FOR 370 exam 1 Question and
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when did coniferous forests begin forming in NA - correct answer ✔250,000 yrs ago
first man to change landscape - correct answer ✔neanderthal man
- bigger body mass to survive winter
organized hunting - correct answer ✔foundational principle of management, neanderthal's began it
control and use of fire - correct answer ✔- cro-magnon man set fires to run game, burned and changed
landscapes
- neanderthal man could only use natural fire like lightning
mass extinctions - correct answer ✔warmer climates, higher survivability --> impacted big game in
Pleistocene via hunting
- giant sloth, wooly mammoth gone
agriculture in Mesopotamia and Sumaria - correct answer ✔- 4 - 5,000 years ago
- huge imprint on landscape
- habitat loss, fragmentation
Midieval Period - correct answer ✔- stocking game spp (capture and relocate) to hunt
- royalty could only hunt
,emigrate from Eur --> NA - correct answer ✔low food resources in Eur (restricted hunting) led to
emigration
Era of Abundance ( - 1849) - correct answer ✔bison herds, huge forests, limitless resources
- began hunting, fast changes
- mallard duck was 35 mil --> 5 mill
Lewis and Clark (1804-06) - correct answer ✔learn about western US
Era of Exploitation (1850-1899) - correct answer ✔bounty on wolf (1 cent) bc predators were taking
game from hunters
land clearing, deforestation
market hunting - correct answer ✔sell game from W to E cities
Yellowstone - 1972 - correct answer ✔first national park
no mineral extraction, harvest, or land changes
- caldera gunna explode NA
first significant legislation - correct answer ✔- all wildlife is public (1896)
- very different from Eur management strategies
- changed lawsuit and land claim precedent
--> wildlife is managed publicly
Era of Protection (1900-1932) - correct answer ✔Lacy Act (1900)
Teddy Roosevelt (1901-1909)
, Migratory Bird Treaty Act
Lacy Act 1900 - correct answer ✔control market hunting, interstate game transport becomes illegal
- bison, predators too late
Teddy Roosevelt 1901-1909 - correct answer ✔- protected first forest: Adirondack Park
- created USFS: Gifford Pinchot as 1st Director
- created wildlife refuge system(1903): Pelican Island 1st
last state to get a wildlife refuge - correct answer ✔kentucky
Migratory Bird Treaty Act - correct answer ✔1916 - US and CAN
1918 - MEX
- federal protection of migratory birds
Era of Game Management (1933-1959) - correct answer ✔- A Leopold: began predator removal -->
changed to keep them and control prey populations
- USFWS from Bureau of Sports, Fisheries, and Management (1935)
- Wildlife Society 1936
Pittman-Robertson Act of 1937 - correct answer ✔firearm tax to provide revenue to agencies
regulating hunting, land management, research
Dingell-Johnson Act (1950) - correct answer ✔fishing equipment tax to provide revenue to agencies
regulating fishing, land management, research
Era of Environmental Management (1960 - 1985) - correct answer ✔- Rachel Carson, Silent Spring 1962
answers rated A+ 2025/2026
when did coniferous forests begin forming in NA - correct answer ✔250,000 yrs ago
first man to change landscape - correct answer ✔neanderthal man
- bigger body mass to survive winter
organized hunting - correct answer ✔foundational principle of management, neanderthal's began it
control and use of fire - correct answer ✔- cro-magnon man set fires to run game, burned and changed
landscapes
- neanderthal man could only use natural fire like lightning
mass extinctions - correct answer ✔warmer climates, higher survivability --> impacted big game in
Pleistocene via hunting
- giant sloth, wooly mammoth gone
agriculture in Mesopotamia and Sumaria - correct answer ✔- 4 - 5,000 years ago
- huge imprint on landscape
- habitat loss, fragmentation
Midieval Period - correct answer ✔- stocking game spp (capture and relocate) to hunt
- royalty could only hunt
,emigrate from Eur --> NA - correct answer ✔low food resources in Eur (restricted hunting) led to
emigration
Era of Abundance ( - 1849) - correct answer ✔bison herds, huge forests, limitless resources
- began hunting, fast changes
- mallard duck was 35 mil --> 5 mill
Lewis and Clark (1804-06) - correct answer ✔learn about western US
Era of Exploitation (1850-1899) - correct answer ✔bounty on wolf (1 cent) bc predators were taking
game from hunters
land clearing, deforestation
market hunting - correct answer ✔sell game from W to E cities
Yellowstone - 1972 - correct answer ✔first national park
no mineral extraction, harvest, or land changes
- caldera gunna explode NA
first significant legislation - correct answer ✔- all wildlife is public (1896)
- very different from Eur management strategies
- changed lawsuit and land claim precedent
--> wildlife is managed publicly
Era of Protection (1900-1932) - correct answer ✔Lacy Act (1900)
Teddy Roosevelt (1901-1909)
, Migratory Bird Treaty Act
Lacy Act 1900 - correct answer ✔control market hunting, interstate game transport becomes illegal
- bison, predators too late
Teddy Roosevelt 1901-1909 - correct answer ✔- protected first forest: Adirondack Park
- created USFS: Gifford Pinchot as 1st Director
- created wildlife refuge system(1903): Pelican Island 1st
last state to get a wildlife refuge - correct answer ✔kentucky
Migratory Bird Treaty Act - correct answer ✔1916 - US and CAN
1918 - MEX
- federal protection of migratory birds
Era of Game Management (1933-1959) - correct answer ✔- A Leopold: began predator removal -->
changed to keep them and control prey populations
- USFWS from Bureau of Sports, Fisheries, and Management (1935)
- Wildlife Society 1936
Pittman-Robertson Act of 1937 - correct answer ✔firearm tax to provide revenue to agencies
regulating hunting, land management, research
Dingell-Johnson Act (1950) - correct answer ✔fishing equipment tax to provide revenue to agencies
regulating fishing, land management, research
Era of Environmental Management (1960 - 1985) - correct answer ✔- Rachel Carson, Silent Spring 1962
