Chapter 8 Test The Great Lakes and the Corn Belt

A  Cincinnati

B  Pittsburgh

C  Chicago

D  St. Louis

E  Dallas

A  They approved the construction of a new prison in the city, and invited residents to take control of the planning process for the city.

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

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

A  The Blackhawk War

B  The Creek War

C  The French and Indian War

D  The Battle of Little Bighorn

E  The Red River War

A  Lake Superior

B  Lake Ontario

C  Lake Erie

D  Lake Huron

E  Lake Michigan

A  Tectonics

B  Glaciation

C  Uplift

D  Pyroclastic flow

A  Hudson Bay and the Great Lakes

B  Lake Erie and the Rocky Mountains

C  The Great Lakes and the Mississippi Basin

D  The Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean

A  The Township and Range System

B  The Lot and Block System

C  The Metes and Bounds System

D  The Long Lot System

A  The Buckeye Region

B  The Heartland

C  The Old Northwest

D  The Western Woodland

A  Vietnamese Burrowing Catfish

B  Saigon Shovelnose Salmon

C  Ho Chi Minh Snake Pike

D  Asian Jumping Carp

A  Two drivers plus a navigator

B  All kinds of computer devices

C  Corn seeds

D  Farmer John’s nitrous oxide horsepower booster tanks

E  Farmer John in a protective suit to keep out pesticide

A  Hogs

B  Sheep

C  Cattle

D  Rabbits

A  The Silver Crescent

B  The Golden Horseshoe

C  The Ontario Industrial Region

D  L’arc Prosp

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

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  Wheat production shifted west with settlement

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

A  More oriented to manufacturing

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

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

D  Less oriented to manufacturing

A  The capital of the United States

B  A water transit hub

C  A military base

D  A coal mine

E  A tourist attraction

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

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

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  Family farms

C  Cash-grain farms

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

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  The number of farms started to rapidly decrease around 1920

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

A  Kansas University

B  University of Texas

C  Texas A&M University

D  University of Nebraska

E  University of California, Davis

A  Nebraska

B  Iowa

C  Montana

D  California

E  Texas

A  St. Louis, Missouri

B  Youngstown, Ohio

C  Detroit, Michigan

D  Chicago, Illinois

A  Corporate farms

B  Mixed farms

C  Underground farms

D  Family farms

E  Cash-grain farms

A  Illinois

B  Kansas

C  Nebraska

D  Indiana

E  Iowa

A  Sinkholes

B  Glaciers retreating and ice melting

C  Faults shifting

D  Volcanic eruptions

E  Meteorites leaving craters

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 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  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.

A  Ohio River

B  Mississippi River

C  Mason Dixon Line

D  Great Lakes

A  Incorporate (into separate cities)

B  Renovate

C  Industrialize

D  Abandon

A  The 1785 Land Ordinance was quite regular and rectangular

B  The 1785 Land Ordinance used base-lines and meridians

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

D  Metes and bounds is highly systematic and accurate

E  Metes and bounds uses visible landmarks

A  Affluent

B  Populated

C  Diverse

D  Segregated

A  Cultural precinct

B  Ghettos

C  Ethnic enclaves

D  Barrios

A  Experienced farmers, cash-grain farms, subsidized farming

B  Technology, favorable government policy, work ethic

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

D  Fertile soils, excellent transportation, mild winters

A  America’ s central lowlands

B  America’ s riverine highlands

C  Canada

D  America’ s driftless area

A  Blizzards

B  Earthquakes

C  Tornadoes

D  Thunderstorms

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

B  When they flush out the free-stall barn

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

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

E  When a cow escapes into the feed bin