Chapter 8 Test The Great Lakes and the Corn Belt

A  St. Louis

B  Pittsburgh

C  Chicago

D  Dallas

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

A  The Red River War

B  The Creek War

C  The Battle of Little Bighorn

D  The French and Indian War

E  The Blackhawk War

A  Lake Michigan

B  Lake Huron

C  Lake Ontario

D  Lake Superior

E  Lake Erie

A  Tectonics

B  Uplift

C  Pyroclastic flow

D  Glaciation

A  Lake Erie and the Rocky Mountains

B  Hudson Bay and the Great Lakes

C  The Great Lakes and the Mississippi Basin

D  The Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean

A  The Lot and Block System

B  The Long Lot System

C  The Township and Range System

D  The Metes and Bounds System

A  The Buckeye Region

B  The Old Northwest

C  The Heartland

D  The Western Woodland

A  Vietnamese Burrowing Catfish

B  Asian Jumping Carp

C  Saigon Shovelnose Salmon

D  Ho Chi Minh Snake Pike

A  Farmer John’s nitrous oxide horsepower booster tanks

B  Two drivers plus a navigator

C  Farmer John in a protective suit to keep out pesticide

D  Corn seeds

E  All kinds of computer devices

A  Rabbits

B  Hogs

C  Cattle

D  Sheep

A  L’arc Prosp

B  The Ontario Industrial Region

C  The Golden Horseshoe

D  The Silver Crescent

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

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

C  The shipping of wheat production was highly dependent on waterways

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

E  Wheat production shifted west with settlement

A  Less oriented to manufacturing

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

C  More oriented to manufacturing

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

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  Dairy production was mostly south of the Corn Belt

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 done most by German and Scandinavian immigrants

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

A  Corporate farms

B  Mixed Farms

C  Cash-grain farms

D  Family 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  Mollisols form under grasses

E  Alfisols are the best for grain production

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

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  The number of farms started to rapidly decrease around 1920

A  University of California, Davis

B  University of Nebraska

C  Kansas University

D  Texas A&M University

E  University of Texas

A  California

B  Iowa

C  Texas

D  Montana

E  Nebraska

A  Chicago, Illinois

B  St. Louis, Missouri

C  Youngstown, Ohio

D  Detroit, Michigan

A  Family farms

B  Cash-grain farms

C  Underground farms

D  Corporate farms

E  Mixed farms

A  Illinois

B  Kansas

C  Iowa

D  Indiana

E  Nebraska

A  Sinkholes

B  Faults shifting

C  Glaciers retreating and ice melting

D  Meteorites leaving craters

E  Volcanic eruptions

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 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  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  Mason Dixon Line

B  Great Lakes

C  Mississippi River

D  Ohio River

A  Renovate

B  Abandon

C  Incorporate (into separate cities)

D  Industrialize

A  The 1785 Land Ordinance used base-lines and meridians

B  Metes and bounds is highly systematic and accurate

C  The 1785 Land Ordinance was quite regular and rectangular

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

E  Metes and bounds uses visible landmarks

A  Affluent

B  Populated

C  Diverse

D  Segregated

A  Ethnic enclaves

B  Ghettos

C  Cultural precinct

D  Barrios

A  Technology, favorable government policy, work ethic

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

C  Experienced farmers, cash-grain farms, subsidized farming

D  Fertile soils, excellent transportation, mild winters

A  America’ s central lowlands

B  Canada

C  America’ s driftless area

D  America’ s riverine highlands

A  Blizzards

B  Thunderstorms

C  Tornadoes

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