Chapter 8 Test The Great Lakes and the Corn Belt

A  St. Louis

B  Dallas

C  Chicago

D  Pittsburgh

E  Cincinnati

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 French and Indian War

B  The Battle of Little Bighorn

C  The Red River War

D  The Blackhawk War

E  The Creek War

A  Lake Ontario

B  Lake Huron

C  Lake Erie

D  Lake Michigan

E  Lake Superior

A  Uplift

B  Tectonics

C  Glaciation

D  Pyroclastic flow

A  Hudson Bay and the Great Lakes

B  Lake Erie and the Rocky Mountains

C  The Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean

D  The Great Lakes and the Mississippi Basin

A  The Metes and Bounds System

B  The Long Lot System

C  The Township and Range System

D  The Lot and Block System

A  The Western Woodland

B  The Heartland

C  The Old Northwest

D  The Buckeye Region

A  Vietnamese Burrowing Catfish

B  Saigon Shovelnose Salmon

C  Ho Chi Minh Snake Pike

D  Asian Jumping Carp

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  Sheep

B  Cattle

C  Hogs

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  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 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 water transit hub

B  A tourist attraction

C  A military base

D  The capital of the United States

E  A coal mine

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

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

C  Dairy production was mostly south of the Corn Belt

D  Dairy production was done most by German and Scandinavian immigrants

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

A  Corporate farms

B  Mixed Farms

C  Cash-grain farms

D  Family farms

A  Mollisols are high in organic content

B  Alfosils are usually associated with coniferous and mixed forests

C  Mollisols form under grasses

D  Alfisols are the best for grain production

E  Alfisols and Mollisols are the two most common soils

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

B  Farm size started to rapidly increase around 1950

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

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

E  The number of farms started to rapidly decrease around 1920

A  Kansas University

B  University of Nebraska

C  University of Texas

D  Texas A&M University

E  University of California, Davis

A  Iowa

B  Nebraska

C  Montana

D  California

E  Texas

A  Chicago, Illinois

B  St. Louis, Missouri

C  Youngstown, Ohio

D  Detroit, Michigan

A  Corporate farms

B  Cash-grain farms

C  Mixed farms

D  Family farms

E  Underground farms

A  Indiana

B  Illinois

C  Nebraska

D  Kansas

E  Iowa

A  Volcanic eruptions

B  Sinkholes

C  Faults shifting

D  Glaciers retreating and ice melting

E  Meteorites leaving craters

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  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 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  Ohio River

C  Mississippi River

D  Mason Dixon Line

A  Renovate

B  Incorporate (into separate cities)

C  Industrialize

D  Abandon

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

B  The 1785 Land Ordinance used base-lines and meridians

C  Metes and bounds uses visible landmarks

D  Metes and bounds is highly systematic and accurate

E  The 1785 Land Ordinance was quite regular and rectangular

A  Populated

B  Affluent

C  Diverse

D  Segregated

A  Cultural precinct

B  Ethnic enclaves

C  Barrios

D  Ghettos

A  Fertile soils, excellent transportation, mild winters

B  Technology, favorable government policy, work ethic

C  Experienced farmers, cash-grain farms, subsidized farming

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

A  America’ s driftless area

B  Canada

C  America’ s riverine highlands

D  America’ s central lowlands

A  Thunderstorms

B  Blizzards

C  Tornadoes

D  Earthquakes

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

D  When they flush out the free-stall barn

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