midterm Flashcards
john jacob astor’s american fur company put an advertisement asking young men to ascend which of the following rivers to hunt?
Missouri
you are looking at 3 maps all on the same size sheet of paper. each of the maps have a different scale. which scale shows the most area?
1:250,000
the colorado plateau province encompasses the region known to make up the four corners
utah, new mexico, colorado, arizona
a mapmaker might use this symbol?
hachure
seneca village, a predominately african american community… what type of ethics apply?
environmental justice
america’s largest national forest?
tongass national forest
which river grew and captured the ends of watercourses that… physiographic province?
shenandoah river
winning design in 1858 for a competition in NYC ?
greensward plan
conductor on the underground railroad?
henry david thoreau
tim palmer in his book about the promised land said the…horrors of civil war… what landscape was he talking about?
yosemite
yellowstone is associated with which of the following?
judge cornelius hedges
a mapmaker would use this to show relief
contour lines
what is the fall line ?
all lined possible answers
american society of civil engineers listed 7 wonders of the us. which was not on the list?
washington monument
the drainage pattern in the superior uplands-canadian shield is?
deranged
john wesley powell lost his arm in the battle of gettysburg
false
shown her and found in mono lake in the basin and range.. made of what?
tufa spring tower
consider the following: 1. central lowlands, 2. coastal plains, …
- central lowlands, 2 coastal plan, 4. interior low plateaus
a 1996 ad campaign in the new york times and others about the grand canyon caused which of the following?
all potential answers
what is the missing word in leopold’s definition of land ethic?
beauty
building a dam on the colorado river does not have land ethic…not land issues?
false
the adirondack park when first designated by the state of new york… what color?
blue
a streamlined hill or ridge composed of glacial drift?
drumlin
name the landforms shown here?
alluvial fans (holy beach)
not used to define a physiographic province?
political boundaries
the date april 19, 1775 is associated with?
minuteman national park
in what physiographic province did the wright brothers conduct their flight?
coastal plain
president t. roosevelt created the first national monument under the name of this national monument?
devil’s tower
this type of map projection is relatively good in showing…name the projection?
goode’s interrupted
who combined the science of ecology with morality?
aldo leopold
who wrote “a nation’s park”?
george catlin
“it was quite worthwhile to go down into the canyon on mule back if only to fall in love with the mile, and to learn what a sugar footed, careful, and docile creature when he is on his good behavior a mule can be”
john burroughs
“i would ask for no other monument of memory, nor any other enrollment of the dead than the reputation of being the founder of such a great institution”
george catlin
“muskrats are the bread and butter of carnivorous food…”
annie dillard
“the main duty with which the commissioners should be…”
fredrick law olmsted
a road trip of ten national parks and 4632 road miles in thirty…manuscript that was entitled which of the following?
gulping the great west
who wrote “reflected distinction”?
henry james
who wrote “mirror of america”?
david harmon
who said “the ‘key-log’ which must be moved to release…”?
aldo leopold
in which state do you find leopold’s sand counties?
wisconsin
which person did mary rhinehardt ride through the rockies with and “save your soul”?
howard eaton
“the particular oak now aglow on my andirons grew on the…”
aldo leopold
