MINNESOTA GEOGRAPHY QUIZ 1



MN GEOGRAPHY : QUIZ 5 BE SURE TO DO YOUR OWN WORK

Heartland and Rural Towns - TOREN (105-198 +-) - HART (188-217, 274-291)

1) Which town was named after a diagonal…

a. Anoka

b. Brainerd

c. Alexander

d. Bemidji

2) What is ‘smokestack chasing’…

a. trying to attract industry to a town

b. enforcing pollution laws

c. using smokestacks to navigate early planes used for mail routes

d. anti-nuclear plant protests

3) The Rice Lake National Wildlife area…

a. Is the largest National Wildlife area in Minnesota

b. has the largest population of migrating ring-necked ducks in North America

c. was a wetland that was drained for farming and now has been re-established

d. Is the only location where non-Native Americans can harvest wild rice

4) The lakes around Brainerd…

a. are some of the oldest in the state

b. are the largest in the upper midwest

c. are mostly man made

d. are mostly created by ice-blocks

5) What is usually true about towns with populations of over 2,500

a. they rarely have more than 12 businesses

b. most are over 100 years old

c. they are the towns to lose the most population today

d. most have only one main business which employs most of the population

6) The ‘Lost Forty’

a. was a tract of woods not cut because of a surveying error

b. was the small military troop killed during the Dakota War

c. refers to the Dawes Act that forced Native Americans to give back 40 acres each

d. is the degrees of latitude that were lost when the northern boundary was established

7) Which statement is generally true about small towns…

a. a town is what the people make it

b. they are usually self reliant and do not need outside commerce

c. they can only exist if new companies move in

d. most do not have water towers

8) Breezy Point….

a. is located on Leech Lake near Walker

b. was named after the North West winds that blow toward the beach

c. is the Native American name for the Treaty site

d. was the first resort to offer time-shares in Minnesota

9) What happened to Crow Wing’s highest % of population by age from 1950 to 2000

a. it shifted older by almost 10 years

b. it shifted younger by almost 10 years

c. there was no change

d. it was increased significantly due to college age students living there

10) Which is not one of the typical patterns of towns associated with railroads…

a. symmetric

b. X-town

c. orthogonal

d. T-town

11) Most rural towns were established by…

a. 1880s

b. 1900s

c. 1910s

d. 1920s

12) What is not true about the Grand Casino…

a. built in 1991

b. most employees are Native Americans

c. decreased the poverty level on the Reservation by over 60%

d. employs nearly 3,000 people

13) Cohort Survival Ratios…

a. indicate migration in and out of an area

b. are used to estimate wildlife populations

c. are used to estimate bushels of wheat per acre

d. indicate the density of land to determine the size of Reservations needed

14) Who named Elk River…

a. Zebulan Pike around 1805

b. Father Hennepin around 1812

c. the Dakota because of the excellent hunting grounds

d. the Ojibwe because of a battle

15) Which is not one of the possible names used by Native Americans for Lake Mille Lacs

a. everywhere lake

b. all sorts of lake

c. great lake

d. lake of strong winds

16) After the 1870s, the major influence on town patterns was…

a. to force them to be mostly around saw mill sites

b. to be located along railroads

c. to build them mostly in the SE near the Mississippi River

d. to create the highest density in the Red River Valley

17) Approximately how many towns in Minnesota have populations under 250 people…

a. 187

b. 226

c. 357

d. 482

18) Which is not true about wild rice…

a. not rice, but a grain

b. can grow 8-12 feet tall

c. traditionally harvested by canoes

d. only grows in the upper midwest

19) The Forest History Center…

a. is located in Grand Rapids

b. was established by the Forest Service after the Hinkley Fire

c. is one of the newest State Parks

d. is located in Itasca State Park

20) ‘Feller-bunchers’…

a. is a term used by Native Americans to describe wild rice harvesting

b. was a French fur trappers term for preparing furs

c. refers to the fur bales hauled by canoes

d. is machine harvesting of trees

21) Granger Laws….

a. encouraged farmers to stop growing wheat and convert to soybeans

b. relate to railroad and grain storage rates

c. were enacted by the Territorial Governor to limit settlement near Reservations

d. divided lands given up under the Dawes Act so settlers could buy them

22) Resorts around Brainerd…

a. are decreasing in number but increasing in units

b. are increasing in number with fewer units

c. are increasing in number and units

d. are decreasing in both numbers and units

23) Minnesota railroad towns…

a. usually have downtowns with streets running parallel to the tracks

b. are rarely closer than 20 miles apart along the tracks

c. were rarely established by the railroad because they interfered with rail traffic

d. were usually established as railheads for cattle drives

24) Crow Wing lost its growth to Brainerd because…

a. railroad routing went around Crow Wing

b. a new dam and saw mill at Brainerd

c. all the lumber was already cut near Crow Wing

d. grain elevators were built in Brainerd because of the better farmlands

25) The name Itasca…

a. comes from a Dakota phrase meaning ‘start of river’

b. is an Ojibwe phrase meaning ‘harvesting rice’

c. was French variation for ‘working furs’

