The Control of Nature Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 140 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Control of Nature Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 140 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Los Angeles Against the Mountains.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In describing Los Angeles, McPhee states that the city sits where:
(a) An enormous inland sea used to exist.
(b) Forest fires rage on a monthly basis.
(c) Two tectonic plates grind against each other.
(d) The rich and famous strut down boulevards.

2. What river does the author mention that connects the Atchafalaya and the Mississippi to form an H?
(a) Black River.
(b) New River.
(c) Red River.
(d) Old River.

3. In the 1800s, swamps in Louisiana are drained and used as what?
(a) Storage pits.
(b) Hideouts.
(c) Military camps.
(d) Farmland.

4. The livelihood of approximately how many people is affected by the Old River Control?
(a) 3 thousand.
(b) 31 thousand.
(c) 3 million.
(d) 13 hundred.

5. One of Miner Harkness' jobs is to rescue:
(a) Lost campers.
(b) Mountain hikers.
(c) Stranded livestock.
(d) Baby animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers distributes Atchafalaya river water to swamps, bayous, towns, and cities in:

2. During the 1973 volcanic eruptions, many farmers and fishermen leave Heimaey:

3. What is Thorbjorn Sigurgeirsson's idea to stop the flow of lava?

4. During the debris flow, what lands on the roof of the Genofile family's home?

5. The writing on Dugie's belt buckle reads:

(see the answer key)

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