Geography 321 - The United States » Summer 2023 » Part IV The Lowland South

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Question #1
According to Hudson (Chapter 11), which of the following statements is NOT true?
A.   The largest number on migrants Florida receives come from Caribbean countries
B.   Florida does not have a city with a population greater than one million
C.   Florida’s average rate of growth has been remarkably constant
D.   Florida’s population doubled nearly every twenty years
E.   Florida has the highest proportion of people over age 65
Question #2
According to Hudson (Chapter 11), the continental shelf surrounding Florida was almost entirely above sea level how many years ago?
A.   38,000
B.   18,000
C.   28,000
D.   8,000
E.   16,000
Question #3
For this question, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er_PsCqgj5E According to the video, severe weather can have profound effects on the surrounding environment. Which of the following was NOT considered a great threat?
A.   Superfund Sites
B.   Hog Lagoons
C.   Waste Treatment Facilities
D.   High Salinity Wetlands
E.   Coastal Ash Ponds
Question #4
According to Hudson (Chapter 10), nearly all the land surrounding the rivers’ tributary to the Chesapeake Bay had been claimed by what year?
A.   1,700
B.   1670
C.   1607
D.   1634
E.   1643
Question #5
According to Nostrand (Ch 6), which of the following crops helped push settlement in Carolina inland only to eventually disappear as a crop by 1800?
A.   Sassafras
B.   Goldenrod
C.   Upland cotton
D.   Indigo
E.   Saffron
Question #6
According to Hudson (Chapter 12), which of the following rivers is the inevitable new course of the Mississippi?
A.   White
B.   Old
C.   Atchafalaya
D.   Bayou Lafourche
E.   Red
Question #7
According to Nostrand, when slavery ended, some freed blacks moved to towns, but those who remained on plantations became which of the following? 
A.   Crop Enthusiasts
B.   Cattle Raisers
C.   Sharecroppers
D.   Slaves
Question #8
https://www.asce.org/about-civil-engineering/history-and-heritage/historic-landmarks/houston-ship-channel According to the webpage, what is the Houston Ship Channel credited for?
A.   All these answer choices are correct
B.   Fostering the growth and prosperity of Texas
C.   For being the only man made port in the United States
D.   Being the first inland waterway in the world
E.   Aiding in transporting supplies in the Civil War
Question #9
According to Hudson (Chapter 12), which of the following statements is NOT true?
A.   The operation and function of Black Belt plantations after the Civil War were hardly different from before the Civil War
B.   In the plantation districts, everything from water fountains and doorways to schools and banks were entirely segregated
C.   African Americans made up over four-fifths of the population
D.   The Black Belt of Alabama and Mississippi refers to the color of the soil rather than the color of the people who live there
E.   Following the Civil War, many African Americans remained living on the same plantations
Question #10
For this question, go here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_spill According to this webpage, during an oil spill which of the following is released into the environment, especially the marine ecosystem, due to human activity, and is a form of pollution?
A.   Gasoline
B.   Crude oil
C.   Diesel
D.   Liquid Petroleum Hydrocarbon
Question #11
According to Hudson (Chapter 10), which of the following statements regarding the Low Country and the Sea Islands is NOT true?
A.   Sea Island cotton culture peaked before the Civil War
B.   The dominant African American cultural group used Gullah, an English-based Creole language traceable to Sudan
C.   West African slaves likely knew more about rice cultivation than their English masters
D.   Indigo took over the plantation economy of the Low Country, but declined in the late 18th century
E.   Rice was the first crop introduced into the Low Country
Question #12
According to Nostrand (Ch 11), in 1860, cotton represented what percentage of the total value of American exports? 
A.   65%
B.   45%
C.   50%
D.   75%
E.   25%
Question #13
According to Hudson (Chapter 11), what percentage of Florida’s orange crop is used for juice?
A.   30%
B.   75%
C.   80%
D.   90%
E.   50%
Question #14
According to Nostrand (Ch 6), after English authorities revoked the Virginia Company’s charter and made Virginia a crown colony, Jamestown was named the capital, which it remained, until officials moved the capital to which city in 1699? 
A.   Richmond
B.   Mount Vernon
C.   Annapolis
D.   Williamsburg
E.   St. Mary’s
Question #15
According to Nostrand (Ch 6), what was the name of the slave uprising which occurred in South Carolina in 1739 and prompted planters to shift from using slaves in “gangs” to a “task” system? 
A.   Carolina Rebellion
B.   German Coast Uprising
C.   Stono Uprising
D.   Gabriel’s Conspiracy
E.   Nat Turner’s Rebellion
Question #16
According to Hudson (Chapter 10), urban growth centered on individual factories or factory complexes located 30-50 miles apart, from central North Carolina to all of the following South Carolina Piedmont cities, EXCEPT? 
A.   Greenwood
B.   Spartanwood
C.   Greensville
D.   Spartanburg
Question #17
According to Hudson (Chapter 12), which of the following rivers does NOT connect to the port of Mobile?
A.   Cahaba
B.   Coosa
C.   Tombigbee
D.   Black Warrior
E.   Tennessee
Question #18
According to Nostrand, in the antebellum period, which of the following became king, the clear leader as a regional income generator and the probable leader in acreage devoted to one crop? 
A.   Tobacco
B.   Sugar
C.   Grain
D.   Cotton
Question #19
According to Nostrand (Ch 6), which of the following was NOT listed as one of the four attributes which made Maryland and Virginia very much alike as the 1600s progressed? 
A.   Plantations
B.   Young and single settlers
C.   Lack of urban centers
D.   Slaves
Question #20
According to Hudson (Chapter 10), which of the following rivers is NOT a redwater river?
A.   Savannah River
B.   Potomac River
C.   Roanoke River
D.   Altamaha River
E.   James River

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