Chapter 8 Test The Great Lakes and the Corn Belt

A  Cincinnati

B  Chicago

C  Pittsburgh

D  St. Louis

E  Dallas

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

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 Red River War

B  The Blackhawk War

C  The Creek War

D  The Battle of Little Bighorn

E  The French and Indian War

A  Lake Michigan

B  Lake Erie

C  Lake Ontario

D  Lake Superior

E  Lake Huron

A  Tectonics

B  Pyroclastic flow

C  Uplift

D  Glaciation

A  The Great Lakes and the Mississippi Basin

B  Lake Erie and the Rocky Mountains

C  Hudson Bay and the Great Lakes

D  The Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean

A  The Lot and Block System

B  The Long Lot System

C  The Metes and Bounds System

D  The Township and Range System

A  The Old Northwest

B  The Buckeye Region

C  The Heartland

D  The Western Woodland

A  Saigon Shovelnose Salmon

B  Vietnamese Burrowing Catfish

C  Asian Jumping Carp

D  Ho Chi Minh Snake Pike

A  Farmer John’s nitrous oxide horsepower booster tanks

B  Farmer John in a protective suit to keep out pesticide

C  Corn seeds

D  All kinds of computer devices

E  Two drivers plus a navigator

A  Cattle

B  Hogs

C  Sheep

D  Rabbits

A  L’arc Prosp

B  The Silver Crescent

C  The Golden Horseshoe

D  The Ontario Industrial Region

A  Wheat production shifted west with settlement

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

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

D  The shipping of wheat production was highly dependent on waterways

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

A  Less oriented to manufacturing

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

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

D  More oriented to manufacturing

A  A military base

B  A tourist attraction

C  A water transit hub

D  A coal mine

E  The capital of the United States

A  Dairy production was done most by German and Scandinavian immigrants

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

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

D  Dairy production was mostly south of the Corn Belt

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

A  Family farms

B  Mixed Farms

C  Cash-grain farms

D  Corporate farms

A  Alfisols and Mollisols are the two most common soils

B  Alfisols are the best for grain production

C  Mollisols are high in organic content

D  Mollisols form under grasses

E  Alfosils are usually associated with coniferous and mixed forests

A  The number of farms started to rapidly decrease around 1920

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

E  Farm size started to rapidly increase around 1950

A  University of Nebraska

B  Texas A&M University

C  Kansas University

D  University of Texas

E  University of California, Davis

A  Montana

B  Nebraska

C  Texas

D  Iowa

E  California

A  Chicago, Illinois

B  Youngstown, Ohio

C  Detroit, Michigan

D  St. Louis, Missouri

A  Family farms

B  Cash-grain farms

C  Underground farms

D  Corporate farms

E  Mixed farms

A  Nebraska

B  Iowa

C  Illinois

D  Kansas

E  Indiana

A  Glaciers retreating and ice melting

B  Meteorites leaving craters

C  Sinkholes

D  Volcanic eruptions

E  Faults shifting

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 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  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.

A  Great Lakes

B  Ohio River

C  Mississippi River

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  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 uses visible landmarks

E  Metes and bounds is highly systematic and accurate

A  Affluent

B  Segregated

C  Populated

D  Diverse

A  Barrios

B  Ethnic enclaves

C  Cultural precinct

D  Ghettos

A  Fertile soils, excellent transportation, mild winters

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

C  Experienced farmers, cash-grain farms, subsidized farming

D  Technology, favorable government policy, work ethic

A  America’ s driftless area

B  Canada

C  America’ s central lowlands

D  America’ s riverine highlands

A  Blizzards

B  Tornadoes

C  Earthquakes

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