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Question #1
Looking at the diagram (figure 11.4), on average when are the temperatures in Lubbock and Bismarck most similar?
A.
Spring
B.
Summer
C.
Winter
D.
Fall
Question #2
Looking at the diagram (11.4), about how many inches of precipitation does Bismarck, North Dakota get on average in May?
A.
20 inches
B.
2 inches
C.
3 inches
D.
30 inches
Question #3
According to the lecture, which of the following is INCORRECT?
A.
Blizzards occur when cold polar air masses push south along the Rockies
B.
Tornadoes result from the collision of air masses
C.
Chinook winds most often occur during the summer
D.
Chinooks are best known for warm, dry air descending from Rocky Mountains
E.
Oklahoma and northern Texas seem to be the epicenter of tornado activity
Question #4
What law passed in 1862 encouraged settlement of the Great Plains by providing up to 160 acres of land to settlers who were able to make productive use of it?
A.
The Dawes Act
B.
The Morrill Act
C.
The Homestead Act
D.
The Donation Land Claim Act
Question #5
Early settlers used the name the "Great American Desert" to refer to the Great Plains because of what characteristic of the region?
A.
The use of dromedaries for travel.
B.
The low rainfall.
C.
The miles and miles of sand and dunes.
D.
The lack of trees.
Question #6
Recent Latino and Asian immigrants have been attracted to the Great Plains because of jobs in what industry?
A.
Mining
B.
Agriculture
C.
Meat packing
D.
Automobile manufacturing
Question #7
According to the lecture, which of the following is incorrect regarding the ranching industry of the Great Plains region?
A.
Every state in the region has some form of cattle ranching
B.
Overgrazing was a major contributing factor to the collapse of the ranching industry
C.
Railroads linking the region to the West Coast contributed to the expansion of the ranching industry
D.
Ranching was introduced into Texas by Spanish
E.
The post-World War I period saw the greatest expansion of the region's ranching industry
Question #8
What event effectively ended Native American resistance to Euro-American settlement in the Great Plains?
A.
The defeat of General Custer at Little Big Horn forced the US government to negotiate.
B.
Prospectors in the area brought diseases that largely wiped out the Native American presence in the area.
C.
The massacre of more than 200 Dakota men, women, and children near Wounded Knee
D.
The US Homestead Act was passed to allow for settlement only on previously unclaimed lands.
Question #9
Most major cities in the northern Great Plains are located where?
A.
Near the edge of the region
B.
In the southern portion of the region
C.
In the center of the region
D.
Near the border with Canada
Question #10
According to the lecture, which of the following is NOT true regarding the Great Plains region?
A.
Elevation rises from east to west
B.
The High Plains extend from Texas up to Nebraska
C.
The Black Hills are part of the Rocky Mountains
D.
The Lake Agassiz Basin once contained the largest of the Cretaceous era lakes
E.
Badlands National Park is in South Dakota
Question #11
Most of the tourism and recreation sector in the Great Plains relies on visitors from where?
A.
People from all over North America
B.
People from the Great Plains
C.
People from nearby regions
D.
People from overseas
Question #12
According to the lecture, which state would appear to have the LOWEST average Certainty Rating
A.
Texas
B.
South Dakota
C.
Utah
D.
Nebraska
E.
Oklahoma
Question #13
http://www.tornadofacts.net/tornado-alley-facts.php (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. According to the webpage, what weather phenomenon commonly occurs in this region?
A.
Supercell thunderstorms
B.
Dust storms
C.
Blue Northers
D.
El Nino
E.
Sundowner winds
Question #14
Most secondary sector activity in the Great Plains is related to what primary sector activity?
A.
Mining
B.
Logging
C.
There is little secondary sector activity in the Great Plains
D.
Agriculture
Question #15
The Department of Energy is investing $60 billion in rural parts of the United States, largely in the Great Plains, in order to develop what alternative source of energy?
A.
Wind
B.
Biofuels
C.
Hydroelectric
D.
Solar power
Question #16
https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Wild-Places/Prairie-Potholes (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. According to the webpage, which of these is NOT a species that benefits from prairie potholes?
A.
Waterfowl birds
B.
Bats
C.
Waterbirds
D.
Grasslands birds
E.
Shore birds
Question #17
According to the lecture, which of the following is INCORRECT?
A.
Wheat harvesting tends to be done by teams of crews operating large mechanical combines
B.
The Great Lakes and the Mississippi River are the major transportation routes for Great Plains grain headed to market
C.
Most of the farms in Montana tend to larger than the farms in North Dakota
D.
It would appear that Montana and North Dakota had the most harvested acres of wheat in 2002
E.
The Ogallala aquifer occupies about 100,000 square miles and was created in the Pleistocene era about 25,000 years ago
Question #18
According to the lecture, which of the following is NOT true regarding the settlement of the Great Plains region?
