GCU 322 Reading Quiz 14 - Questions and Answers

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GCU 322 Reading Quiz 14 - Questions and Answers A gap between the Uintas and the main body of the Rocky Mountains marks the drainage area of the Colorado's major tributary, the _____ River, which ex ... tends northward into Wyoming. Only the gently sloping surface of the Great Divide Basin separates this river from the headwaters of the North Platte. Green The Navajo acquired the use of the rifle and the horse, and learned to herd sheep, from the: Spanish As elsewhere in the West, vegetation and land use in the Sonoran Desert are determined largely by elevation and: slope aspect Hopi religious beliefs and social organizations, as well as their matrilocal residence pattern and their habits of egalitarianism and village autonomy, have attracted generations of _____ to the mesa-edge villages. cultural anthropologists By the time the Pacific Railroad Act was passed in 1862, the chosen route crossed _____, not New Mexico and Arizona. Wyoming and Utah Geologically, the Sonoran Desert is part of the _____ section, and thus it exhibits the same characteristic topography of low, widely spaced mountain ridges. Basin and Range Air settling from the Mojave Desert downslope through _____ Pass and into the Salton Trough creates a rush of wind sufficient to turn the blades of more than 2,500 wind turbines placed there to generate electricity. San Gorgonio The _____ Mountains are an uplifted maze of volcanic peaks and glaciated mountain valleys that pose an extremely difficult topography to cross and effectively isolate southwestern Colorado from the rest of the state. San Juan The inflow of water (at the time of the irrigation accident) was sufficient to establish the Salton Sea at approximately its current size, and it has been maintained since that time by: agricultural runoff Much of the Sonoran Desert is tributary to a river that rises in the Black Range of New Mexico and flows west. Because of upstream dam developments, this river, the _____, is now often a dry streambed west of Phoenix. Gila Southern Arizona and New Mexico have combinations of cities that pair mine/concentrator complexes with nearby smelting centers. Which of the following combination of cities is NOT one of those types of pairs? Sedona-Payson The Central Arizona Water Project involves a series of ten aqueducts and pumping stations beginning at _____ to deliver water as far as _____. Lake Havasu/ Tucson The Salton Trough's northern end, known as the _____ Valley, contains the resort community of Palm Springs and a small area of irrigated agriculture at Indio. Coachella The Colorado Plateau is bounded on the east by the: Continental Divide The primary reason for the acquisition of the Gadsden Purchase was the availability of a lowland route through the Sonoran Desert, which meant that an all-weather transcontinental railroad route could be constructed from _____ to _____ that was free of high mountain grades. San Antonio/ California The many mountain ranges of far western Texas are all part of the _____ section. Some, such as the half-dozen ranges in the Big Bend region, have peaks over 6,000 feet, but they are isolated and pose no obstacle to travel. Basin ad Range Which of the following Arizona cities was NOT mentioned in the reading as a copper mining location? Prescott Colorado now ranks eighth among the states in natural gas production and has _____ of the fifty largest natural gas formations in terms of reserves. Pipelines carry Colorado natural gas to southern California and the Pacific Northwest. Five Ever since John Wesley Powell wrote about his 1869 experience, the Colorado River has attracted mainly those who seek adventure. Except for _____, the river has never been a route for transportation or trade. its lower reaches [Show More]

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