Chapter 8 Test The Great Lakes and the Corn Belt

A  St. Louis

B  Pittsburgh

C  Chicago

D  Cincinnati

E  Dallas

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

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

D  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.

A  The French and Indian War

B  The Red River War

C  The Creek War

D  The Blackhawk War

E  The Battle of Little Bighorn

A  Lake Michigan

B  Lake Ontario

C  Lake Superior

D  Lake Huron

E  Lake Erie

A  Glaciation

B  Tectonics

C  Uplift

D  Pyroclastic flow

A  The Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean

B  Hudson Bay and the Great Lakes

C  Lake Erie and the Rocky Mountains

D  The Great Lakes and the Mississippi Basin

A  The Metes and Bounds System

B  The Lot and Block System

C  The Long Lot System

D  The Township and Range System

A  The Old Northwest

B  The Western Woodland

C  The Heartland

D  The Buckeye Region

A  Ho Chi Minh Snake Pike

B  Asian Jumping Carp

C  Vietnamese Burrowing Catfish

D  Saigon Shovelnose Salmon

A  Farmer John’s nitrous oxide horsepower booster tanks

B  Farmer John in a protective suit to keep out pesticide

C  Corn seeds

D  Two drivers plus a navigator

E  All kinds of computer devices

A  Hogs

B  Sheep

C  Rabbits

D  Cattle

A  The Ontario Industrial Region

B  The Golden Horseshoe

C  L’arc Prosp

D  The Silver Crescent

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

B  Wheat production shifted west with settlement

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

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

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

C  More oriented to manufacturing

D  Less oriented to manufacturing

A  A military base

B  A water transit hub

C  The capital of the United States

D  A tourist attraction

E  A coal mine

A  Dairy production was done most by German and Scandinavian immigrants

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

C  Dairy production was mostly south of the Corn Belt

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

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

A  Cash-grain farms

B  Mixed Farms

C  Corporate farms

D  Family farms

A  Alfisols are the best for grain production

B  Mollisols are high in organic content

C  Alfisols and Mollisols are the two most common soils

D  Alfosils are usually associated with coniferous and mixed forests

E  Mollisols form under grasses

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

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

C  Farm size started to rapidly increase around 1950

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 California, Davis

B  University of Texas

C  University of Nebraska

D  Texas A&M University

E  Kansas University

A  Nebraska

B  Iowa

C  Texas

D  Montana

E  California

A  Youngstown, Ohio

B  Detroit, Michigan

C  St. Louis, Missouri

D  Chicago, Illinois

A  Underground farms

B  Mixed farms

C  Family farms

D  Corporate farms

E  Cash-grain farms

A  Iowa

B  Illinois

C  Indiana

D  Nebraska

E  Kansas

A  Faults shifting

B  Volcanic eruptions

C  Meteorites leaving craters

D  Sinkholes

E  Glaciers retreating and ice melting

A  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.

B  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.

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 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  Mississippi River

C  Mason Dixon Line

D  Ohio River

A  Renovate

B  Abandon

C  Industrialize

D  Incorporate (into separate cities)

A  The 1785 Land Ordinance was quite regular and rectangular

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

C  The 1785 Land Ordinance used base-lines and meridians

D  Metes and bounds is highly systematic and accurate

E  Metes and bounds uses visible landmarks

A  Diverse

B  Segregated

C  Populated

D  Affluent

A  Ethnic enclaves

B  Barrios

C  Ghettos

D  Cultural precinct

A  Technology, favorable government policy, work ethic

B  Fertile soils, excellent transportation, mild winters

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

D  Experienced farmers, cash-grain farms, subsidized farming

A  America’ s central lowlands

B  America’ s riverine highlands

C  Canada

D  America’ s driftless area

A  Earthquakes

B  Tornadoes

C  Thunderstorms

D  Blizzards

A  When a cow escapes into the feed bin

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

C  When they flush out the free-stall barn

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

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