A.
The Great Plains were initially bypassed in favor of movement to the West Coast
B.
Initially, the mobility of the Great Plains Indians was limited by lack of transportation
C.
Buffalo hunting was the main economic base of the Plains Indians
D.
Horses were first introduced into the region by English trappers heading west
E.
The first European settlers tended to settle next to sources of water
Question #19
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SosZ2ZRJymU (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. According to the video, where did the various routes lead the Cherokee people to?
A.
Louisiana
B.
Kentucky
C.
Nova Scotia
D.
Oklahoma
E.
Arizona
Question #20
The largest dune field in North America is located in the Great Plains and is called what?
A.
The Nebraska Sand Hills
B.
The Ogallala Sand Hills
C.
The South Dakota Dunes
D.
The Clovis Dunes
Question #21
The forced migration of tens of thousands of people from the "Five Civilized Tribes" — Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek and Seminole from their homelands in the southeastern United States to "Indian Territory" in what is now Oklahoma is called what?
A.
The Five Tribes Act
B.
The Trail of Tears
C.
The Jackson Accord.
D.
The Homesteading Act
Question #22
About how many bison were living on the Great Plains before Euro-Americans began hunting them?
A.
8,000,000
B.
800,000
C.
80,000,000
D.
80,000
Question #23
What two 19th Century technologies were key to encouraging settlement in the Great Plains?
A.
The automobile and the airplane.
B.
The steel plow and the railroad.
C.
The railroad and the automobile.
D.
Automobiles and the steel plow.
Question #24
Before it became a U.S. state, eastern Oklahoma was set-aside for what?
A.
An expansion area for Texas.
B.
As "Indian Territory" for thousands of Native Americans displaced from the southeastern United States
C.
A Mormon nation
D.
The Nation of Oklahoma
Question #25
According to the lecture, which of the following is NOT true regarding precipitation in the Great Plains region?
A.
One of the region's worst droughts took place between 1945 and 1950
B.
Precipitation is influenced by cool dry air from the north
C.
Most of the region's precipitation occurs April through August
D.
Regional droughts tend to occur about every 20 years
E.
Precipitation is influenced by Warm, moist air from Gulf of Mexico
Question #26
http://www.tornadofacts.net/tornado-alley-facts.php (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. According to the webpage, why are building codes more strict in this area?
A.
This area has less resources
B.
To keep housing prices high
C.
To help prevent damage and loss of lives
D.
People in this area have more money to spend
E.
Building materials are more expensive
Question #27
Which of these rivers does NOT cross the Great Plains region?
A.
Missouri River
B.
Kern River
C.
Red River
D.
Canadian River
E.
Arkansas River
Question #28
Which of the following best describes the climate in the Great Plains?
A.
Dry with extreme temperature differences between the seasons
B.
Mild year round with dry summers and wet winters
C.
Mild winters with dry, hot summers.
D.
Dry, frigid winters with periods of high rainfall in the summer.
Question #29
According to the lecture, which of the following is INCORRECT regarding the region's agriculture?
A.
Initially, settlers in the region lived in sod houses
B.
Spring wheat is well-suited to the region's severe winters
C.
Most agriculture tends to be localized, small-scale farms operated by single families
D.
All of the answer choices are correct
E.
A major crop innovation was the so-called 'hard' winter wheat
Question #30
When warm air from the Gulf of Mexico meets cold, dry air from the Arctic in the Great Plains the result is what?
A.
El Niño
B.
Chinook winds
C.
A lack of snowfall in winter
D.
Thunderstorms and tornadoes
Question #31
The discovery of what resource, in 1874, in the Black Hills of South Dakota caused the U.S. government to break their treaty with the Dakota Sioux?
A.
Silver
B.
Gold
C.
Copper
D.
Oil
Question #32
The United States and Canada produce 99% of the world's exports of what crop, most of which is produced in the Great Plains?
A.
Corn
B.
Cotton
C.
Sunflowers
D.
Wheat
Question #33
According to the lecture, which state gets the LEAST amount of hail on average?
A.
Utah
B.
Wyoming
C.
Idaho
D.
North Dakota
E.
Colorado
Question #34
Geographers Frank and Deborah Popper have proposed that in the future, much of the Great Plains should be taken out of agricultural production and instead used for what?
A.
A huge grassland habitat for restored herds of bison
B.
To open the area up for the mining of oil from deep shale reserves
C.
For the development of wind farms
D.
A separate homeland for Native Americans
Question #35
If you were driving west along Interstate 70 from Topeka to Denver, for much of your trip the landscape around you would appear relatively flat, but overall you would be driving ________.,,
A.
Actually you would remain level
B.
Downhill
C.
Uphill
D.
Uphill and then downhill
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