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GEOG 201: Chapter 16&17 TEST BANK Exam 2024/2025 Questions With Completed & Verified Solutions.
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GEOG 201: Chapter 16&17 TEST BANKLess than _____ percent of the American population lives in the Pacific Northwest: - ANS 3
The North Pacific Coast is primarily defined on the basis of its: - ANS Physical environment
Precipitation above 190 centimeters is common, and averages are double that amount on the
western slopes of the Olympic Mountains in ___________Washington. - ANS Northwestern
To the east of the lowland is a second north-south trending range of mountains called the: - ANS
Cascades
The highest mountain in North America is: - ANS Mt. McKinley
The lowlands of Oregon are part of a structural trough that was created at the same time the
______________ were elevated. - ANS Cascades
The southern section of the Cascade Mountains appear as a high, eroded plateau topped by a
line of: - ANS Volcanic peaks
The North Pacific Coast is the leading producer of: - ANS Lumber
By 1740, Vitus Bering had claimed the Alaska coast for: - ANS Russia
The most substantial group of Native Americans in the region can be found in: - ANS
Substantial groups of Native Americans are found in all of the above
In 1883 the Northern Pacific Railroad was completed to - ANS Seattle
The Willamette Valley is the region's largest - ANS Agricultural area
The Columbia Plateau is a substantial - ANS Farming area
The Grand Coulee Dam made large amounts of irrigation water available to - ANS South-central
Washington
The Columbia River, at Grand Coulee northwest of Spokane, was dammed primarily to provide
hydroelectric power. - ANS True
Forestry did not become nationally important until well into the 20th century when improved
transportation facilities and the destructive overcutting of many eastern forests opened the
region's woods to lumbering - ANS False
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