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MIDTERM Flashcards

1
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Who was with Mary Rinehart when she rode through the Rockies?

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Howard Eaton

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Who headed the commission overseeing the management of Yosimite Mariposa Grant in the state of California?

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Fredrick Law Olmstead

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John Muir (founded Sierra Club) and Ralph Waldo Emerson met in Yosemite

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Muir called Emerson a sequoia, a sign of respect

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4
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Which month is the Good Oak represented in?

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February

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Who are the two authors that David Harmon stated in the preface who could be called Nature writers?

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John Muir and John Burroughs

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6
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John McPhee described your instructor

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  • Talks with a slow roll
  • Has very messy hair
  • Has an amazing yard
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7
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A section is a subdivision of a geographic is physiographic province, true or false?

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TRUE

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8
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Important events that occurred on April 19th, 1775 are related to what National Park?

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Minute Man National Historic Park

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9
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What was the first Scientific Reserve created by Federal Action? When?

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Yosemite in 1864

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10
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Where is Baton Rouge located?

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  • The Mississippi River Embayment or Alluvial Plain

- Coastal Plain

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11
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Where did John Powell lose his arm?

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During the Battle of Shiloh

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12
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What was the other expedition through Yellowstone? Who was is made by?

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The Hayden Expedition by Ferdinand Hayden

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13
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What is the easiest place to cross the Colorado River?

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Lee’s Ferry

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14
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Where did Judge Cornelius Hedges go on his expedition? What was it called?

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  • The Washborn Expedition in Yellowstone

- The idea was born to make Yellowstone a National Park

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Who was the photographer that went on the Hayden Expedition into Yellowstone?

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William Henry Jackson

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16
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What park is Paul Revere associated with?

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Minute Man National Historical Park

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17
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What park is Fredrick Law Olmstead associated with?

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Yosemite, pushed for first Scenic Reserve in 1864

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18
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Gifford Pinchot was part of the Yellowstone Park Story, true or false?

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FALSE

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19
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Who was Gifford Pinchot?

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  • A forrester for Teddy roosevelt as a Governor and President
  • Also worked on the Baltimore Estate
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20
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Where is the North Bridge located?

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Minute Men National Historical Park

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21
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Who was the president when Yosemite became a National Scenic Reserve?

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Abraham Lincoln

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22
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Where is the Minute Man Statue Located?

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The Minute Man National Historical Park in Concord Massachusetts

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Who was the Artist on the Hayden Expedition and who’s work hangs somewhere?

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Thomas Morgan

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24
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What is Major John Wesley Powell associated with?

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The Grand Canyon

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25
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Which park is John Muir associated with?

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Yosemite

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26
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The Rocky Mountain physiographic is divided into 4 sections

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The shaded section was the Middle Rockies

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27
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The Larger the denominator in scale the more area it shows, true or false?

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TRUE

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28
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Larger scale maps show less are than small scale maps, true or false?

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TRUE

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29
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Which scale shows the most area?

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1:250,000

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30
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The Fall Line separates the Piedmont from..

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The Coastal Plain

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31
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What map projection is relatively good in showing land masses at near the same size?

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Goode’s Interrupted Projection

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32
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What map projection was first published in 1569, cylindrical projection flattened?

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Mercator Projection

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33
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Which physiographic province drains internally?

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Basin and Range

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34
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HILLOCKS (small hill separate from others), HACHURES (short line used for shading/denoting surfaces, drawn in the direction of the slope), and CONTOR LINES (line connecting points on a land surface that have some elevation) ALL SHOW

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Relief/elevation

35
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Which of the following cities are not on the Fall Line?

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Mobile, Alabama

36
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Little Rock, Arkansas is on the Fall Line, true or false?

A

TRUE

37
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Which of the following is not one of the 7 wonders of the US as declared by the American Society of Civil Engineers?

A

The Washington Monument

38
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Major John Wesley Powell recommended how much land could support a family on livestock?

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2,560 acres on 4 sections

39
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Who is the founder of Landscape Architecture?

