Chapter 8 Test The Great Lakes and the Corn Belt

A  Dallas

B  Cincinnati

C  St. Louis

D  Chicago

E  Pittsburgh

A  They approved the construction of a new prison in the city, and invited residents to take control of the planning process for the city.

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

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 Battle of Little Bighorn

C  The Creek War

D  The Blackhawk War

E  The Red River War

A  Lake Michigan

B  Lake Huron

C  Lake Ontario

D  Lake Erie

E  Lake Superior

A  Tectonics

B  Pyroclastic flow

C  Uplift

D  Glaciation

A  The Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean

B  The Great Lakes and the Mississippi Basin

C  Lake Erie and the Rocky Mountains

D  Hudson Bay and the Great Lakes

A  The Metes and Bounds System

B  The Township and Range System

C  The Long Lot System

D  The Lot and Block System

A  The Western Woodland

B  The Heartland

C  The Old Northwest

D  The Buckeye Region

A  Ho Chi Minh Snake Pike

B  Vietnamese Burrowing Catfish

C  Asian Jumping Carp

D  Saigon Shovelnose Salmon

A  Farmer John’s nitrous oxide horsepower booster tanks

B  All kinds of computer devices

C  Farmer John in a protective suit to keep out pesticide

D  Two drivers plus a navigator

E  Corn seeds

A  Rabbits

B  Hogs

C  Cattle

D  Sheep

A  The Golden Horseshoe

B  The Silver Crescent

C  The Ontario Industrial Region

D  L’arc Prosp

A  Wheat production shifted west with settlement

B  The shipping of wheat production was highly dependent on waterways

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

D  Less oriented to manufacturing

A  The capital of the United States

B  A coal mine

C  A water transit hub

D  A tourist attraction

E  A military base

A  Dairy production was done most by German and Scandinavian immigrants

B  Dairy production was mostly south of the Corn Belt

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

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

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

A  Cash-grain farms

B  Corporate farms

C  Family farms

D  Mixed Farms

A  Mollisols are high in organic content

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 form under grasses

A  The number of farms started to rapidly decrease around 1920

B  Farm size started to rapidly increase around 1950

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

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 Nebraska

B  University of Texas

C  Texas A&M University

D  University of California, Davis

E  Kansas University

A  Texas

B  California

C  Nebraska

D  Iowa

E  Montana

A  Detroit, Michigan

B  St. Louis, Missouri

C  Chicago, Illinois

D  Youngstown, Ohio

A  Mixed farms

B  Corporate farms

C  Family farms

D  Underground farms

E  Cash-grain farms

A  Indiana

B  Iowa

C  Nebraska

D  Illinois

E  Kansas

A  Glaciers retreating and ice melting

B  Volcanic eruptions

C  Sinkholes

D  Meteorites leaving craters

E  Faults shifting

A  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.

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 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  Mississippi River

B  Mason Dixon Line

C  Great Lakes

D  Ohio River

A  Abandon

B  Industrialize

C  Renovate

D  Incorporate (into separate cities)

A  Metes and bounds is highly systematic and accurate

B  The 1785 Land Ordinance used base-lines and meridians

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 uses visible landmarks

A  Diverse

B  Segregated

C  Affluent

D  Populated

A  Ethnic enclaves

B  Cultural precinct

C  Barrios

D  Ghettos

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

B  Experienced farmers, cash-grain farms, subsidized farming

C  Technology, favorable government policy, work ethic

D  Fertile soils, excellent transportation, mild winters

A  Canada

B  America’ s driftless area

C  America’ s central lowlands

D  America’ s riverine highlands

A  Blizzards

B  Thunderstorms

C  Tornadoes

D  Earthquakes

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

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

C  When a cow escapes into the feed bin

D  When they flush out the free-stall barn

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