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Question 1 1 / 1 pts

From Nostrand (Ch. 17), which of the following rises in a relatively humid
environment before flowing through a dry environment - to which it is
foreign?

Plazas

Exotic River

Arribenos

Rivajenos

Question 2 1 / 1 pts

According to Hudson (Chapter 21), which of the following statements is

TRUE?

Arizona’s copper working required little capital, but large labor forces

Arizona and New Mexico copper ores are high-grade

Most Arizona copper mines are underground, although some open-pit

mines still operate

The railroad across southern Arizona was not built until the 1890s

Arizona’s and New Mexico’s copper mines and smelters account for about
3/4 of the copper industry in the United States

Question 3 1 / 1 pts
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According to Hudson (Chapter 17), which of the following statements is

TRUE?

The city of Pueblo is the center of one of the largest cattle feeding areas in
the United States

The city of Greeley grew as a heavy-industry center based on steel mills

Fort Collins is the oldest city in the Rocky Mountain Front-Colorado

Piedmont urbanized region

Boulder and Colorado Springs are university communities and centers of

innovation and technology

Denver was not part of a direct, transcontinental transportation route until

the 1930s

Question 4 1 / 1 pts

According to Hudson (Chapter 18), which of the following statements are

TRUE?

The Black Thunder coal mine is the world’s largest coal mine

Wyoming coal mines have avoided the use of large machinery

The Powder River Basin coal reserve can last a century or more at the
current rate of mining

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Wyoming coal mines employ three times as many miners as West

Virginian mines

Wyoming produces twice as much coal as West Virginia

Question 5 1 / 1 pts

According to Hudson (Chapter 19), which of the following is NOT one of

the trees which are the basis for the interior British Columbia’s lumber
industry?

Douglas Fir

Ponderosa Pine

White Pine

Hemlock

Red Cedar

Question 6 1 / 1 pts

According to the Columbia Plateau video, the Plateau is in what state?

California

Nevada

Washington

Oregon

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Question 7 1 / 1 pts

According to Hudson (Chapter 21), which of the following statements is

NOT true?

The Colorado Plateau is roughly centered near the Four Corners meeting
point

Flat land in the Colorado Plateau is mostly at higher elevations, not lower
elevations

Coal from the Colorado Plateau is high-grade with low sulfur content

The Colorado Plateau is the major source of uranium in the United States

Colorado ranks fifth among the states for natural gas production

Question 8 1 / 1 pts

According to Hudson, 45% of the recoverable coal reserves now

recognized in the United States are found where?

Great Divide Basin

Powder River Basin

Laramie Range

Black Hills

Williston Basin

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Question 9 1 / 1 pts

According to the video, construction on the Hoover Dam started in what

year?
Constructing the Hoover Dam

1981

1920

1931

1960

1945

Question 10 1 / 1 pts

For this question go here:

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mormons-settle-salt-lake-valley

According to the webpage, what was the first act that led Mormons to find
another place to settle?

The climate

The need for more space

The fact that there were other settlements already in Utah

The murder of their leader

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The natural resources in Utah

Question 11 1 / 1 pts

According to Hudson (Chapter 20), what was the name of the largest
pluvial lake which existed between 10,000 and 25,000 years ago in the
Great Basin?

Lake Bonneville

Walker Lake

Lake Lahontan

Lake Humboldt

Lake Carson

Question 12 1 / 1 pts

According to Nostrand (Ch. 19), in Plains Country Towns, John Hudson

discusses three town morphologies used by railroads between the 1950s
and the 1920s. Which of the following was NOT discussed?

Asymmetric

T-town

Symmetric

Orthogonal

Question 13 1 / 1 pts
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According to Hudson (Chapter 21), what is the ultimate sink of the

Colorado River?

The Gulf of Mexico

The Pacific Ocean

The Gulf of California

The Salton Sea

The Mexicali Sea

Question 14 1 / 1 pts

From Nostrand (Ch. 17), the Great Basin is classified as which of the
following?

Humid

Arid

Polar

Wet

Question 15 1 / 1 pts

From Nostrand (ch. 17), Mormons organize their churches into three
levels. which of the following is NOT part of these three levels?

