World Geography Chapter 5 Test Review

Which two U.S. states have the largest petroleum reserves?

Alaska and Texas

What is a foreclosure?

An agreement by which somebody borrows money and gives the lender the right to take possession of property given as security if the loan is not repaid

A channel or pipeline for moving large quantities of water

Aqueduct

An economic activity characteristic of a postindustrial economy?

Biotechnology

How does aqueducts help support California's large population?

By bring freshwater from far away

The removal of whole forests when harvesting timber

Clear-cutting

A physical feature that determines the direction of river flow

Divide

A method used in which crops are grown that rely only on natural precipitation

Dry Farming

From what region did the largest group of foreign-born resident living in the U.S. today immigrate?

Europe

The process by which a body of water becomes rich in dissolved nutrients, encouraging the overgrowth of small plants, especially algae

Eutrophication

The source of a stream or a river

Headwaters

California's Silicon Valley; Seattle, Washington, and Austin Texas are urban areas that have become leaders in the

High-tech industry

A powerful tropical storm that forms over warm ocean waters

Hurricane

What type of music developed in the U.S. during the early 1900s that combined African rhythms with European harmonies?

Jazz

A region in the Northwestern and Midwestern U.S. characterized by its heavy industrial concentration

Manufacturing Belt

It is important to conserve fossil fuels because they are

Nonrenewable Energy Sources

Haze caused by the interaction of ultraviolet solar radiation with chemical fumes from pollution sources

Smog

A mild climate region in the southern and southwestern portions of the United States.

Sunbelt

The place where the higher land of the Piedmont drips to the lower Atlantic Coastal Plain

The Falling Line

Since the 1960s the population of the Manufacturing Belt has declined while the number of businesses moving to the _______ has increased.

The Sunbelt

Which of the following statements accurately describes changes in the U.S. economy since the 1950s

The number of jobs in manufacturing has declined

Why were the first factories in the U.S. located along the fall line in the Northeast

The waterfalls provided power for factories

A smaller river or stream that feeds into a larger river

Tributary

Cities like Pittsburgh originally attracted immigrants because of the available jobs in manufacturing. Once those jobs were gone, many people moved away to find employment elsewhere and those cities lost population.

True

That within its borders the U.S. possessed many natural resources, such as fossil fuels and minerals, necessary for industrialization; thus the country did not have to rely on importing raw materials from other countries

True