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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A The Douglas firs of the region can grow up to a height of 200 feet
B The maximum reported precipitation is around 150 inches
C The region extends down into Northern California
D Western Washington and Oregon get more precipitation than eastern Washington and Oregon
E There is a rain forest on the Olympic Peninsula
Question #2
A Coffee and pineapple plantations
B Forestry/logging, salmon fishing
C Cotton and tobacco farming
D Shrimping, rice farming
Question #3
A Russian
B Spanish
C British
D French
Question #4
A Seattle
B Portland
C Eugene
D Vancouver
Question #5
A They were both towns owned by private corporations.
B They were both preplanned cities.
C They are both owned and run by Native American tribes, while remaining part of the United States.
D They are both centers for the nuclear energy industry.
Question #6
A Olympia, Washington
B Seattle, Washington
C Portland, Oregon
D Vancouver, British Columbia
Question #7
A The Willamette Valley
B The Santa Clara Valley
C The Central Valley
D The Frasier Valley
Question #8
A Attractive natural environments
B Low cost of living
C Abundance of workers
D Established, technology-oriented universities.
Question #9
A Megalopolis
B California
C The Intermontane
D The Pacific Northwest
E The Rocky Mountains
Question #10
A Rogue Valley
B Willamette Valley
C Columbia Valley
D Fraser Valley
Question #11
A The Pacific Northwest
B California
C Megalopolis
D The Intermontane
Question #12
A They were political refugees
B They were escaping war
C They were envious of the Alaskan settlements they could see from Russia.
D They faced religious persecution
Question #13
A Dawes Act
B Expulsion Act
C Donation Land Claims Act
D Homestead Act
Question #14
A Fishing and marine resources
B Gathering seeds, fruits, and berries.
C Hunting
D Agriculture
Question #15
A The Columbia Plateau
B Vancouver Island
C The Willamette Valley
D California
Question #16
A North – South
B Northeast to Southwest
C East – West
D There is no pattern, different ranges run in different directions
Question #17
A Forests
B Gold
C Water
D Oil
Question #18
A They were the two cities with the closest ties to the United States
B Victoria and Vancouver were two major trading ports and the commerce with Asia and Russia drew settlers.
C Most other cities in B.C. can only be reached by air or water travel.
D Victoria and Vancouver were the two largest forts in B.C. and so drew a large population early.
Question #19
A Eutopia
B Cascadia
C Pacifica
D Ecotopia
Question #20
A Seattle
B Portland
C Vancouver
D Victoria
Question #21
A The Spanish
B The French
C The British
D The Russians
Question #22
A In valleys between mountain ranges
B On the western side of mountain ranges
C On the eastern side of mountain ranges
D Near the coast
Question #23
A Pears, apples, and oats
B Wheat, apples, and grapes
C Blueberries, Oats, and grapes
D Wheat, blueberries, and pears
Question #24
A Urban growth boundaries
B Wildlife conservation areas
C City limits
D Road tolls
Question #25
A Salmon
B Timber
C Computers
D Airplanes
Question #26
A The completion of transcontinental railroads in the United States and Canada
B Steamships drastically reduced the travel time over sailing ships.
C The completion of transcontinental railroads in the United States and Canada
D All of the above
Question #27
A The Federal government is the largest landowner in Alaska
B Alaska statehood came in 1959
C Petroleum was not discovered in Alaska until 1968 at Prudhoe Bay on the North Slope
D The Federal government, especially the Department of Defense, is the dominant employer in Alaska
E The Yukon Delta is the largest national park in Alaska
Question #28
A Most of the agricultural production is for consumption back in eastern Canada and the eastern U.S.
B The area east of Cascades is predominately semi-arid, grasses and desert shrubs and supports the dry farming of wheat
C Japan is the primary customer for British Columbia and Alaska lumber
D Washington, Oregon, and California supply more than 50% of the U.S. total timber production
E The Willamette Valley produces both forage crops and dairy products
Question #29
A Vancouver is Canada’s busiest port
B With more than 1.2 million people, Vancouver is now Canada’s largest city
C Portland has a more diversified economy than Seattle
D Founded as a logging center, Seattle’s regional dominance was due to the coming of railroads
E Seattle has been the region’s largest city since late 1800s
Question #30
A The first railroad to Seattle stimulated large numbers of immigrants, especially Scandinavians, into Washington
B The Modoc and Klamath native peoples inhabited Oregon while the Palouse and Yakima tribes inhabited Washington
C Most of the region’s population lives in the lowlands from the Fraser River in Canada to the Willamette Valley in Washington
D Because of its remoteness, there was much slower population growth in this region than the national averages in U.S. and Canada
E The U.S.-Canadian border was set by agreement at 49* N latitude
Question #31
A Outside of the polar regions, this region was the last area to be explored by Europeans
B The U.S. purchased Alaska from the Russians in 1867
C The first Russian settlements occurred in the late 1700s
D It was the Oregon Trail that brought settlers from Missouri to the Willamette Valley
E The Hudsons Bay Company was a fur-trading operation in Columbia River Basin in the early 1700s
Question #32
A Among American Indians, potlatch is known as the ritual giving of gifts
B The purpose a totem pole is Totem pole is to provide a record of a persons life carved into vertical log
C There were a number of distinct ethnic groups clustered in small valleys along the coast
D The pre-European American Indian population was relatively small considering the abundance of year-round food
E The American Indian economy was predominately hunting and gathering
Question #33
A Mt. Logan is the highest mountain in Canada
B Mount St. Helens is a volcanic peak located in the Cascades
C Alaska’s capital, Anchorage, is on a narrow coastal lowland in the Alaskan panhandle
D The Chugach and Kenai Mountains are along Alaska’s coast
E The Alaska panhandle is predominately mountains and islands
Question #34
A The region’s winters are usually mild and the summers generally are cool
B Snow is generally uncommon south of Vancouver
C The coast ranges of Washington and Oregon are low rounded mountains with maximum elevations of around 1200 feet
D At 20,300 feet, Mt. McKinley is the highest mountain in North America
E The Cascades are an uplifted plateau topped with volcanic peaks
Question #35
A There is generally less rainfall north and west of Alaskas panhandle
B The heaviest precipitation falls on the windward side of the region’s mountains
C The region’s lowlands are semi-arid
D Regional storms move south and east
E Most of the region’s precipitation occurs in the summer, especially in the north
