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Montana History Chapter 1 Review
Montana History Chapter 1 Review
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Means "middle life." When dinosaurs ruled the earth.
Cenozoic
Precambrian
Paleozoic
Mesozoic
2
Our state motto is in Spanish: "Oro y Plata." What does it mean?
agate and sapphire
gold and silver
silver and copper
gold and diamonds
3
Which of the following is NOT an ecological region of Montana?
Northern Plains
Rocky Mountain Front
Western Forest
Columbia Plateau
4
What is our state animal?
black bear
grizzly bear
bobcat
mountain lion
5
We have two state gemstones. What are they?
agate and ruby
agate and sapphire
ruby and sapphire
ruby and amber
6
An area on the side of a mountain range that is dryer because it is sheltered from rain clouds.
megafauna
glacier
rain shadow
chinook
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A scientist who studies fossils.
geographer
geologist
anthropologist
paleontologist
8
What does erosion mean?
high-elevation
rain and snow
providing nutrition
the wearing away of soil and rock by ice, water, or wind
9
What is our state butterfly?
spotted wing butterfly
bluebell butterfly
monarch butterfly
mourning cloak butterfly
10
Means "ancient life." When fish, clams, snails, and shellfish first emerged.
Mesozoic
Precambrian
Cenozoic
Paleozoic
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What is our state flower?
Indian paintbrush
yucca
bitterroot
daisy
12
What is our state fossil?
maiasaura
ankylosaurus
tyrannosaurus rex
triceratops
13
A large crater formed by a volcanic explosion or the collapse of a volcanic cone.
irrigation
caldera
rain shadow
chinook
14
Means "recent life." When megafauna like mastodons and wooly mammoths ruled the earth.
Mesozoic
Paleozoic
Precambrian
Cenozoic
15
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the Columbia Plateau?
high levels of precipitation
continuous mountains
rolling plains
thick forests
16
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the Northern Plains?
dry, windy, and extreme
sparse levels of precipitation
uniterrupted grassland
tall, jagged mountains
17
How does erosion benefit agriculture?
by carving the rock and soil
by providing irrigation
by washing rocks away from farmland
by washing nutritive soils farther downstream
18
What is our state grass?
bluebunch grass
crab grass
little bunch grass
big bunch grass
19
Our state's name comes from the Spanish "montañas relucientes," which means what?
shining gold
big plains
shining mountains
tall mountains
20
Masses or slow-moving rivers of ice.
Alberta clipper
caldera
glacier
chinook
21
Large animals.
Alberta clipper
irrigation
megafauna
caldera
22
What is our state bird?
robin
magpie
seagull
western meadowlark
23
What are our state's TWO nicknames?
Tall Mountain State
The Treasure State
The Plains State
Big Sky Country
24
What is our state fish?
blackspotted cutthroat trout
pike
whitefish
rainbow trout
25
Oil, coal, and natural gas that formed underground from dead plants and animals.
Alberta clipper
rain shadow
megafauna
fossil fuel
26
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the Rocky Mountain Front?
Chinook Corridor
small, scattered mountain ranges
plains
thick forests
27
Warm, dry winds that blow down the eastern slopes of mountains and raise temperatures.
fossil fuel
Alberta clipper
caldera
chinook
28
What is our state tree?
birch
mountain pine
ponderosa pine
fir
29
When the oldest rocks on earth were formed.
Paleozoic
Precambrian
Mesozoic
Cenozoic
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The study of earth.
geology
glacier
megafauna
paleontologist
