Deck 2: The Country

Question 1

With which regions do you chiefly associate gas reserves?

A) Atlantic Plain
B) Appalachian Plateau
C) Central Lowland
D) Great Plains
E) Rockies

Answer 1

A,C
Explanation: The reserves in the Gulf of Mexico are alluded to in the text as are those in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas.

Question 2

To what factors do you attribute the economic decline of the Appalachian region?

A) Gas
B) Oil
C) Atomic energy
D) Deforestation
E) Soil erosion

Answer 2

A,B,C
Explanation: The first three because they progressively replaced the use of coal that once sustained the area economically.

Question 3

What is produced in the valleys of the western Cordillera?

A) Vegetables
B) Steel
C) Coal
D) Timber
E) Fruit

Answer 3

A,E
Explanation:
Due to the rich soils and a favorable climate.

Question 4

Which issue affecting Alaska has been the subject of recent debate?

A) Population decline
B) Permafrost
C) Global warming
D) Oil exploration
E) Gas explosions

Question 5

When was the St Lawrence Seaway opened?

A) 1825
B) 1876
C) 1925
D) 1959
E) 2006

Question 6

What is the Superfund statute concerned with?

A) Increasing agricultural production
B) Toxic waste sites
C) Preventing landslip
D) Enforcing clean air regulations
E) Providing safe drinking water

Question 7

Why did Indian tribes increase in number in the Great Plains between 1700 and 1750?

A) Because settlers had no interest in these areas
B) Because they started hunting bison on horseback
C) Because many Indians fled there from foreign settlers
D) They developed high resistance to European diseases
E) They acquired guns to protect themselves from settlers

Question 8

Which term best describes the American population?

A) Very static
B) Resistant to change
C) Highly mobile
D) Economically deprived
E) Very prone to illness

Question 9

Which city does the Erie Canal serve?

A) Baltimore
B) Chicago
C) Cleveland
D) Philadelphia
E) New York

Question 10

What did the Piedmont provide the first industrial cities?

A) Coal
B) Waterpower
C) Slave labor
D) Iron ore
E) Wheat

Question 11

How did New Mexico and Arizona become part of the Union?

A) They were purchased from Napoleon
B) They were purchased from Spain
C) They were seized in a war
D) They joined after the Civil War
E) They were purchased from Mexico

Question 12

When was the transcontinental railroad to Los Angeles completed?

A) 1845
B) 1855
C) 1865
D) 1875
E) 1885

Question 13

When did Hawaii become a US territory?

A) 1880
B) 1900
C) 1959
D) 1963
E) 1984

Question 14

Which state has the highest unemployment rate in the US?

A) Arizona
B) Alaska
C) Maine
D) Nevada
E) North Carolina

Question 15

Outline the main physical features of the US, describing the country's most important natural resources and commenting on the environmental cost of their use.

Question 16

Discuss the causes of differences between Native-American and contemporary American cultural geography.

Question 17

What are the major natural resources of the US and where are they located?

Question 18

In what ways has the exploitation of US natural resources led to some of the pollution problems referred to in this chapter?