Chapter 8 Test The Great Lakes and the Corn Belt

A  Pittsburgh

B  Cincinnati

C  St. Louis

D  Dallas

E  Chicago

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

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

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  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 Blackhawk War

B  The Battle of Little Bighorn

C  The Creek War

D  The Red River War

E  The French and Indian War

A  Lake Huron

B  Lake Michigan

C  Lake Ontario

D  Lake Erie

E  Lake Superior

A  Tectonics

B  Glaciation

C  Pyroclastic flow

D  Uplift

A  The Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean

B  Hudson Bay and the Great Lakes

C  Lake Erie and the Rocky Mountains

D  The Great Lakes and the Mississippi Basin

A  The Township and Range System

B  The Lot and Block System

C  The Long Lot System

D  The Metes and Bounds System

A  The Old Northwest

B  The Heartland

C  The Western Woodland

D  The Buckeye Region

A  Ho Chi Minh Snake Pike

B  Asian Jumping Carp

C  Saigon Shovelnose Salmon

D  Vietnamese Burrowing Catfish

A  Two drivers plus a navigator

B  Corn seeds

C  Farmer John in a protective suit to keep out pesticide

D  All kinds of computer devices

E  Farmer John’s nitrous oxide horsepower booster tanks

A  Hogs

B  Sheep

C  Rabbits

D  Cattle

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  Wheat production shifted west with settlement

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

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  More oriented to manufacturing

D  Less oriented to manufacturing

A  The capital of the United States

B  A water transit hub

C  A tourist attraction

D  A military base

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 done most by German and Scandinavian immigrants

D  Dairy production was mostly south of the Corn Belt

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

A  Mixed Farms

B  Cash-grain farms

C  Family farms

D  Corporate farms

A  Alfisols are the best for grain production

B  Alfisols and Mollisols are the two most common soils

C  Mollisols form under grasses

D  Alfosils are usually associated with coniferous and mixed forests

E  Mollisols are high in organic content

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

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

C  The number of farms started to rapidly decrease around 1920

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

E  Farm size started to rapidly increase around 1950

A  Texas A&M University

B  Kansas University

C  University of Nebraska

D  University of California, Davis

E  University of Texas

A  Montana

B  Iowa

C  Texas

D  California

E  Nebraska

A  St. Louis, Missouri

B  Detroit, Michigan

C  Chicago, Illinois

D  Youngstown, Ohio

A  Underground farms

B  Cash-grain farms

C  Corporate farms

D  Family farms

E  Mixed farms

A  Kansas

B  Illinois

C  Iowa

D  Indiana

E  Nebraska

A  Faults shifting

B  Volcanic eruptions

C  Glaciers retreating and ice melting

D  Sinkholes

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 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.

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  Great Lakes

B  Mason Dixon Line

C  Mississippi River

D  Ohio River

A  Abandon

B  Incorporate (into separate cities)

C  Industrialize

D  Renovate

A  Metes and bounds uses visible landmarks

B  Metes and bounds is highly systematic and accurate

C  The 1785 Land Ordinance was quite regular and rectangular

D  The 1785 Land Ordinance used base-lines and meridians

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

A  Diverse

B  Populated

C  Segregated

D  Affluent

A  Ghettos

B  Cultural precinct

C  Ethnic enclaves

D  Barrios

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 riverine highlands

B  America’ s driftless area

C  America’ s central lowlands

D  Canada

A  Thunderstorms

B  Blizzards

C  Tornadoes

D  Earthquakes

A  When a cow escapes into the feed bin

B  When they flush out the free-stall barn

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

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

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