NR 320 MIDTERM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
All institutions making decisions about natural resource policy follow the same set of rules. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅False
What is NOT an important reason to understand the eras of natural resource history? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅National values and institutions from older areas disappear when a new era comes along.
A major effect of the General Allotment Act of 1887 was that it: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅reduced the
amount of land held by tribes by 50%
How a society views, values, and understands the natural world has no role in natural resource policy. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅False
Initial incentives to colonize the US included: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅fur, fish, farms, and forests
Which of the follow is NOT one of the six eras of NR policy? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Constitutional era
According to lecture and your reading from Dennis, _______ are important in shaping how we define
natural resources. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅values
According to lecture and your reading from Mann, when Columbus arrived in North America in 1491, the
environment had been untouched by humans in the Western Hemisphere. There was no sign of
agriculture, irrigation, or forest management. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅False
What is the definition of policy in this course? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A durable decision that guides
peoples actions
The first national park was - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Yellowstone
During the exploitation era, lumber was used for what? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅railroads
mining
, fences
shipbuilding
charcoal production
Growing concern over the timber famine was one of the reasons for the emergence of the era of
reservation. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅True
Pinchot's ideals included: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Utilitarianism - greatest good for the greatest number
in the long run
Reserved public lands should be managed by all, not just a few
Resources managed through scientific training and principles
Which of the following promoted the emergence of conservation at the turn of the 20th century? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Aesthetic and intrinsic values for nature were portrayed by the Hudson school of
art
Which of the following laws was used to dispose of (sell) lands in in WA, OR, CA, and NV that possessed
timber or stone deposits and were unfit for cultivation. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The Timber and Stone
Act of 1878
According to your "Battle for Natural Resources" reading public land policy in the 19th century was a
failure because of all of the following, EXCEPT: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The disposal of two-thirds of the
public domain did not promote economic growth.
All of the following were US values and goals during the exploitation era, EXCEPT: - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅reservation of public land
Land grants to railroads; - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅resulted in a checkerboard pattern of of land
ownership that can still be seen today
According to the lecture and readings, during the exploitation era: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the
government gave substantial land grants to states to support education and infrastructure development
All institutions making decisions about natural resource policy follow the same set of rules. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅False
What is NOT an important reason to understand the eras of natural resource history? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅National values and institutions from older areas disappear when a new era comes along.
A major effect of the General Allotment Act of 1887 was that it: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅reduced the
amount of land held by tribes by 50%
How a society views, values, and understands the natural world has no role in natural resource policy. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅False
Initial incentives to colonize the US included: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅fur, fish, farms, and forests
Which of the follow is NOT one of the six eras of NR policy? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Constitutional era
According to lecture and your reading from Dennis, _______ are important in shaping how we define
natural resources. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅values
According to lecture and your reading from Mann, when Columbus arrived in North America in 1491, the
environment had been untouched by humans in the Western Hemisphere. There was no sign of
agriculture, irrigation, or forest management. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅False
What is the definition of policy in this course? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A durable decision that guides
peoples actions
The first national park was - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Yellowstone
During the exploitation era, lumber was used for what? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅railroads
mining
, fences
shipbuilding
charcoal production
Growing concern over the timber famine was one of the reasons for the emergence of the era of
reservation. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅True
Pinchot's ideals included: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Utilitarianism - greatest good for the greatest number
in the long run
Reserved public lands should be managed by all, not just a few
Resources managed through scientific training and principles
Which of the following promoted the emergence of conservation at the turn of the 20th century? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Aesthetic and intrinsic values for nature were portrayed by the Hudson school of
art
Which of the following laws was used to dispose of (sell) lands in in WA, OR, CA, and NV that possessed
timber or stone deposits and were unfit for cultivation. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The Timber and Stone
Act of 1878
According to your "Battle for Natural Resources" reading public land policy in the 19th century was a
failure because of all of the following, EXCEPT: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The disposal of two-thirds of the
public domain did not promote economic growth.
All of the following were US values and goals during the exploitation era, EXCEPT: - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅reservation of public land
Land grants to railroads; - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅resulted in a checkerboard pattern of of land
ownership that can still be seen today
According to the lecture and readings, during the exploitation era: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the
government gave substantial land grants to states to support education and infrastructure development
