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GCU 322 Reading Quiz 1 - Questions and Answers The grid laid over the globe is known as the _____, and is a two-dimensional coordinate system which allows us to specify the location of places on the surface of the Earth. Graticule It wasn't until the Canada Act in _____ did Canada obtain complete independence from the UK. No longer was Canada required to receive UK approval for any constitutional changes it wanted to implement. 1982 Ottawa is Canada's capital (in the province of Ontario, but...

GCU 322 Reading Quiz 12 - Questions and Answers The W.A.C. Bennett Dam backs up a reservoir for 70 miles on the _____ River and another 170 miles on two major tributaries, the Finlay and Parsnip River. Much of the power is transmitted 600 miles to metropolitan _____, the largest population concentration in western Canada. Peace/ Vancouver A hotspot is a place where the earth's crust moved over a fixed position in the mantle. The wide valley of _____ to Yellowstone is the telltale path over wh...

GCU 322 Reading Quiz 17 - Questions and Answers The twin cities of _____ (in Ontario and Michigan--the twin cities have the same name) are at the crossroads of the east-west land and water route, and the north-south land route of the Upper Great Lakes. Sault Sainte Marie The northern floristic boundary of the Boreal Forest region is further reinforced by the _____ degree Fahrenheit July isotherm and its almost absolute separation of Dene people (to the south) and Inuit (to the north) settlemen...

GCU 322 Reading Quiz 14 - Questions and Answers A gap between the Uintas and the main body of the Rocky Mountains marks the drainage area of the Colorado's major tributary, the _____ River, which extends northward into Wyoming. Only the gently sloping surface of the Great Divide Basin separates this river from the headwaters of the North Platte. Green The Navajo acquired the use of the rifle and the horse, and learned to herd sheep, from the: Spanish As elsewhere in the West, vegetation and l...

GCU 322 Reading Quiz 16 - Questions and Answers Within the coastal ranges, the _____ Mountains mass appears as a complicated and disordered complex of slopeland. It is wild and rugged country extending inland to connect with the southern part of the Cascade Range. Klamath The influence of the sea is pervasive throughout the region, although it is somewhat subdued in such sheltered lowlands as Oregon's Willamette Valley and Vancouver Island's _____ coastal plain. Eastern The dominant farming ...

In much of the Rocky Mountains, there are very strong contrasts regarding slope aspect. What is the true statement regarding this? correct answers north-facing slopes are cooler, retain more moisture, and have more vegetation The San Juan Mountains, which are part of the Southern Rockies, is the high range found in a sizable area of _____ Colorado. correct answers southwestern Which of the following is NOT among the large metro areas that are just outside of the Rocky Mountains? correct an...

GCU 322 Reading Quiz 18 - Questions and Answers Along the east coast of three islands (_____) and Labrador are innumerable fjords, some of which penetrate inland for more than 50 miles. Ellesmere, Devon, Baffin Precipitation is light and varies over much of the region from _____ inches annually. 5-15 For the Inuit people, dependence on _____ foods has dramatically increased the use of tooth decay and malnutrition; obesity has made its first appearance. Packaged Trapping in the Arctic Region ha...

GCU 322 Reading Quiz 11 - Questions and Answers _____ is the leading wheat producer in the region. Saskatchewan _____ has the largest known reserves of coal of any states, and is the largest coal producer in the nation by far. Wyoming The city of _____ is home to many significant defense corporations and the Space Foundation, the largest nonprofit organization in the world for (outer) space education and advocacy. Colorado Springs Besides cold fronts, warm fronts, tornadoes, and thunderstorms,...

GCU 322 Reading Quiz 13 - Questions and Answers _____ National Park in western Texas best provides an example of the Chihuahuan desert in the US. Big Bend In central _____, steep-sided, flat-floored streamless canyons cut the local plateau into a maze known as the channeled scablands. Washington Great Salt Lake is a remnant of prehistoric Lake Bonneville, a great body of freshwater that was as large as present-day Lake _____. Huron Vegetation in the Mojave Desert includes Yucca plants, various...

GCU 322 Reading Quiz 10 - Questions and Answers The human presence in the region dates to about 10,000 BCE. Over much of the Midwest, these prehistoric people are generally referred to as "_____ Builders." Mound The Shawnee chief Tecumseh tried to organize a Great Lakes-to-Gulf Indian confederation to fight the United States, but ultimately the venture ended at a battle in Ontario and Tecumseh was subsequently killed. During which wider war did all of this happen? War of 1812 The _____ occup...