Geog 3110 Final Exam with correct answers 100% 2024
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Geog 3110 Final Exam with correct answers 100% 2024
Who was the original chairman of the federal committee set up to divide and organize Michigan's land? - Correct Answer Thomas Jefferson
What was the purpose of this committee? - Correct Answer Idea was to accurately describe the size and loc...
Geog 3110 Final Exam with correct
answers 100% 2024
Who was the original chairman of the federal committee set up to divide and organize Michigan's land? -
Correct Answer Thomas Jefferson
What was the purpose of this committee? - Correct Answer Idea was to accurately describe the size and
location of specific rectangular land parcels.
divide the land into rectangles based upon a decimal system, changed to feet and acres.
leave no irregular pieces of land behind
By what method was land described and allotted before 1785? - Correct Answer Before 1785, metes
and bounds method described a parcel of land by using local features and compass bearings.
What are long-lots (ribbon farms) and where may they be found in Michigan? - Correct Answer long,
narrow parcels usually perpendicular to and joining a river for access.
many roads and streets laid out perpendicular to the river.
How did the first surveyors of Michigan's land describe it? - Correct Answer surveyors wrote that
Michigan's land was swampy, brushy, muddy, of low quality.
"land miserable not fit for even wolves to inhabit."
How did these descriptions affect the settlement of Michigan? - Correct Answer settlers avoided the
interior, settling along the shores of the Great Lakes or along major river valleys.
Describe the meridian line. Where does it begin and end? What useful purpose does it serve? - Correct
Answer (north-south) line begins in Fulton County, Ohio about six miles south of the Michigan/Ohio
border.
goes 337 miles to Sault Ste. Marie
What is the "Geographers Line"? Where does this surveyed line begin and end? What is a unique aspect
of this line? - Correct Answer Baseline runs from Lake St. Clair to Lake Michigan for 173 miles.
,two segments: east and west.
Original plan was to run the baseline from Lake St. Clair eight miles north of Detroit to intersect the
meridian.
Plan scrapped due to bad weather and Native American presence.
challenging to make in the east because of the SE Michigan Interlobate moraine.
Started in 1815, finally finished in 1827 at the north boundary of South Haven.
boundary line for several southern counties.
Allegan and Van Buren counties
Not 'perfect' as the east baseline hits the meridian north of the west baseline.
Township and its normal area - Correct Answer Townships are N-S of
the baseline. 36 square miles (6x6 miles) 36 sections in a typical township that are each 1 square mile
Correction Lines - Correct Answer set up for every township or 60 miles
Fractional sections - Correct Answer North and West sections of a township larger or smaller than 640
miles
Charter townships - Correct Answer near expanding urban areas. shelby and meridian townships
General law townships - Correct Answer more common in rural areas. combine townships in very
sparsely populated areas into one township. McMillan and Forsyth township.
School Sections - Correct Answer Section 16 of each township. Proceed from sales of this land in 1785
went towards public school education.
Lake effect - Correct Answer Lakes greater than 25 acres are usually public water and Lakes less than 25
acres are private waters. Owner has to pay taxes for land surrounding the lake and UNDER the lake and
controls access to the Lake.
, How did Michigan develop over the 19th century that set itself up to become one of the great states for
manufacturing in the U.S. and the world in the 20th century? - Correct Answer Good Conditions: Great
Lakes, lumber and mineral supply in the UP, flour mills, copper and iron in the UP, Soo Locks connecting
Lake Superior and Lake Huron, Dertroit Mills producing steel, metal castings, ships, railroads cars,
wheels, paint tools.
What characteristics made Detroit such an ideal location to become a prime manufacturing center in the
early 20th century? - Correct Answer Detroit is equidistant from both coasts so we can more easily ship
parts to any regional assembly plant in the nation. Also rail and water transport facilities of the Midwest.
iron ore of the UP.steel hubs of Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Chicago/Gary, INrubber suppliers from Akron,
OH.developed skilled and semi-skilled laborers.
basic suppliers.
What caused Flint's population to balloon from about 9,000 in 1890 to over 150,000 in 1930? - Correct
Answer The introduction of the automobile and the expansion of factories into their town.
From what country did the Dodge brothers get most of their labor in the early 20th century? - Correct
Answer Poland
Who invented the moving assembly line at his automotive plant in Highland Park, near Detroit, in 1913?
- Correct Answer Henry Ford
Where did this inventor's workers come from? - Correct Answer the UP, Pennsylvania, New York, the
South
What did Henry Ford do with most of his massive profits? - Correct Answer opened the Rouge plants?
What did Henry Ford do that was instrumental to America's victorious World War II effort? - Correct
Answer early 1940s: Willow Run Plant built in Washtenaw County.
Assembly line built airplanes and tanks that helped the World War II effort immensely.
How was this action important to Michigan? - Correct Answer Brought thousands of new settlers to
Michigan.
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