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Geography Chapter 5 Test

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the major fault system in western California?

a)

San Padre

b)

Sao Paulo

c)

San Francisco

d)

San Andreas

2.

What does NAFTA stand for?

a)

North Atlantic Free Trade Application

b)

National American Football Association

c)

North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement

d)

North American Free Trade Agreement

3.

Pick the three countries involved in NAFTA

a)

United States

b)

Alaska

c)

Mexico

d)

Canada

4.

What area of the U.S. is the center of the nation's wheat industry?

a)

Lesser Antilles

b)

Southeast

c)

Great Plains

d)

New England

5.

What has long been a strength of the U.S. ?

(a)  

6.

What played a huge role in the growth of the cattle industry?

(a)  

7.

Who was president of the U.S. when the Louisiana Purchase occurred?

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

John Kennedy

d)

Thomas Kincaid

8.

The purchase of Alaska was called what by most people

a)

Seward's Folly

b)

Sewards Ice Box

c)

Great Russian Folly

d)

Seward's Mistake

9.

Pick the three major lakes in the Western Region of the U.S.

a)

Lake Theodore

b)

Great Salt Lake

c)

Lake Mead

d)

Lake Tahoe

10.

Which resource has the potential to cause major environmental damage?

a)

Natural Gas

b)

Timber

c)

Oil

d)

Coal

11.

Many of the family farms in the West are being replaced by what?

(a)  

12.

What mountain range is Mount Whitney located on?

(a)  

13.

What state is an example of an archipelago?

a)

San Juan

b)

Alaska

c)

Hawaii

d)

Texas

14.

What three main types of diversity does the U.S. face

a)

racial

b)

political

c)

ethnic

d)

religious

15.

Pick the three ways Native Americans lived on the Great Plains

a)

fished

b)

farmed

c)

tourism

d)

Hunted

16.

Name three industries that most of the people in the U.S. work in to make a living

a)

mining

b)

tourism

c)

farming

d)

computers

17.

Mass cutting of trees for lumber causes what environmental problem?

a)

fires

b)

wind storms

c)

erosion

d)

dust storms

18.

A cordillera that extends from Canada to Mexico is called what?

a)

Appalachian Mountains

b)

Great Plains

c)

Sierra Madre

d)

Rocky Mountains

19.

This helped America claim Oregon and Washington

a)

Manifest Destiny

b)

Oregon Trail

c)

movement of Indians onto reservations

d)

Manifest Deal

20.

What is the process called that might solve the problem of low water supply in the Western U.S.?

a)

Weather Vanes

b)

Desalinization

c)

irrigation

d)

Dams

21.

The Highest Point in the contiguous states is what?

a)

Rocky Face

b)

Mt. Huron

c)

Mt.Whitney

d)

Mt. Fuji