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