midterm

Question 1

john jacob astor’s american fur company put an advertisement asking young men to ascend which of the following rivers to hunt?

Answer 1

Missouri

Question 2

you are looking at 3 maps all on the same size sheet of paper. each of the maps have a different scale. which scale shows the most area?

Answer 2

1:250,000

Question 3

the colorado plateau province encompasses the region known to make up the four corners

Answer 3

utah, new mexico, colorado, arizona

Question 4

a mapmaker might use this symbol?

Answer 4

hachure

Question 5

seneca village, a predominately african american community… what type of ethics apply?

Answer 5

environmental justice

Question 6

america’s largest national forest?

Answer 6

tongass national forest

Question 7

which river grew and captured the ends of watercourses that… physiographic province?

Answer 7

shenandoah river

Question 8

winning design in 1858 for a competition in NYC ?

Answer 8

greensward plan

Question 9

conductor on the underground railroad?

Answer 9

henry david thoreau

Question 10

tim palmer in his book about the promised land said the…horrors of civil war… what landscape was he talking about?

Answer 10

yosemite

Question 11

yellowstone is associated with which of the following?

Answer 11

judge cornelius hedges

Question 12

a mapmaker would use this to show relief

Answer 12

contour lines

Question 13

what is the fall line ?

Answer 13

all lined possible answers

Question 14

american society of civil engineers listed 7 wonders of the us. which was not on the list?

Answer 14

washington monument

Question 15

the drainage pattern in the superior uplands-canadian shield is?

Answer 15

deranged

Question 16

john wesley powell lost his arm in the battle of gettysburg

Answer 16

false

Question 17

shown her and found in mono lake in the basin and range.. made of what?

Answer 17

tufa spring tower

Question 18

consider the following: 1. central lowlands, 2. coastal plains, …

Answer 18

1. central lowlands, 2 coastal plan, 4. interior low plateaus

Question 19

a 1996 ad campaign in the new york times and others about the grand canyon caused which of the following?

Answer 19

all potential answers

Question 20

what is the missing word in leopold’s definition of land ethic?

Answer 20

beauty

Question 21

building a dam on the colorado river does not have land ethic…not land issues?

Answer 21

false

Question 22

the adirondack park when first designated by the state of new york… what color?

Answer 22

blue

Question 23

a streamlined hill or ridge composed of glacial drift?

Answer 23

drumlin

Question 24

name the landforms shown here?

Answer 24

alluvial fans (holy beach)

Question 25

not used to define a physiographic province?

Answer 25

political boundaries

Question 26

the date april 19, 1775 is associated with?

Answer 26

minuteman national park

Question 27

in what physiographic province did the wright brothers conduct their flight?

Answer 27

coastal plain

Question 28

president t. roosevelt created the first national monument under the name of this national monument?

Answer 28

devil's tower

Question 29

this type of map projection is relatively good in showing...name the projection?

Answer 29

goode's interrupted

Question 30

who combined the science of ecology with morality?

Answer 30

aldo leopold

Question 31

who wrote "a nation's park"?

Answer 31

george catlin

Question 32

"it was quite worthwhile to go down into the canyon on mule back if only to fall in love with the mile, and to learn what a sugar footed, careful, and docile creature when he is on his good behavior a mule can be"

Answer 32

john burroughs

Question 33

"i would ask for no other monument of memory, nor any other enrollment of the dead than the reputation of being the founder of such a great institution"

Answer 33

george catlin

Question 34

"muskrats are the bread and butter of carnivorous food..."

Answer 34

annie dillard

Question 35

"the main duty with which the commissioners should be..."

Answer 35

fredrick law olmsted

Question 36

a road trip of ten national parks and 4632 road miles in thirty...manuscript that was entitled which of the following?

Answer 36

gulping the great west

Question 37

who wrote "reflected distinction"?

Answer 37

henry james

Question 38

who wrote "mirror of america"?

Answer 38

david harmon

Question 39

who said "the 'key-log' which must be moved to release..."?

Answer 39

aldo leopold

Question 40

in which state do you find leopold's sand counties?

Answer 40

wisconsin

Question 41

which person did mary rhinehardt ride through the rockies with and "save your soul"?

Answer 41

howard eaton

Question 42

"the particular oak now aglow on my andirons grew on the..."

Answer 42

aldo leopold