Temple

Ward
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Port

Stakes

Question 16 1 / 1 pts

According to Hudson (Chapter 20), which of the following statements is

NOT true?

Brigham Young failed to convince the Union Pacific Railroad to build

through Salt Lake City

Mormons flew their own flag before Utah became part of the United States

Mormon villages were designed as scaled-down copies of Salt Lake City

The Mormons first arrived in the Great Basin in 1847

Mormon villages operated in a similar manner to European agricultural

villages

Question 17 1 / 1 pts

According to Hudson (Chapter 20), which of the following statements is

NOT true?

Utah was not admitted as a state until six years after the Mormons officially
renounced polygamy

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At one point, federal troops planned to attack Mormon settlements on the

excuse that Mormon leaders planned secession

The steel mill at Geneva, Utah was eventually sold to Chinese interests
and hauled away

The Bingham Canyon-Magna complex became the largest copper mining

and smelting operation in North America

Utah offers an amenity-rich environment like California and Colorado which

attracted a white-collar workforce

Question 18 1 / 1 pts

For question this question go here:

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According to the webpage, the Mormons lived in which of these states

before their departure to Utah?

Illinois

Georgia

Oregon

California

Minnesota

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Question 19 1 / 1 pts

According to Hudson (Chapter 19), which group of Natives were

eventually given back a portion of their traditional homeland in the Camas
Prairie?

Blackfeet

Shoshoni

Nez Perce

Lakota

Sioux

Question 20 1 / 1 pts

According to this video, what river does the Hoover Dam utilize?
Constructing the Hoover Dam

The Yukon River

The Mississippi River

The Columbia River

The Colorado River

The Missouri River

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Question 21 1 / 1 pts

According to Hudson, which city was founded by the Union Pacific

Railroad in 1867?

Rawlins, Wyoming

Rock Springs, Wyoming

Laramie, Wyoming

Cheyenne, Wyoming

Casper, Wyoming

Question 22 1 / 1 pts

According to Hudson, the United States paid $10 million for the Gadsen
Purchase. How many square miles did the Gadsen Purchase contain?

300,000 square miles

352,500 square miles

525,000 square miles

30,000 square miles

52,500 square miles

Question 23 1 / 1 pts

According to Hudson, the town of McGill served as the smelter for the
copper mines in which two nearby towns?
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Ely and Ruth

Pioche and Ruth

Ely and Reno

Austin and Ruth

Ely and Tonopah

Question 24 1 / 1 pts

According to Hudson, in which year did Nevada change its laws so that
gambling casinos would no longer be outlawed but regulated and taxed?

1969

1913

1963

1931

1936

Question 25 1 / 1 pts

From Nostrand (Ch. 17), between the Wasatch Mountains and the Sierra
Nevada is an area that John C. Frémont named the _________.

Great Basin

Highland Valley

Oregon City

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Yosemite Valley

Question 26 1 / 1 pts

From Nostrand (ch. 15), which of the following linked Missouri and Santa
Fe and was made a National Historic Trail in 1987 and?

Great Bend Trail

Old Spanish Trail

Mountain Branch Trail

Santa Fe Trail

Question 27 1 / 1 pts

According to Hudson (Chapter 21), the Salton Sea achieved its current
state because of an irrigation accident in what year?

1915

1905

1900

1942

1950

Question 28 1 / 1 pts

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According to Hudson (Chapter 21), which of the following statements is

NOT true?

The Sonoran Desert has the highest values of potential evapotranspiration

of any region in the United States

The Sonoran Desert has fewer drainage basins than the Great Basin, yet
has a better developed network of streams

Succulents like the saguaro cactus are often found only on the lowest
desert slopes

The Sonoran zone receives about the same precipitation total as the
Colorado Plateau

The Sonoran Desert is named for the Mexican state of Sonora which is
adjacent on the west

Question 29 1 / 1 pts

According to Hudson (Chapter 18), Powder River Basin coal accounts for
what percentage of the recoverable coal reserves now recognized in the
United States?

80%

40%

90%

85%

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45%

Question 30 1 / 1 pts

According to Hudson, what valuable resource was discovered in the Black

Hills in 1874 which led to increasing pressure on Washington to
extinguish Indian title to southwestern Dakota Territory?

