GCU 322 Reading Quiz 8 - Questions and Answers

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GCU 322 Reading Quiz 8 - Questions and Answers Southern hardwoods--oak, hickory, cypress, and gums--are in great demand for _____, veneers, and shingles, but one of its largest uses is in pallets fo ... r warehousing, and the shipping and trucking industries. Furniture Modern hog farms have sprung up in many parts of the country, but most notably in: North Carolina Tobacco now accounts for just a little over _____ percent of farm income in North Carolina, in contrast to 60 percent in the mid-twentieth century. 5 The most widespread soils of the Inland South are Ultisols, which are primarily _____ or yellowish gray in color, indicating a considerable degree of leaching and the subsequent concentration of insoluble iron and aluminum, as well as accumulation of a clay horizon. Red With such a gentle gradient, the Mississippi River and its low tributaries meander broadly, and produce many: oxbow lakes and meander scars At the top of the urban hierarchy are two dominant metropolises--_____ in the east and _____ in the west. Atlanta/ Dallas The cities of _____ comprise the "Research Triangle," perhaps the most successful corporate research enterprise in the nation. Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill Today, there is a significant net inflow of African Americans to urban areas in the region from northeast and north-central states, as well as from _____ (many also migrate to cities of the Southeastern Coast). California Although tobacco consumption has been declining steadily in the US for the last half-century, production has experienced less of a decline, because tobacco companies have shifted their emphasis toward: the export market Referred to in the past as the "Cotton Belt" or the "Old South" this broad section of the nation is now properly conceptualized as the "New South" or the "Eastern _____." Sun Belt It is common to have factories in rural areas (single-story plants with large parking lots) and workers will commute from as far away as _____ miles. 50 or 100 Three of the nodes of the North Carolina and South Carolina Piedmont industrial district, _____, are among the leading industrial centers of the nation. Greensboro, Greenville, and Charlotte In the north-central portion of the Inland South, in central Kentucky and Tennessee is a section known as the Interior Low Plateaus. There are two famous and fertile basins in this section, the _____ Basin and the _____ Basin, and both are flat lands surrounded by infacing escarpments. Nashville/ Bluegrass In terms of industry, the Inland South and the Southeastern Coast have rates of _____ lower than in other parts of the country; South Carolina and North Carolina have the lowest rates of any states. This appeals to manufacturing employers. worker unionization Nashville is famous for being one of the continent's main centers for the music industry, but its biggest business is in _____, as it is home to more than 300 companies of this type. Healthcare The region has six urban areas among the top 30 large industrial cities nationwide. Which of the following is NOT one of those six urban areas? Cincinnati The Indians from the Inland South were forcibly deported to "Indian Territory" further west. This territory later became the state of: Oklahoma [Show More]

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