Chapter 8 Test The Great Lakes and the Corn Belt

A  Chicago

B  Cincinnati

C  Dallas

D  Pittsburgh

E  St. Louis

A  The residents decided to seek local support to fill the empty factories, rather then attempt to attract national or global capital.

B  They accepted that the city was smaller, and tried to give it the classic “small town feel” to increase tourist traffic and develop a service economy.

C  They approved the construction of a new prison in the city, and invited residents to take control of the planning process for the city.

D  They decided to court international manufacturers by limiting Union benefits and wages.

A  The Creek War

B  The Blackhawk War

C  The Red River War

D  The French and Indian War

E  The Battle of Little Bighorn

A  Lake Huron

B  Lake Superior

C  Lake Michigan

D  Lake Ontario

E  Lake Erie

A  Glaciation

B  Uplift

C  Pyroclastic flow

D  Tectonics

A  Hudson Bay and the Great Lakes

B  The Great Lakes and the Mississippi Basin

C  The Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean

D  Lake Erie and the Rocky Mountains

A  The Long Lot System

B  The Metes and Bounds System

C  The Township and Range System

D  The Lot and Block System

A  The Heartland

B  The Old Northwest

C  The Western Woodland

D  The Buckeye Region

A  Ho Chi Minh Snake Pike

B  Saigon Shovelnose Salmon

C  Vietnamese Burrowing Catfish

D  Asian Jumping Carp

A  Corn seeds

B  Two drivers plus a navigator

C  Farmer John’s nitrous oxide horsepower booster tanks

D  Farmer John in a protective suit to keep out pesticide

E  All kinds of computer devices

A  Rabbits

B  Sheep

C  Cattle

D  Hogs

A  The Ontario Industrial Region

B  The Silver Crescent

C  The Golden Horseshoe

D  L’arc Prosp

A  Hogs and cattle were the types of domestic livestock that provided meat

B  Flour milling was mostly done at break-in bulk points like Cincinnati and Buffalo

C  The shipping of wheat production was highly dependent on waterways

D  Initially, corn was the highest value crop because of its reliable market

E  Wheat production shifted west with settlement

A  Less oriented to manufacturing

B  It does not matter; both types have weathered the transition.

C  More oriented to manufacturing

D  It does not matter; both types have trouble weathering the transition.

A  A water transit hub

B  A military base

C  A coal mine

D  A tourist attraction

E  The capital of the United States

A  The Fruit Belt orchards thrive due to the moderating effects of the lakes

B  Dairy production was done most by German and Scandinavian immigrants

C  Dairy production was mostly south of the Corn Belt

D  The Fruit Belt extends around the Lake Michigan and Lake Erie shorelines

E  Farmers switched to dairying because the climate was too cold to grow corm

A  Corporate farms

B  Family farms

C  Cash-grain farms

D  Mixed Farms

A  Mollisols form under grasses

B  Alfisols and Mollisols are the two most common soils

C  Alfosils are usually associated with coniferous and mixed forests

D  Mollisols are high in organic content

E  Alfisols are the best for grain production

A  Farm size started to rapidly increase around 1950

B  By 1992 over 75% of all farms were larger than 260 acres

C  One reason for the increase in farm machinery was the availability of rural credit

D  due to the economies of scale, medium- and large-sized farms were favored

E  The number of farms started to rapidly decrease around 1920

A  University of Texas

B  University of California, Davis

C  University of Nebraska

D  Kansas University

E  Texas A&M University

A  Iowa

B  Texas

C  Nebraska

D  Montana

E  California

A  Detroit, Michigan

B  Youngstown, Ohio

C  St. Louis, Missouri

D  Chicago, Illinois

A  Mixed farms

B  Corporate farms

C  Underground farms

D  Family farms

E  Cash-grain farms

A  Kansas

B  Indiana

C  Nebraska

D  Illinois

E  Iowa

A  Sinkholes

B  Faults shifting

C  Meteorites leaving craters

D  Glaciers retreating and ice melting

E  Volcanic eruptions

A  The decay of the region’s cities from deindustrialization, as steel mills and auto manufacturers moved to other parts of the world, and the resulting loss of population, increase in crime and chronic unemployment.

B  Decades after the invention of the automobile, large numbers of auto scrapyards and recyclers appeared around manufacturing cities so the iron and steel could eventually be reused.

C  The region used to be the hub of the rail system developed during WWII to move goods across America, but as shipping goods by truck and airplane became more prevalent, the system decayed leaving an iron skeleton of its former glory.

D  The large number of underground iron deposits that filtered into emerging underground springs gave the rocks of the region a yellowish-orange “rusty” tinge as it oxidized.

A  Great Lakes

B  Ohio River

C  Mason Dixon Line

D  Mississippi River

A  Renovate

B  Abandon

C  Industrialize

D  Incorporate (into separate cities)

A  The 1785 Land Ordinance used base-lines and meridians

B  Metes and bounds is highly systematic and accurate

C  Metes and bounds uses visible landmarks

D  The 1785 Land Ordinance was quite regular and rectangular

E  The original East Coast version works on a system of metes and bounds

A  Diverse

B  Affluent

C  Segregated

D  Populated

A  Cultural precinct

B  Barrios

C  Ethnic enclaves

D  Ghettos

A  Technology, favorable government policy, work ethic

B  Adequate water availability, mixed farming, use of high yield crops

C  Fertile soils, excellent transportation, mild winters

D  Experienced farmers, cash-grain farms, subsidized farming

A  America’ s riverine highlands

B  Canada

C  America’ s central lowlands

D  America’ s driftless area

A  Tornadoes

B  Blizzards

C  Earthquakes

D  Thunderstorms

A  When the milking machine won’t fit onto the cow’s udder

B  When a cow escapes into the feed bin

C  When the farmers stand on the back of a truck and throw hay bales to the cow herd

D  When they flush out the free-stall barn

E  When the cow has two feet in the pen and two out of the pen