Oil

Gold

Copper

Natural gas

Silver

Question 31 1 / 1 pts

According to Hudson, which of the following statements is TRUE?

The railroad across southern Arizona was not built until the 1880s

Arizona’s and New Mexico’s copper mines and smelters account for about
2/3 of the copper industry in the United States

Arizona and New Mexico copper ores are high-grade

Arizona’s copper working required little capital, but large labor forces

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Most Arizona copper mines are underground, although some open-pit

mines still operate

Question 32 1 / 1 pts

According to Hudson, the Nez Perce Natives eventually were given back
a portion of their traditional homeland in which region?

The Palouse

Camas Prairie

Columbia-Snake Plateau

Columbia Plain

Snake River Plain

Question 33 1 / 1 pts

According to Hudson, 90% of which river plain is covered by lava?

Peace River Plain

Spokane River Plain

Snake River Plain

Columbia River Plain

Okanagan River Plain

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Question 34 1 / 1 pts

For this question go here:

https://www.nps.gov/romo/learn/nature/alpine_tundra_ecosystem.htm
According to the webpage, what is the name of the highest road in any
national park?

Skyline Drive

Cedar Grove

Colonial Parkway

Kings Canyon Road

Trail Ridge Road

Question 35 1 / 1 pts

According to the Columbia Plateau video, how was the Plateau formed?

Glaciation during the last Ice Age

Earthquake

Through a series of volcanic eruptions

folding when two tectonic plates collided

massive uplift from faulting

Question 36 1 / 1 pts

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In the Ferrari video, they describe driving on the Bonneville Salt Flats as
similar to

a snowboarder

going down a water slide on roller skates

an ice skater

an air hockey puck

trying to run on marbles

Question 37 1 / 1 pts

According to Hudson (Chapter 20), which of the following statements is

TRUE?

Nevada lost one-third of its population between 1880 and 1900 as the
price of silver decreased

Nevada was once a part of the Idaho Territory

Many of the miners who traveled to Nevada did not mind living in “Mormon
territory”

The Comstock Lode was richer in gold than it was in silver

Nevada was quickly admitted as a state because the US Senate needed

its reliably anti-Union votes

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Question 38 1 / 1 pts

For this question go here:

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According to the webpage, which of these is NOT a bird that lives in the
alpine biome?

Water Pipit

Prairie Falcon

Horned Lark

Dusky Flycatcher

Rosy Finch

Question 39 1 / 1 pts

According to Hudson, which of the following statements is TRUE?

Mormons flew their own flag before Utah became part of the United States

The Mormons did not take part in the Mexican-American War

Mormon villages operated in a similar manner to Puritan settlements

Brigham Young failed to convince the Union Pacific Railroad to build

through Salt Lake City

The Mormons first arrived in the Great Basin in 1874

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Question 40 1 / 1 pts

According to Hudson, the first national park in the world was created in
what year?

1851

1886

1782

1868

1872

Question 41 1 / 1 pts

According to Nostrand (Ch. 17), Mormons refer to themselves as "LDS" or

"saints" and to non-Mormons as "gentiles." What does "LDS" stand for?

Lamanites Daylight Savings

Latter Day Saints

Lake Deposit Sediments

Lamanites-Day Saints

Question 42 1 / 1 pts

According to Hudson (Chapter 17), which city bypassed Santa Fe as the

main trading center for the region after railroads were built?

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El Paso

Albuquerque

San Luis

Los Alamos

Taos

Question 43 1 / 1 pts

According to Hudson, which of the following statements is TRUE?

The Platte Valley was the most important wagon road to the West

The Platte Valley is one of the least heavily irrigated regions in the United
States

The only crop that can be raised in the Platte Valley is wild hay

The Laramie Range is the easiest crossing of the Rockies anywhere south
of El Paso

The Platte River allowed easy transport to the West for heavy cargo
brought by pioneers

Question 44 1 / 1 pts

From Nostrand (Ch. 15), Lewis and Clark's expedition, departing on May
4, 1804, followed the Missouri to its second "great bend," where they
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wintered with the Mandan Indians at which of the following posts?

Fort Luis

Fort Hunger

Fort Starb

Fort Mandan

Question 45 1 / 1 pts

According to the Bison video what happened to the stupid tourist?

