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GCU 322 Reading Quiz 1 - Questions and Answers The grid laid over the globe is known as the _____, and is a two-dimensional coordinate system which allows us to specify the location of places on the surface of the Earth. Graticule It wasn't until the Canada Act in _____ did Canada obtain complete independence from the UK. No longer was Canada required to receive UK approval for any constitutional changes it wanted to implement. 1982 Ottawa is Canada's capital (in the province of Ontario, but...

GCU 322 Reading Quiz 6 - Questions and Answers _____ is the only borough of New York City that is on the continental mainland. The Bronx The Narragansett Basin has been hit hard by the drop in textile worker employment. The textile industry once employed more than half of all manufacturing workers in _____; it now provides jobs for only one-tenth of the total. Providence The _____ "River" is actually a tidal estuary connecting New York Harbor and Long Island Sound. East There are _____ miles...

GCU 322 Reading Quiz 18 - Questions and Answers Along the east coast of three islands (_____) and Labrador are innumerable fjords, some of which penetrate inland for more than 50 miles. Ellesmere, Devon, Baffin Precipitation is light and varies over much of the region from _____ inches annually. 5-15 For the Inuit people, dependence on _____ foods has dramatically increased the use of tooth decay and malnutrition; obesity has made its first appearance. Packaged Trapping in the Arctic Region ha...

GCU 322 Reading Quiz 13 - Questions and Answers _____ National Park in western Texas best provides an example of the Chihuahuan desert in the US. Big Bend In central _____, steep-sided, flat-floored streamless canyons cut the local plateau into a maze known as the channeled scablands. Washington Great Salt Lake is a remnant of prehistoric Lake Bonneville, a great body of freshwater that was as large as present-day Lake _____. Huron Vegetation in the Mojave Desert includes Yucca plants, various...

GCU 322 Reading Quiz 2 - Questions and Answers In very general terms, due in part to the Ferrel cell, we find wetter climates near the _____ degree latitude line. 60 Except for some relatively rugged hills, the _____ is a gently rolling landscape typified by many outcrops of bare rock and an extraordinary amount of surface water. Canadian Shield The islands known as the Florida keys off the southern tip of the state are made of exposed fossil remnants of massive: coastal reef colonies Which of...

GCU 322 Reading Quiz 11 - Questions and Answers _____ is the leading wheat producer in the region. Saskatchewan _____ has the largest known reserves of coal of any states, and is the largest coal producer in the nation by far. Wyoming The city of _____ is home to many significant defense corporations and the Space Foundation, the largest nonprofit organization in the world for (outer) space education and advocacy. Colorado Springs Besides cold fronts, warm fronts, tornadoes, and thunderstorms,...

GCU 322 Reading Quiz 3 - Questions and Answers Modern freeways carry a large share of travel in most cities, permitting rapid movement at about _____ the accident risk of surface streets (per mile). one-third By 1920, the most flamboyant urban developments were in new cities far removed from the traditional urban centers. The most spectacular growth occurred _____, and similar trends took form in Florida, Texas, the desert Southwest, and on the prairie edge of the Rockies (Colorado and Alberta...

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