Chapter 8 Test The Great Lakes and the Corn Belt

A  St. Louis

B  Dallas

C  Chicago

D  Cincinnati

E  Pittsburgh

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

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

A  The Creek War

B  The Battle of Little Bighorn

C  The French and Indian War

D  The Red River War

E  The Blackhawk War

A  Lake Ontario

B  Lake Superior

C  Lake Michigan

D  Lake Huron

E  Lake Erie

A  Tectonics

B  Uplift

C  Pyroclastic flow

D  Glaciation

A  Lake Erie and the Rocky Mountains

B  The Great Lakes and the Mississippi Basin

C  The Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean

D  Hudson Bay and the Great Lakes

A  The Long Lot System

B  The Lot and Block System

C  The Metes and Bounds System

D  The Township and Range System

A  The Heartland

B  The Buckeye Region

C  The Western Woodland

D  The Old Northwest

A  Saigon Shovelnose Salmon

B  Asian Jumping Carp

C  Vietnamese Burrowing Catfish

D  Ho Chi Minh Snake Pike

A  Farmer John’s nitrous oxide horsepower booster tanks

B  Two drivers plus a navigator

C  Farmer John in a protective suit to keep out pesticide

D  Corn seeds

E  All kinds of computer devices

A  Cattle

B  Sheep

C  Rabbits

D  Hogs

A  The Ontario Industrial Region

B  The Silver Crescent

C  L’arc Prosp

D  The Golden Horseshoe

A  Wheat production shifted west with settlement

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

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

D  The shipping of wheat production was highly dependent on waterways

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

A  More oriented to manufacturing

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

C  Less oriented to manufacturing

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

A  A tourist attraction

B  A coal mine

C  A water transit hub

D  A military base

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 mostly south of the Corn Belt

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

D  Dairy production was done most by German and Scandinavian immigrants

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

A  Family farms

B  Cash-grain farms

C  Corporate farms

D  Mixed Farms

A  Alfisols are the best for grain production

B  Alfosils are usually associated with coniferous and mixed forests

C  Alfisols and Mollisols are the two most common soils

D  Mollisols form under grasses

E  Mollisols are high in organic content

A  Farm size started to rapidly increase around 1950

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

C  The number of farms started to rapidly decrease around 1920

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

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

A  University of Texas

B  Kansas University

C  Texas A&M University

D  University of Nebraska

E  University of California, Davis

A  Nebraska

B  Iowa

C  Montana

D  California

E  Texas

A  Detroit, Michigan

B  Chicago, Illinois

C  St. Louis, Missouri

D  Youngstown, Ohio

A  Family farms

B  Cash-grain farms

C  Corporate farms

D  Mixed farms

E  Underground farms

A  Iowa

B  Illinois

C  Indiana

D  Nebraska

E  Kansas

A  Glaciers retreating and ice melting

B  Faults shifting

C  Meteorites leaving craters

D  Sinkholes

E  Volcanic eruptions

A  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.

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 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.

D  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.

A  Mississippi River

B  Great Lakes

C  Ohio River

D  Mason Dixon Line

A  Incorporate (into separate cities)

B  Industrialize

C  Renovate

D  Abandon

A  Metes and bounds uses visible landmarks

B  Metes and bounds is highly systematic and accurate

C  The 1785 Land Ordinance used base-lines and meridians

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  Affluent

B  Segregated

C  Diverse

D  Populated

A  Ghettos

B  Barrios

C  Cultural precinct

D  Ethnic enclaves

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

B  Fertile soils, excellent transportation, mild winters

C  Technology, favorable government policy, work ethic

D  Experienced farmers, cash-grain farms, subsidized farming

A  America’ s central lowlands

B  America’ s driftless area

C  Canada

D  America’ s riverine highlands

A  Thunderstorms

B  Earthquakes

C  Tornadoes

D  Blizzards

A  When they flush out the free-stall barn

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

C  When a cow escapes into the feed bin

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

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