exam 1 random pbio

Question 1

Steppe

Answer 1

Dry, short grassland found in places with too little water for forest.

Question 2

Driving

Answer 2

Moving logs down a river, the only cheap way to move wood. Kept the forest clearance near rivers.

Question 3

Hopewell

Answer 3

The indian culture of the Ohio River Valley. Cleared small plots near villages.

Question 4

Broad arrow

Answer 4

The mark the Royal forest surveyors put on trees to identify them as Crown property. This was widely flaunted by opportunistic New Englanders.

Question 5

Belomont

Answer 5

Richard Coote, Earl of Belomont. The King’s agent assessing the effectiveness of forest protection in New England.

Question 6

William Matlack

Answer 6

A poor settler in the Middle Atlantic states who was eventually successful in putting together a large farm.

Question 7

Log jam

Answer 7

The logs get jammed up, and do not go down the river. One of the weaknesses of rivers for log transport

Question 8

Hanging Rock

Answer 8

An iron-making region in southern Ohio. Required clearance of large areas of forest.

Question 9

Leanto

Answer 9

A primitive shelter used by settlers before they could build themselves a cabin. The first stage of forest clearance.

Question 10

Quebec

Answer 10

Center of French America. An imperial competitor who kept English colonists out of the center of the continent (for a while).