stone quarry in the world
D The Rock of Ages Corporation was founded in 1885
E All of these statements are true
Question #3
A The first demonstrations for independence from the crown
B The beginning of the Revolutionary War
C Boston Tea Party of 1773
D The first presidential inauguration
E The arrival of the Pilgrims
Question #4
A The New England Revolution
B Boston Red Sox
C Boston Celtics
D New York Yankees
E New England Patriots
Question #5
A Las Vegas
B Miami
C Chicago
D Los Angeles
E San Francisco
Question #6
A Ernest Hemmingway
B Jean Gottman
C Charles Darwin
D John Muir
E Bounty Paper Towels
F Thomas Edison
Question #7
A 1990
B 2000
C 2010
D 1960
E 1980
Question #8
A The Lake Champlain lowlands are a ‘milk shed’ that provide the milk for parts of Megalopolis
B In early times, agriculture was most subsistence farming
C Today, most farmers specialize in a single crop
D The northeast part of Maine has a potato industry that competes with that of Idaho
E Today, nearly 50% of the region is farmed compared to only 5% around 100 years ago
Question #9
A The polar, continental, and maritime air masses all meet in the Bypassed East thus maximizing the influence of the marine climate
B The Labrador Current flows southward and chills the water
C Lake Champlain forms part of the New York-Vermont boundary
D Fish and trees were the early export commodities of the Bypassed East
E The region was close to the worlds richest fishing ground
Question #10
A The early textile industry in New Hampshire attracted many immigrants from Italy and Germany
B Vermont was first claimed by the French and taken over by the British after the French Indian War
C Vermont was the 14th state to join the United States
D New Hampshire has held the first presidential primary since 1952
E Mount Washington at around 6300ft is the regions highest peak
Question #11
A There are relatively few large urban areas
B The region is an area of limited development located near an area of much greater accessibility
C The region extends into parts of Canada
D New Hampshire was the first state to declare independence from England
E The region was settled relatively late thus contributing to its isolation
Question #12
A part of New York
B Massachusetts
C Maine
D New Hampshire
E Vermont
Question #13
A The economy of the region is relatively weaker than those of nearby regions
B None of these are correct
C The economy of the region is dependent on migrant labor from nearby regions
D The economy of the region is mostly dependent on natural resources and primary economic activity
Question #14
A Technological improvements have allowed fishing to take place at much faster rates than ever before
B U.S. and Canadian governments have imposed onerous laws on fishermen, causing them to abandon their traditional ways of life
C Pesticides from agricultural runoff are poisoning fish in the north Atlantic
D Fishermen from the region can’t compete with cheap fish from China
Question #15
A The collapse of the Great Stone Face
B The rich soil
C The few lakes or ponds
D The rugged coastline and many harbors
Question #16
A Both cool climate and rocky soils AND the lack of natural resources are correct
B Lack of natural resources
C Rich fisheries
D Cool climate and rocky soils
Question #17
A Gently sloping, with wide flat sandy beaches
B Both glaciation has left thin soils and many harbors where cities and towns have been established are correct
C Glaciation has left thin soils and rocky, rugged coastline
D Many harbors where cities and towns have been established
Question #18
A The end of French political control over much of the region
B All of these answer choices are correct
C The promise of free land
D The growing tensions in the 13 colonies of the United States
Question #19
A Mi’kmaq, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, Beothuk
B Nez Perce, Omaha, Pawnee, Wichita
C Miwok, Yurok, Chumashan, Athabaskan
D Chippewa, Shawnee, Powhatan, Waco
Question #20
A Gold and other minerals
B Rich soils for farming
C The fishing grounds
D Forests and logging
Question #21
A Overfishing of cod, which eats lobsters
B Technological improvements in lobster fishing techniques
C Most people in the region are tired of eating lobster
D Declining lobster prices
Question #22
A Quebec
B The Rust Belt
C The Sun Belt
D Megalopolis
Question #23
A The residents of the most Northeastern part of Canada, Newfoundland.
B Heavy fogs the move in from the northeast along with the cold Labrador Current.
C Tropical storms that bring high winds and heavy rains to the Atlantic Periphery in late summer and early fall.
D Winter storms that move in from the northeast and bring heavy snowfall.
Question #24
A The Baffin Mountains
B The Appalachians
C The Blue Ridge Mountains
D The Ozarks
E The Rockies
Question #25
A Highly independent and self-sufficient.
B Identifying strongly as Canadians or Americans.
C Hostile and yet dependent on outsiders.
D Eager to move to other regions and escape chronic unemployment and poverty.
Question #26
A Winds blowing up a slope causing cooling and condensation.
B The cooling of land after sunset which causes condensation in the air.
C The interaction of a warm ocean current with cold air masses.
D Cold air settling into valleys while warmer air passes over.
Question #27
A The Norse.
B The French.
C The British.
D The Spanish.
Question #28
A Warm and mild with most precipitation taking place in the winter
B Cool and mild with most precipitation taking place in summer
C Cool summers and cold winters with most precipitation taking place in the winter
D Cool summers and cold winters with significant precipitation year round
Question #29
A Vermont
B Quebec
C Maine
D Off the Atlantic coast of Canada
Question #30
A Urban uses.
B Forests.
C Agriculture.
D Grasslands.
Question #31
A In the south-western portion of the region.
B On the Atlantic coast or in river valleys.
C Close to other nearby regions.
D In the interior.
Question #32
A Inuit, Inuktitut
B British separatist/English
C French Canadian/French
D Norse, Scandinavian
Question #33
A Local businesses will benefit from the increased numbers of customers
B All are correct
C Real estate prices will rise
D Businesses might be attracted by the increasing population and low cost of living for their workers
Question #34
A Upstate New York
B Newfoundland and Labrador
C Nova Scotia
D Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine
Question #35
A Subsidizing education and health care for isolated fishing towns.
B Provided retraining and payments for lost wages to fishermen.
C Both providing incentives and providing retraining are correct
D Providing incentives for people to move to larger communities.