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GEO - Chapter 5 Review
GEO - Chapter 5 Review
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1
what types of jobs are emphasized by a postindustrial economy?
Services and technology
Traditional
Industrial and manufacturing
Agricultural
2
What was the Underground Railroad?
The First train line in the U.S.
a network of trains from East to West
The Transcontinental Railroad
A network of warehouses during slavery
3
What major mountain range starts in New Mexico, crosses Colorado, and goes into Canada?
The Appalachian
The Coast Range
The Rocky Mountains
Brooks Range
4
The war the English and the French refer to as the 7 years was in called... in the U.S.
The 6 and a half years war
The Western War
The French and Indian War
The Revolutionary War
5
A headwater is the source of a stream or river.
True
False
6
The process by which a body of water becomes rich in dissolved nutrients, encouraging algae overgrowth is..
Eutrophication
Calcification
Constipation
Petrification
7
The U.S. Northeast and Midwest came to be known as...
The Manufacturing Belt
the Bible Belt
The Black Belt
The Construction Belt
8
The 3 Colonial Powers to divide North America among themselves were...
Spain, England and France
Turkey, Spain, and France
Spain, Portugal, and England
France, England, and S. Africa
9
Haze produced by the interaction between solar radiation and exhaust fumes is known as...
Sewage
Acid Rain
Smog
Haze
10
What cultural and economic revolution led to the fast growth of the North and Midwest in the 1800s?
Slavery
The American Revolution
The Civil War
The Industrial Revolution
11
A resource formed in the Earth by plant and animal remains is called...
Renewable energy
Petrolium
A Fossil Fuel
Natural Fuel
12
The Environment doesn't play a role in the location of cities.
True
False
13
A large population concentration made up of several large cities and many small ones is a...
Kleptopolis
Megalopolis
Metropolis
Crocodilopolis
14
Britain kept most control of what region
The West of North America
The South of North America
The Atlantic Northeast (Middle of North America)
The Upmost northern part
15
What mountain range lies on the Eastern coast of the U.S.?
The Appalachian Mountains
The Rocky Mountains
The Alaskan range
Sierra Nevada
16
What type of lifestyle is more prevalent in the U.S.?
Urban
Rural
17
A divide is a high point that determines the direction a river flows
True
False
18
What's the red line on the map called? It determines the eastern or western flow of rivers in the U.S.
The Continental Divide
the Continental Line
The Continental Shelf
The Continental Drift
19
In colonial times, the South became known for what economic activity?
Fishing
Shipbuilding
Cotton production
Tourism
20
The removal of whole forests when harvesting timber or other precious woods is known as...
Harvesting
Trimming
Clear-cutting
Deforesting
21
Systems of channels and pipelines used to carry water from a source to people or farmland is...
A Headwater
A Megalopolis
An Aqueduct
A water plant
22
The south and the Southwest are often referred to as...
The Rust Belt
The Sun Belt
The Bible Belt
The Bless Your Heart Belt
23
What are the two islands between Alaska and Russia referred as?
Right Now and Later Island
East and West islands
The Great Island and the Little island
Tomorrow and Yesterday islands
24
In the 1800's the Great Lakes region became...
Dependent on slave labor
A leading center of industry
The center of Agricultural life in the U.S.
The center of cotton plantation
25
What's the main reason people settled in the Northeast and Great Lakes Region in the 1800s?
Climate (Nice weather)
Religious Freedom
Industrial Revolution (Job opportunities)
Agriculture (Food availability)
26
Precipitation which carries large amounts of dissolved acids, which kill wildlife is...
Acid Rain
Dark Rain
Immortal rain
Purple Rain
27
What is tributary?
A large body of water
The base of a mountain
A small river that feeds into a larger one
A Lake
28
A proceeding in which proper ownership is taken away due to the borrower's inability to pay is...
Reliquishing
Closure
Reposession
Foreclosure
29
The Imperial power originally in control of the Northern-easternmost part of North Americas was...
The British
The French
The Spanish
The Portuguese
30
How do archaeologist believe the first inhabitants came to the Americas?
We natively born here
Crossed from Asia to Alaska 15k years ago
Were brought over by the Spaniards
Floated here from the Pacific
