Chapter 8 Test The Great Lakes and the Corn Belt

A  Pittsburgh

B  Chicago

C  Dallas

D  St. Louis

E  Cincinnati

A  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.

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

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

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

A  The Battle of Little Bighorn

B  The French and Indian War

C  The Blackhawk War

D  The Red River War

E  The Creek War

A  Lake Superior

B  Lake Erie

C  Lake Michigan

D  Lake Huron

E  Lake Ontario

A  Tectonics

B  Uplift

C  Pyroclastic flow

D  Glaciation

A  Hudson Bay and the Great Lakes

B  The Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean

C  The Great Lakes and the Mississippi Basin

D  Lake Erie and the Rocky Mountains

A  The Township and Range System

B  The Metes and Bounds System

C  The Lot and Block System

D  The Long Lot System

A  The Western Woodland

B  The Old Northwest

C  The Heartland

D  The Buckeye Region

A  Asian Jumping Carp

B  Vietnamese Burrowing Catfish

C  Saigon Shovelnose Salmon

D  Ho Chi Minh Snake Pike

A  Corn seeds

B  Farmer John in a protective suit to keep out pesticide

C  Two drivers plus a navigator

D  Farmer John’s nitrous oxide horsepower booster tanks

E  All kinds of computer devices

A  Sheep

B  Hogs

C  Rabbits

D  Cattle

A  The Ontario Industrial Region

B  L’arc Prosp

C  The Golden Horseshoe

D  The Silver Crescent

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

D  Wheat production shifted west with settlement

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 coal mine

C  A water transit hub

D  A tourist attraction

E  The capital of the United States

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 orchards thrive due to the moderating effects of the lakes

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

A  Mixed Farms

B  Family farms

C  Cash-grain farms

D  Corporate farms

A  Mollisols form under grasses

B  Mollisols are high in organic content

C  Alfisols are the best for grain production

D  Alfisols and Mollisols are the two most common soils

E  Alfosils are usually associated with coniferous and mixed forests

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 Nebraska

B  University of Texas

C  Kansas University

D  University of California, Davis

E  Texas A&M University

A  Montana

B  Texas

C  Nebraska

D  Iowa

E  California

A  Chicago, Illinois

B  Youngstown, Ohio

C  Detroit, Michigan

D  St. Louis, Missouri

A  Family farms

B  Corporate farms

C  Underground farms

D  Cash-grain farms

E  Mixed farms

A  Iowa

B  Nebraska

C  Illinois

D  Kansas

E  Indiana

A  Sinkholes

B  Faults shifting

C  Meteorites leaving craters

D  Glaciers retreating and ice melting

E  Volcanic eruptions

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 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  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 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  Ohio River

B  Great Lakes

C  Mississippi River

D  Mason Dixon Line

A  Renovate

B  Industrialize

C  Incorporate (into separate cities)

D  Abandon

A  Metes and bounds uses visible landmarks

B  The 1785 Land Ordinance used base-lines and meridians

C  The 1785 Land Ordinance was quite regular and rectangular

D  Metes and bounds is highly systematic and accurate

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

A  Populated

B  Segregated

C  Affluent

D  Diverse

A  Barrios

B  Ghettos

C  Cultural precinct

D  Ethnic enclaves

A  Technology, favorable government policy, work ethic

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

C  Fertile soils, excellent transportation, mild winters

D  Experienced farmers, cash-grain farms, subsidized farming

A  Canada

B  America’ s central lowlands

C  America’ s riverine highlands

D  America’ s driftless area

A  Thunderstorms

B  Tornadoes

C  Blizzards

D  Earthquakes

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

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