Chapter 8 Test The Great Lakes and the Corn Belt

A  Dallas

B  St. Louis

C  Cincinnati

D  Chicago

E  Pittsburgh

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

B  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.

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 Creek War

C  The French and Indian War

D  The Red River War

E  The Blackhawk War

A  Lake Huron

B  Lake Ontario

C  Lake Erie

D  Lake Superior

E  Lake Michigan

A  Tectonics

B  Glaciation

C  Pyroclastic flow

D  Uplift

A  The Great Lakes and the Mississippi Basin

B  Hudson Bay and the Great Lakes

C  Lake Erie and the Rocky Mountains

D  The Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean

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 Heartland

B  The Old Northwest

C  The Western Woodland

D  The Buckeye Region

A  Asian Jumping Carp

B  Ho Chi Minh Snake Pike

C  Saigon Shovelnose Salmon

D  Vietnamese Burrowing Catfish

A  Farmer John in a protective suit to keep out pesticide

B  Corn seeds

C  Two drivers plus a navigator

D  All kinds of computer devices

E  Farmer John’s nitrous oxide horsepower booster tanks

A  Sheep

B  Cattle

C  Hogs

D  Rabbits

A  The Golden Horseshoe

B  The Silver Crescent

C  The Ontario Industrial Region

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  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 trouble weathering the transition.

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

C  Less oriented to manufacturing

D  More oriented to manufacturing

A  A water transit hub

B  A coal mine

C  The capital of the United States

D  A military base

E  A tourist attraction

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

B  Dairy production was mostly south of the Corn Belt

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

D  Dairy production was done most by German and Scandinavian immigrants

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

A  Family farms

B  Mixed Farms

C  Corporate farms

D  Cash-grain farms

A  Mollisols form under grasses

B  Alfosils are usually associated with coniferous and mixed forests

C  Mollisols are high in organic content

D  Alfisols are the best for grain production

E  Alfisols and Mollisols are the two most common soils

A  Farm size started to rapidly increase around 1950

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

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

D  The number of farms started to rapidly decrease around 1920

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

A  University of Nebraska

B  Kansas University

C  Texas A&M University

D  University of Texas

E  University of California, Davis

A  Nebraska

B  Texas

C  California

D  Montana

E  Iowa

A  St. Louis, Missouri

B  Chicago, Illinois

C  Detroit, Michigan

D  Youngstown, Ohio

A  Underground farms

B  Corporate farms

C  Family farms

D  Mixed farms

E  Cash-grain farms

A  Iowa

B  Kansas

C  Nebraska

D  Indiana

E  Illinois

A  Glaciers retreating and ice melting

B  Volcanic eruptions

C  Faults shifting

D  Sinkholes

E  Meteorites leaving craters

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 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  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.

A  Great Lakes

B  Mason Dixon Line

C  Ohio River

D  Mississippi River

A  Abandon

B  Industrialize

C  Renovate

D  Incorporate (into separate cities)

A  Metes and bounds is highly systematic and accurate

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

C  The 1785 Land Ordinance was quite regular and rectangular

D  The 1785 Land Ordinance used base-lines and meridians

E  Metes and bounds uses visible landmarks

A  Diverse

B  Populated

C  Affluent

D  Segregated

A  Barrios

B  Cultural precinct

C  Ethnic enclaves

D  Ghettos

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 riverine highlands

B  America’ s driftless area

C  America’ s central lowlands

D  Canada

A  Earthquakes

B  Thunderstorms

C  Tornadoes

D  Blizzards

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

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

C  When a cow escapes into the feed bin

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

E  When they flush out the free-stall barn