Human Geography of the U.S. Quiz

____ was a network of safe houses that helped thousands of enslaved people escape to freedom.

• Divide

• Dry farming

• Underground railroads

• Manufacturing belt

True or False: The French and Indian War ultimately helped lead to the American Revolution.

• True

• False

____ is a concentrated region of manufacturing industries in the northeastern and midwestern United States.

• Headwaters

• Manufacturing belt

• Divide

• Dry farming

True or False: The United States contains 50 states and the district of Columbia.

• True

• False

____ is a musical form that developed in the United States in the early 1900s, blending African rhythms and European harmonies.

• Country

• Jazz

• Rock

• Mental

True or False: Throughout the 1800s the United States Government began encouraging its citizens to move into the Great Plains to speed up the settlement of America.

• True

• False

____ is a farming method used in dry regions in which crops are grown only relying on natural precipitation.

• Headwaters

• Fall-line

• Slash and burn

• Dry farming

____ is associated with humans and their relationships with communities, cultures, economies, and interactions with the environment by studying their relations with and across locations.

• Human Geography

• Physical Geography

• Political Geography

• Population Geography

True or False: The United States has one of the most diverse populations in the world.

• True

• False

____ is a large population concentration made up of several large and many smaller cities.

• Megalopolis

• Divide

• Underground railroad

• Headwaters