Chapter 8 Test The Great Lakes and the Corn Belt

A  Cincinnati

B  St. Louis

C  Pittsburgh

D  Chicago

E  Dallas

A  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.

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

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

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

A  The Blackhawk War

B  The Battle of Little Bighorn

C  The Red River War

D  The French and Indian War

E  The Creek War

A  Lake Huron

B  Lake Ontario

C  Lake Michigan

D  Lake Erie

E  Lake Superior

A  Pyroclastic flow

B  Glaciation

C  Tectonics

D  Uplift

A  The Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean

B  The Great Lakes and the Mississippi Basin

C  Hudson Bay and the Great Lakes

D  Lake Erie and the Rocky Mountains

A  The Metes and Bounds System

B  The Long Lot System

C  The Township and Range System

D  The Lot and Block System

A  The Western Woodland

B  The Heartland

C  The Old Northwest

D  The Buckeye Region

A  Asian Jumping Carp

B  Saigon Shovelnose Salmon

C  Vietnamese Burrowing Catfish

D  Ho Chi Minh Snake Pike

A  Corn seeds

B  All kinds of computer devices

C  Two drivers plus a navigator

D  Farmer John in a protective suit to keep out pesticide

E  Farmer John’s nitrous oxide horsepower booster tanks

A  Sheep

B  Hogs

C  Cattle

D  Rabbits

A  The Ontario Industrial Region

B  The Silver Crescent

C  The Golden Horseshoe

D  L’arc Prosp

A  Wheat production shifted west with settlement

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

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

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

E  The shipping of wheat production was highly dependent on waterways

A  More oriented to manufacturing

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

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

D  Less oriented to manufacturing

A  A water transit hub

B  A coal mine

C  The capital of the United States

D  A tourist attraction

E  A military base

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

B  Dairy production was mostly south of the Corn Belt

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

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

E  Dairy production was done most by German and Scandinavian immigrants

A  Cash-grain farms

B  Corporate farms

C  Family farms

D  Mixed Farms

A  Mollisols are high in organic content

B  Alfisols are the best for grain production

C  Alfisols and Mollisols are the two most common soils

D  Mollisols form under grasses

E  Alfosils are usually associated with coniferous and mixed forests

A  The number of farms started to rapidly decrease around 1920

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

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

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

E  Farm size started to rapidly increase around 1950

A  Texas A&M University

B  University of Texas

C  University of Nebraska

D  Kansas University

E  University of California, Davis

A  Nebraska

B  Montana

C  California

D  Texas

E  Iowa

A  St. Louis, Missouri

B  Detroit, Michigan

C  Youngstown, Ohio

D  Chicago, Illinois

A  Mixed farms

B  Corporate farms

C  Family farms

D  Cash-grain farms

E  Underground farms

A  Illinois

B  Nebraska

C  Indiana

D  Iowa

E  Kansas

A  Meteorites leaving craters

B  Faults shifting

C  Glaciers retreating and ice melting

D  Volcanic eruptions

E  Sinkholes

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  Ohio River

B  Great Lakes

C  Mississippi River

D  Mason Dixon Line

A  Abandon

B  Incorporate (into separate cities)

C  Industrialize

D  Renovate

A  Metes and bounds is highly systematic and accurate

B  Metes and bounds uses visible landmarks

C  The 1785 Land Ordinance used base-lines and meridians

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

E  The 1785 Land Ordinance was quite regular and rectangular

A  Populated

B  Affluent

C  Segregated

D  Diverse

A  Ghettos

B  Ethnic enclaves

C  Barrios

D  Cultural precinct

A  Experienced farmers, cash-grain farms, subsidized farming

B  Technology, favorable government policy, work ethic

C  Fertile soils, excellent transportation, mild winters

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

A  Canada

B  America’ s driftless area

C  America’ s riverine highlands

D  America’ s central lowlands

A  Thunderstorms

B  Earthquakes

C  Blizzards

D  Tornadoes

A  When a cow escapes into the feed bin

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

C  When they flush out the free-stall barn

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

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