Chapter 8 Test The Great Lakes and the Corn Belt

A  St. Louis

B  Chicago

C  Cincinnati

D  Dallas

E  Pittsburgh

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

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 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.

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

A  The Creek War

B  The Red River War

C  The French and Indian War

D  The Blackhawk War

E  The Battle of Little Bighorn

A  Lake Superior

B  Lake Michigan

C  Lake Ontario

D  Lake Huron

E  Lake Erie

A  Glaciation

B  Uplift

C  Pyroclastic flow

D  Tectonics

A  Lake Erie and the Rocky Mountains

B  The Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean

C  Hudson Bay and the Great Lakes

D  The Great Lakes and the Mississippi Basin

A  The Lot and Block System

B  The Metes and Bounds System

C  The Township and Range System

D  The Long Lot System

A  The Western Woodland

B  The Heartland

C  The Buckeye Region

D  The Old Northwest

A  Vietnamese Burrowing Catfish

B  Saigon Shovelnose Salmon

C  Asian Jumping Carp

D  Ho Chi Minh Snake Pike

A  Two drivers plus a navigator

B  Farmer John in a protective suit to keep out pesticide

C  Corn seeds

D  Farmer John’s nitrous oxide horsepower booster tanks

E  All kinds of computer devices

A  Hogs

B  Rabbits

C  Cattle

D  Sheep

A  The Golden Horseshoe

B  The Ontario Industrial Region

C  The Silver Crescent

D  L’arc Prosp

A  The shipping of wheat production was highly dependent on waterways

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

C  Wheat production shifted west with settlement

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

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

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

B  More oriented to manufacturing

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

D  Less oriented to manufacturing

A  A tourist attraction

B  The capital of the United States

C  A water transit hub

D  A coal mine

E  A military base

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

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

C  Dairy production was done most by German and Scandinavian immigrants

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

E  Dairy production was mostly south of the Corn Belt

A  Family farms

B  Corporate farms

C  Cash-grain farms

D  Mixed Farms

A  Alfosils are usually associated with coniferous and mixed forests

B  Mollisols are high in organic content

C  Alfisols are the best for grain production

D  Mollisols form under grasses

E  Alfisols and Mollisols are the two most common soils

A  Farm size started to rapidly increase around 1950

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  The number of farms started to rapidly decrease around 1920

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

A  University of Texas

B  University of California, Davis

C  University of Nebraska

D  Texas A&M University

E  Kansas University

A  Texas

B  Nebraska

C  California

D  Montana

E  Iowa

A  Chicago, Illinois

B  St. Louis, Missouri

C  Detroit, Michigan

D  Youngstown, Ohio

A  Underground farms

B  Corporate farms

C  Mixed farms

D  Family farms

E  Cash-grain farms

A  Nebraska

B  Kansas

C  Illinois

D  Iowa

E  Indiana

A  Glaciers retreating and ice melting

B  Volcanic eruptions

C  Faults shifting

D  Meteorites leaving craters

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  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.

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  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.

A  Ohio River

B  Mississippi River

C  Great Lakes

D  Mason Dixon Line

A  Incorporate (into separate cities)

B  Industrialize

C  Abandon

D  Renovate

A  The 1785 Land Ordinance was quite regular and rectangular

B  Metes and bounds uses visible landmarks

C  Metes and bounds is highly systematic and accurate

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

E  The 1785 Land Ordinance used base-lines and meridians

A  Affluent

B  Diverse

C  Populated

D  Segregated

A  Ethnic enclaves

B  Cultural precinct

C  Ghettos

D  Barrios

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

B  Technology, favorable government policy, work ethic

C  Experienced farmers, cash-grain farms, subsidized farming

D  Fertile soils, excellent transportation, mild winters

A  Canada

B  America’ s central lowlands

C  America’ s driftless area

D  America’ s riverine highlands

A  Tornadoes

B  Earthquakes

C  Thunderstorms

D  Blizzards

A  When a cow escapes into the feed bin

B  When they flush out the free-stall barn

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

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

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