A.   When a cow escapes into the feed bin

B.   When the milking machine won't fit onto the cow's udder

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

D.   When the cow has two feet in the pen and two out of the pen

E.   When they flush out the free-stall barn

A.   Blizzards

B.   Tornadoes

C.   Thunderstorms

D.   Earthquakes

A.   America' s central lowlands

B.   America' s driftless area

C.   America' s riverine highlands

D.   Canada

A.   Adequate water availability, mixed farming, use of high yield crops

B.   Technology, favorable government policy, work ethic

C.   Fertile soils, excellent transportation, mild winters

D.   Experienced farmers, cash-grain farms, subsidized farming

A.   Ethnic enclaves

B.   Barrios

C.   Ghettos

D.   Cultural precinct

A.   Populated

B.   Segregated

C.   Diverse

D.   Affluent

A.   The 1785 Land Ordinance was quite regular and rectangular

B.   Metes and bounds is highly systematic and accurate

C.   The 1785 Land Ordinance used base-lines and meridians

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

E.   Metes and bounds uses visible landmarks

A.   Abandon

B.   Renovate

C.   Industrialize

D.   Incorporate (into separate cities)

A.   Mason Dixon Line

B.   Ohio River

C.   Great Lakes

D.   Mississippi River

A.   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.

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 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.

D.   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.

A.   Meteorites leaving craters

B.   Faults shifting

C.   Glaciers retreating and ice melting

D.   Volcanic eruptions

E.   Sinkholes

A.   Indiana

B.   Nebraska

C.   Kansas

D.   Iowa

E.   Illinois

A.   Mixed farms

B.   Underground farms

C.   Cash-grain farms

D.   Corporate farms

E.   Family farms

A.   St. Louis, Missouri

B.   Chicago, Illinois

C.   Detroit, Michigan

D.   Youngstown, Ohio

A.   Iowa

B.   Texas

C.   California

D.   Nebraska

E.   Montana

A.   Texas A&M University

B.   University of Texas

C.   Kansas University

D.   University of Nebraska

E.   University of California, Davis

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

B.   due to the economies of scale, medium- and large-sized farms were favored

C.   One reason for the increase in farm machinery was the availability of rural credit

D.   Farm size started to rapidly increase around 1950

E.   The number of farms started to rapidly decrease around 1920

A.   Alfosils are usually associated with coniferous and mixed forests

B.   Alfisols and Mollisols are the two most common soils

C.   Alfisols are the best for grain production

D.   Mollisols form under grasses

E.   Mollisols are high in organic content

A.   Mixed Farms

B.   Corporate farms

C.   Cash-grain farms

D.   Family farms

A.   The Fruit Belt extends around the Lake Michigan and Lake Erie shorelines

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

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

D.   Dairy production was done most by German and Scandinavian immigrants

E.   Dairy production was mostly south of the Corn Belt

A.   A military base

B.   A water transit hub

C.   The capital of the United States

D.   A tourist attraction

E.   A coal mine

A.   Less oriented to manufacturing

B.   More oriented to manufacturing

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

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

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.   Wheat production shifted west with settlement

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

E.   Flour milling was mostly done at break-in bulk points like Cincinnati and Buffalo

A.   The Ontario Industrial Region

B.   L'arc Prosp

C.   The Silver Crescent

D.   The Golden Horseshoe

A.   Rabbits

B.   Cattle

C.   Sheep

D.   Hogs

A.   Farmer John's nitrous oxide horsepower booster tanks

B.   All kinds of computer devices

C.   Farmer John in a protective suit to keep out pesticide

D.   Corn seeds

E.   Two drivers plus a navigator

A.   Asian Jumping Carp

B.   Saigon Shovelnose Salmon

C.   Vietnamese Burrowing Catfish

D.   Ho Chi Minh Snake Pike

A.   The Western Woodland

B.   The Buckeye Region

C.   The Heartland

D.   The Old Northwest

A.   The Lot and Block System

B.   The Long Lot System

C.   The Township and Range System

D.   The Metes and Bounds System

A.   Lake Erie and the Rocky Mountains

B.   The Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean

C.   The Great Lakes and the Mississippi Basin

D.   Hudson Bay and the Great Lakes

A.   Uplift

B.   Pyroclastic flow

C.   Glaciation

D.   Tectonics

A.   Lake Michigan

B.   Lake Erie

C.   Lake Superior

D.   Lake Ontario

E.   Lake Huron

A.   The Red River War

B.   The French and Indian War

C.   The Blackhawk War

D.   The Battle of Little Bighorn

E.   The Creek War

A.   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.

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

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

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

A.   Dallas

B.   Pittsburgh

C.   Chicago

D.   Cincinnati

E.   St. Louis