Ch. 6 Test Cultural Geography

1. Along with human migration, Europeans were also involved in the Columbian Exchange between the Eastern and Western hemispheres, which included the exchange of

Cultural trading, such as art, music, and dance

Plants, animals, and diseases

Arms and ammunition

Political and philosophical ideas

NGS 2A.3 Analyze world patterns of the diffusion of contagious diseases (e.g., AIDS, cholera, measles) to draw conclusions about spatial interactions (trade and transportation) in the present-day world

NGS 9D.1 Describe how mass migrations have affected ecosystems (e.g., the impact of European settlers on the High Plains of North America in the nineteenth century)

Explanation

NGS 2A.3 Analyze world patterns of the diffusion of contagious diseases (e.g., AIDS, cholera, measles) to draw conclusions about spatial interactions (trade and transportation) in the present-day world

NGS 9D.1 Describe how mass migrations have affected ecosystems (e.g., the impact of European settlers on the High Plains of North America in the nineteenth century)

2. New England consists of Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and

Pennsylvania

Delaware

Rhode Island

Maryland

NGS 4.0 The physical and human characteristics of places

NGS 5B.3 Identify the ways in which the concept of a region can be used to simplify the complexity of Earths space (e.g., by arranging an area into sections to help understand a particular topic or problem)

Explanation

NGS 4.0 The physical and human characteristics of places

NGS 5B.3 Identify the ways in which the concept of a region can be used to simplify the complexity of Earths space (e.g., by arranging an area into sections to help understand a particular topic or problem)

3. Which is the best explanation for why the U. S. government wanted to relocate Native Americans?

Native Americans had formed a vast, organized effort to overthrow the U.S. government

The U.S. government wanted to claim as theirs the lands where the Native Americans lived

NGS 1.0 How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial persepective

Explanation

NGS 1.0 How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial persepective

4. The United States is a federal republic, which divides power among national, state, and local governments, but it is also a representative democracy, which means that

Each person has one vote

The national government is more powerful than the state and local governments

The people rule through elected representatives

Elected officials are not answerable to their constituents

NGS 4.0 The physical and human characteristics of places

Explanation

NGS 4.0 The physical and human characteristics of places

5. Which current state primarily occupies most of the Indian Territory today

Colorado

Kansas

Oklahoma

Texas

NGS 1.0 How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial persepective

Explanation

NGS 1.0 How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial persepective

6. A region that includes several large cities, their suburbs, and nearby towns is called a

Suburban area

Megalopolis

Development sector

Metropolitan area

NGS 12.1 The functions, sizes, and spatial arrangements of urban areas

NGS 12.4 The evolving forms of present-day urban area

NGS 12E.1 Identify urban forms that characterize recent changes in urban structure (e.g., the rise of megalopoli, edge cities, metropolitan corridors)

Explanation

NGS 12.1 The functions, sizes, and spatial arrangements of urban areas

NGS 12.4 The evolving forms of present-day urban area

NGS 12E.1 Identify urban forms that characterize recent changes in urban structure (e.g., the rise of megalopoli, edge cities, metropolitan corridors)

7. Most of the tribes that experienced removals to Indian Territory originated in which region of the country?

The West

The South

The Midwest

B and c

NGS 1.0 How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial persepective

Explanation

NGS 1.0 How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial persepective

8. Which of the following tribes had to relocate over the farthest distance?

The Cherokee

The Seminoles

The Chickasaws

The Potawatomi

The Seminoles had to relocate over the farthest distance compared to the other tribes mentioned. This can be inferred from historical records and the context of Native American tribes being forced to relocate by the US government. The Seminoles were originally from Florida and were forcibly removed to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) during the 1830s. This relocation covered a significant distance, making it the farthest compared to the other tribes listed.

Explanation

The Seminoles had to relocate over the farthest distance compared to the other tribes mentioned. This can be inferred from historical records and the context of Native American tribes being forced to relocate by the US government. The Seminoles were originally from Florida and were forcibly removed to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) during the 1830s. This relocation covered a significant distance, making it the farthest compared to the other tribes listed.

9. What two tribes were removed from Mississippi?

Sauk and Fox

Shawnee and Cherokee

Creeks and Chickasaws

Chickasaws and Choctaws

NGS 1.0 How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial persepective

Explanation

NGS 1.0 How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial persepective

10. Which of the following phrases best describes the cartoonist's attitude towards the treatment of Native Americans?

Angry but hopeful

Troubled but amused

Outraged and ashamed

Annoyed and despairing

NGS 1.3 How to use geographic representations and tools to analyze, explain, and solve geographic problems

Explanation

NGS 1.3 How to use geographic representations and tools to analyze, explain, and solve geographic problems