Gcu 322 reading Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

GCU 322 Reading Quiz 9 Questions and Answers- Arizona State University/GCU 322 Reading Quiz 9 Questions and Answers- Arizona State University/GCU 322 Reading Quiz 9 Questions and Answers- Arizona State University/GCU 322 Reading Quiz 9 Questions and Answers- Arizona State University/GCU 322 Reading Quiz 9 Questions and Answers- Arizona State University/GCU 322 Reading Quiz 9 Questions and Answers- Arizona State University

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 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 ...

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 8 - Questions and Answers Southern hardwoods--oak, hickory, cypress, and gums--are in great demand for _____, veneers, and shingles, but one of its largest uses is in pallets for warehousing, and the shipping and trucking industries. Furniture Modern hog farms have sprung up in many parts of the country, but most notably in: North Carolina Tobacco now accounts for just a little over _____ percent of farm income in North Carolina, in contrast to 60 percent in the mid-twenti...

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...

GCU 322 Reading Quiz 5 - Questions and Answers Montreal was a _____ and lumber-trading for the French, but its principal business and industrial growth occurred under the British. It was the largest city in Canada throughout most of its history, being surpassed by Toronto only relatively recently. Fur Throughout the region, more than half the cultivated acreage is in _____, with oats the other principal crop. Hay "New France" was to be an agricultural colony, but throughout the early decades...

GCU 322 Reading Quiz 9 - Questions and Answers The basic specialized secondary industry of the region is _____, which is found near the Gulf coast from Pascagoula to Corpus Christi. petroleum refining Shrimp trawlers take an average of _____ pounds of bycatch (unwanted fish) for every pound of shrimp caught. 10 Lake Okeechobee overflows broadly southward through the Shark River Slough in a channel 50 miles wide that maintains the natural water supply of the _____ and Big Cypress Swamp. Evergla...

GCU 322 Reading Quiz 15 - Questions and Answers The basic characteristics of California's climate is abundant sunshine, absolutely dry summers, mild winter temperatures, and relatively dry winters. No other type of climate is so conducive to: outdoor living The Transverse ranges run east-west (hence, transverse) from Santa Maria (near the coast) to the eastern edge of the _____ Basin, near Redlands. Just south of that eastern edge, across the San Gorgonio Pass, the Peninsular ranges run north...