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BJU Cultural Geography 5th. ed, Chapter 5
BJU Cultural Geography 5th. ed, Chapter 5
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Values that forge a common culture and bind a people together:
Core Values
Mutual Beliefs
Social Contracts
Shared Ideologies
2
What state is separators from the lower forty-eight states by Canada?
Alaska
Wisconsin
Washington
Montana
3
For many Americans, liberty is primarily about:
Freedom from obligations
Freedom from taxes
Freedom from tradition
Freedom from authorites or law
4
Term that refers to an underground layer of water-bearing rock or sediment from which groundwater can be extracted:
Aquifer
Hydraulic Deposit
Water Table
Subterranean Filter
5
What is the method used to extract oil or natural gas?
Off-shore Drilling
Fracking
Steam pumping
6
What formed the Pacific, Rocky, and Appalachian Mountain ranges?
Ancient River beds
Costal Erosion
Ice melting patterns
Plate tectonics
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Core values of Americans:
Freedom, individualism, equality
Social hierarchy, duty, power
Hard work, obedience, tradition
Unity, safety, authority
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Monument that features the likeness of four U.S. presidents?
Washington Monument
Mount Rushmore
Liberty Bell
Jefferson Memorial
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What mountain range located west of the Piedmont, extends from eastern Canada southward into northern Alabama?
Cascades
Blue Ridge
Appalachian
Sierra Nevada
10
What are the forces that formed the Pacific, Rocky, and Appalachian Mountain Ranges?
faults and folds
volcanic activity and plate tectonics
plate tectonics and faults
11
The southernmost U.S. state is
Maine
Florida
Hawaii
Texas
12
Word that best describes both the people and the geography of the United States:
Rugged
Traditional
Agricultural
Diverse
13
Waters flowing from the eastern side of the Eastern Continental Divide empty into the:
Great Lakes
Missouri River
Pacific Ocean
Mississippi River
14
What are populated with mature trees which have not experienced significant disturbances?
second-generation forests
young-growth forests
native woodlands
old-growth forests
15
Name the governing document that is the "law of the land"
Declaration of Independence
Bill of Rights
U.S. Constitution
16
The southern third of the United States, from the Carolinas to California:
The Plains
Sun Belt
Great Basin
Dixie Region
17
Longest river in the United States:
Columbia
Missouri
Mississippi
Colorado
18
What Mountain Ranges serve as the Eastern Continental Divide?
Pacific Mountain Range
Sierra Nevadas
Appalachians
Rockys
19
What does acid rain damage?
Buildings and plants
Aquifers
Atmosphere
Cars
20
What religious group has its headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah?
Mormons
Presbyterians
Christian Scientists
Quakers
21
Where do about 89 percent of Americans live?
Western States
Urban Areas
Rural Areas
Costal Regions
22
Refers to the low amount of rainfall that occurs east of a mountain range:
rain shadow
orographic shift
leeward drift
desertification zone
23
What determines the direction of a river’s flow in the United States?
Raltions to ones continental divides
terrain gradient
ocean currents
sea levels
24
What current flows across the northwest coast of North America?
Gulf Stream
Humboldt Current
Antarctic Current
Japanese Current
25
Easiest resource to conserve:
Minerals
Oil
Coal
Water
26
The United States government is a
Federation
Federal Republic
Democracy
Autocracy
27
The three branches of the United States government:
Legislative, State, Local
Federal, Executive, Judicial
Senate, House, Presidency
Executive, Legislative, Judicial
28
What characterizes the geography of the United States?
Diversity
Mountainous Terrain
Uniformity
Landscapes
29
Which president on Mount Rushmore represents the nation’s birth?
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
30
Waters flowing down the eastern side of mountains go to Atlantic Ocean and western side flow to Great Lakes or Gulf
Eastern Continental Divide
Western Continental Divide
Transcontinental Flow Line
31
Name of natural disaster that Atlantic and Gulf coasts are susceptible to:
Hurricanes
Earthquakes
Tsunamis
Tornadoes
32
Gettysburg Address=
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Abraham Lincoln
33
The Rockies form the Western Continental Divide. Waters that flow down the western side run into what ocean?
Caribbean Sea
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific
Atlantic
34
Prevailing wind that brings plentiful rains is called the:
Japanese Current
Westerlies
Eastern Monsoon
Polar Jet Stream