Broken arm

Dead

Gash in the leg

escaped unharmed

Fractured skull

Question 46 1 / 1 pts

According to the lecture, which of the following is INCORRECT regarding

public land ownership and control of the region's land?

Most of the region's land is unsuitable for agriculture

All of the states and provinces in the region have a national park or a
national forest

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Nearly 90% of Nevada's land area is still owned by the government

National parks and national forests are seen as ways to conserve the
region's land

Most of the land in the region is still under government control

Question 47 1 / 1 pts

According to the Colorado River video, when the film was made what dam
was built to supply water to Los Angeles?

Glen Canyon Dam

Parker Dam

Davis Dam

Boulder Dam

Hoover Dam

Question 48 1 / 1 pts

According to Hudson (Chapter 21), which Native America group was

experiencing growth and success while other Native groups were losing
their lands and people?

Apache

Zuni

Hopi

Pueblo
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Navajo

Question 49 1 / 1 pts

According to Hudson, which act passed in 1904 allowed the entry of 640-
acre homesteads into the remaining public land of Nebraska?

Hepburn Act

Tillman Act

Kincaid Act

Sherwood Act

Burke Act

Question 50 1 / 1 pts

According to the video, what is the name of the man-made body of water
created behind Hoover Dam?
Constructing the Hoover Dam

Lake Tahoe

The Salton Sea

Lake Mead

Lake Powell

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The Great Salt Lake

Question 51 1 / 1 pts

According to Hudson (Chapter 17), the Southern Rocky Mountain region

includes how many north-south trending ranges?

Question 52 1 / 1 pts

According to Hudson (Chapter 21), the Gadsden Purchase covered only

30,000 square miles. How much did it cost the United States?

$15,000,000

$1,500,000

$525,000

$1,000,000

$10,000,000

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Question 53 1 / 1 pts

According to Nostrand (Ch. 17), which of the following did Congress pass
in 1882 and 1887 that, aimed at Utah, strongly prohibited polygamy in the
United States territories?

LDS and Polygamy Acts

Tucker-Edmund and the LDS Acts

Edmunds and the Edmunds-Tucker Acts

Polygamy and the Edmunds Acts

Question 54 1 / 1 pts

From Hardwick (Ch. 17), the Mormons settled what Intermontane West
set?

Nevada

Arizona

Oregon

New Mexico

Utah

Question 55 1 / 1 pts

According to Hudson (Chapter 18), which of the following statements is

NOT true?

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The Pick-Sloan plan effectively joined the plans of the US Army Corps of
Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation for dam construction along the
Missouri

The Yellowstone River has no dams anywhere along the river

The Union Pacific Railroad follows the Yellowstone River for 350 miles

Sugar beets and hay crops are grown using irrigation for the Yellowstone
River’s tributaries

The Missouri River has been heavily dammed

Question 56 1 / 1 pts

According to Nostrand (Ch. 19), Walter Prescott Webb emphasized,

in The Great Plains, that the region has three salient environmental
attributes. Which of the following was NOT mentioned?

Flat

Treeless

Semiarid

Humid

Question 57 1 / 1 pts

According to Hudson (Chapter 21), which of the following statements is

NOT true?

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The Apache and Navajo are close relatives

The Hopi managed to maintain their society and religion despite pressure
from the Spanish

Puebloan groups on the Colorado Plateau have experienced a similar

growth to the Navajo

The Navajo learned iron working and silver smithing during their forced
relocation to Bosque Redondo

The Navajo acquired the use of rifles and horses from the Spanish as well
as herding sheep

Question 58 1 / 1 pts

According to Hudson (Chapter 19), which American entrepreneur built a

copper smelter at Trail, British Columbia in 1895?

William Daly

William Andrews Clark

W. A. Heinze

Marcus Daly

F. A. Heinze

Question 59 1 / 1 pts

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What Native American tribe is referenced in the Colorado Plateau video

found on the course homepage?

Navajo

Cheyenne

Apache

Sioux

Cherokee

Question 60 1 / 1 pts

According to Hudson (Chapter 20), which of the following Nevada cities is

NOT associated with gold and silver mines?

Tonopah

Goldfield

Austin

Pioche

Ely

Quiz Score: 60 out of 60

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