d. is a variation of the Latin words veritas and caput

26) The name Minnesota is a variation of the Dakota language meaning…

a. land of sky blue waters

b. small village on large lake

c. large lake without view of shore

d. water with clouds in it

27) One major shift that helped resorts to survive…

a. was to offer year round activities

b. was to limit activities to just a few specialties

c. was to expand the area that made up the resort

d. was to sell off a portion of the resort land to individuals

28) Among other things, Princeton had early major advantages relating to…

a. clay and sawmills

b. farming and iron ore

c. paddle boat shipping and railroads

d. fur trade and wild rice

29) Which is not one of the early names of the Rum River…

a. Whiskey

b. Anoka

c. Temperance

d. Volstead

30) The ‘Battle of Kathio’…

a. was the last engagement between the Ojibwe and Minnesota Soldiers

b. was the only recoreded battle between the Ojibwe and Dakota

c. occurred over a Reservation dispute

d. may not even have occurred

31) The last log drive in Minnesota…

a. was on the Little Fork River in 1937

b. was on the Kettle River in 1899

c. was on the Mississippi River in 1907

d. was on the St. Croix in 1902

32) Which is not one of the major age groups that traditionally migrate…

a. 18-19

b. 25-30

c. after 55

d. there are no distinct migration ages

33) What did the early settlers find near Round Lake…

a. remains of the old French fur post

b. large herds of Elk

c. an active British fur post

d. skulls from a Native America skirmish

34) Why do many Minnesotans stay out-of-state for over 6 months…

a. so they do not have to pay Minnesota income tax

b. because the winters are so long

c. because the summers are too hot

d. so they can rent out their summer cabins

35) St. Cloud…

a. was named after a French City

b. was named after a Dakota Chief

c. was named by the early Franciscan Order who settled there

d. was named by the settlers from Orthodox Catholic Church

36) Why was Leech Lake dammed in 1882…

a. as a water reservoir for saw mills downstream

b. to control flooding downstream

c. to limit access by Native Americans

d. to better the fishing habitat

37) Which is not true about Itasca State Park….

a. largest white and red pines in Minnesota

b. in Itasca County

c. start of the Mississippi River

d. created by a moraine

38) The Leaf Hills…

a. has the highest density of lakes in Minnesota

b. are named after the extensive white pines found there

c. are gently rolling hills now mostly cleared and farmed

d. has the most state parks of any region

39) Phelps Mill…

a. is still used today

b. was the only mill ever built in Minnesota by damming a lake instead of a river

c. today is a state park

d. is the last structure in the town of Phelps

40) The lumber industry in Minnesota…

a. ranks 3rd for industrial income

b. has been steadily declining since 1900s

c. today is relatively nonexistent for economic considerations

d. today is harvesting more large trees than ever before

41) The granite quarries near St. Cloud…

a. opened around 1868

b. are only used for projects in Minnesota

c. are all closed to the public for any type of activity

d. produce limestone used throughout the United States

42) What is unusual about Star Island in Cass Lake

a. it was the last hold-out of Ojibwe not wanting to go to the Reservation

b. was a major battle ground site between the Ojibwe and Dakota

c. it is the largest private resort island in Minnnesota

d. it has a lake within the larger lake

43) The headwaters of the Mississippi…

a. were discovered after going up a wrong creek and finally portaging to it

b. flow 1500 miles to the Gulf of Mexico

c. are in Canada

d. are still not known

44) The first recorded settler’s farm in Minnesota…

a. is just west of Afton

b. was actually a field stolen by force from the Dakota

c. provided wheat, potatoes and hogs to the nearby Fort Snelling

d. was the Oliver Kelly farm near Elk River

45) The Rum River…

a. does not have any dams

b. was designated a Wild and Scenic River in 1978

c. was a paddleboat route between the Mississippi and Lake Mille Lacs

d. flows north like the Red River

46) A major purpose of any town…

a. is to employ the people who live around the town

b. is to offer goods and services to the surrounding area

c. is to incorporate so they can acquired free land from the state

d. is to attract short term businesses so there can be a high turn over

47) Towns grew after the 1990s for all of the following reasons except….

a. they are near a major urban area

b. they annexed existing towns with population

c. they are near resort areas

d. they are near major highways

48) What is not typically associated with White Pines…

a. has a Latin name – pinus stobus

b. tamarac bogs

c. has a pattern of straight grains

d. floats easily

49) Which is typically true about ‘small rural towns’ as discussed in class….

a. many still have diagonal parking

b. they have few paved roads

c. farm implement dealers are still common in northern Minnesota

d. they are usually ‘linear’ where a major road and railroad intersect

50) What is typically true about lakes in Minnesota as discussed in class….

a. small roundish lakes are usually associated with buried chunks of ice

b. lakes in Minnesota always have sandy beaches

c. although now the largest lake in the state, Lake Superior was actually created by a man-made dam

d. almost half of the lakes are really man made reservoirs

SELECT Two (2) OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS

Be sure to use 3-5 sentences for each answer for credit.

-Why were most early towns in Minnesota on rivers?

-What is meant by small towns have statistical stability?

-Why might companies be in trouble if they move to small towns?

-How did the automobile ‘kill mainstreet’?

-What happened to Brainerd after a ‘by-pass’ was built?

-What is North Woods Architecture?

-What innovations changed the logging industry in the late 1870s?

-What were some of the underlying issues associated with the ‘Battle of Sugar Point’?

-What is ‘ethnocentricity’?

What is significant about pottery options in the St. Croix Valley?

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