A

Fredrick Law Olmstead

40
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What act of congress set aside land for public protection? Who was the President at the time?

A
  • Antiquities Act

- Teddy Roosevelt

41
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80 acres with water was needed to support a family through stock raising, true or false?

A
  • FALSE

- Powell recommended 80 acres to a family that had irrogation

42
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Filoli Garden was built by the California Water Commissioner and is located on/near the San Andres Fault, true or false?

A

TRUE

43
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How many years after the idea of Yellowstone was the park bill signed?

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2 years

44
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Nathaniel Bradford Journal Entry, true or false?

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TRUE

45
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Missouri River?

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  • Fur Company
  • Beavers
  • Jacob Astor
46
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What determines a physiographic region?

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  • Combinations of landforms, soils. water features, vegetation, and related resources
  • NOT political boundaries
  • Province: basic unit must be at least 2 or more sections
  • Physiographic Region: 2 or more Provinces
47
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Which physiographic province is Mammoth Cave located in?

A

-Interior Low Plateau (Kentucky)

48
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What area is Fredrick Law Olmstead (the founder of LA) NOT associated with?

A

Adirondack Reserve

49
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Who wrote the report on management on Yosemite?

A

Fredrick Law Olmstead

50
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Who wanted to go up the Grand Canyon?

A

John Muir

51
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Who wanted to go down the Grand Canyon?

A

John Burroughs

52
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Who is the main character in “Ride the Rockies” and “Save your Soul”?

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  • Mary Rinehart is the main character

- Howard Eden leads the vacation into the Rockies

53
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What is important about the Gettysburg National Military Park

A

It was the first National Park acquired through the use of taking land by government

54
Q

Which of the following is not used to define a physiographic province?

A

Political Boundary

55
Q

Who designed Central Park?

A

Fredrick Law Olmstead and Calvert Vaux

56
Q

T/F management of Yellowstone shaped managment for all other parks?

A

FALSE

57
Q

Harriet Monroe founded poetry magazine in 1911 giving which author prominence?

A

Sandberg

58
Q

national park with the protection of indians

A

George Catlin

59
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T/F Harmon said it is easy to find national parks poetry

A

FALSE

60
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Roadside Oak

A

“…oak grew a diameter of 30 inches”

61
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Leopol

A

“caused congress to treat it differently…”

62
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commission report

A

Olmstead

63
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On Tour Through the Yellowstone

A

Kipman (british)

64
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Preservation for All

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Olmstead

65
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which scale shows the most area

A

small scale

66
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what is not possible to show on a map: angle, distance, direction, area and scale

A

angle

67
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what is required to get all of the special relationships on a map?

A

globe

68
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what map projected onto a cylinder and then flattened was first invented in 1569?

A

Mercator

69
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what map has the area closest to the poles stretched out larger than they actually are?

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mercator projection

70
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large scale consists of

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smaller area, more detail, larger RF and small denominator

71
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small scale consists of

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large area, less detail, smaller RF and larger denominator

72
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best method to show relief or elevation on a map

A

contour lines

73
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San Francisco Bay area

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  • San Andreas fault
  • earthquakes
  • dammed dam (John Muir)
  • city burnt down after earthquake so they went to yosemite
74
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fioli mansion and garden

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built on san andreas fault with steel rods to resist earthquakes

75
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what does Good’s interrupted projection try to do?

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compensate for the pullout that happens on the mercator

76
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above the line of glaciation

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land is compacted and shaped because of the ice, and water and reminence of the ice are still seen

77
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line used to draw the first waterfalls from the Atlantic

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fall line

78
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what is found on a fall line

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waterfalls, rock, good place to build cities

79
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Washburn visitation

A

Cornelius Hedges

80
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what is located in adirondack province?

A

blue line

81
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Tim Palmer

A

Yosemite

82
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head committer of dammed dam, cut down trees as fast as he planted them

A

Pinchot

83
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on tour through Yellowstone

A

Kipling

84
Q

Henry James

A

Philidelphia

LA 1203 (8 decks)

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