Chapter 8 Test The Great Lakes and the Corn Belt

A  Cincinnati

B  St. Louis

C  Chicago

D  Dallas

E  Pittsburgh

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

A  The Battle of Little Bighorn

B  The Creek War

C  The French and Indian War

D  The Red River War

E  The Blackhawk War

A  Lake Erie

B  Lake Superior

C  Lake Ontario

D  Lake Huron

E  Lake Michigan

A  Glaciation

B  Pyroclastic flow

C  Uplift

D  Tectonics

A  Lake Erie and the Rocky Mountains

B  The Great Lakes and the Mississippi Basin

C  Hudson Bay and the Great Lakes

D  The Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean

A  The Township and Range System

B  The Long Lot System

C  The Lot and Block System

D  The Metes and Bounds System

A  The Western Woodland

B  The Buckeye Region

C  The Old Northwest

D  The Heartland

A  Vietnamese Burrowing Catfish

B  Ho Chi Minh Snake Pike

C  Saigon Shovelnose Salmon

D  Asian Jumping Carp

A  Two drivers plus a navigator

B  Farmer John in a protective suit to keep out pesticide

C  All kinds of computer devices

D  Corn seeds

E  Farmer John’s nitrous oxide horsepower booster tanks

A  Sheep

B  Hogs

C  Cattle

D  Rabbits

A  The Golden Horseshoe

B  The Ontario Industrial Region

C  The Silver Crescent

D  L’arc Prosp

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

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

C  The shipping of wheat production was highly dependent on waterways

D  Wheat production shifted west with settlement

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

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

B  More oriented to manufacturing

C  Less oriented to manufacturing

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

A  A coal mine

B  A military base

C  A water transit hub

D  The capital of the United States

E  A tourist attraction

A  Dairy production was mostly south of the Corn Belt

B  Dairy production was done most by German and Scandinavian immigrants

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

A  Cash-grain farms

B  Mixed Farms

C  Corporate farms

D  Family farms

A  Mollisols form under grasses

B  Alfisols and Mollisols are the two most common soils

C  Alfosils are usually associated with coniferous and mixed forests

D  Alfisols are the best for grain production

E  Mollisols are high in organic content

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

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  Farm size started to rapidly increase around 1950

E  The number of farms started to rapidly decrease around 1920

A  Texas A&M University

B  University of California, Davis

C  University of Texas

D  University of Nebraska

E  Kansas University

A  Montana

B  Nebraska

C  Texas

D  California

E  Iowa

A  St. Louis, Missouri

B  Chicago, Illinois

C  Youngstown, Ohio

D  Detroit, Michigan

A  Underground farms

B  Cash-grain farms

C  Family farms

D  Corporate farms

E  Mixed farms

A  Kansas

B  Illinois

C  Iowa

D  Indiana

E  Nebraska

A  Meteorites leaving craters

B  Volcanic eruptions

C  Faults shifting

D  Glaciers retreating and ice melting

E  Sinkholes

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  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.

C  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.

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  Great Lakes

B  Mason Dixon Line

C  Ohio River

D  Mississippi River

A  Renovate

B  Incorporate (into separate cities)

C  Industrialize

D  Abandon

A  The 1785 Land Ordinance used base-lines and meridians

B  Metes and bounds uses visible landmarks

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

D  The 1785 Land Ordinance was quite regular and rectangular

E  Metes and bounds is highly systematic and accurate

A  Diverse

B  Segregated

C  Affluent

D  Populated

A  Ethnic enclaves

B  Barrios

C  Ghettos

D  Cultural precinct

A  Experienced farmers, cash-grain farms, subsidized farming

B  Fertile soils, excellent transportation, mild winters

C  Technology, favorable government policy, work ethic

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

A  America’ s central lowlands

B  America’ s riverine highlands

C  Canada

D  America’ s driftless area

A  Tornadoes

B  Earthquakes

C  Blizzards

D  Thunderstorms

A  When a cow escapes into the feed bin

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

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

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

E  When they flush out the free-stall barn