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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Powell discover about estimating slope while in camp on May 31st?
(a) The rise of a mountain must be seen from the north.
(b) The topograpy of a plateau is denser than a mesa.
(c) The height of a mountain must be seen from a distance.
(d) The slope of a mountain must be seen in profile.

2. What do the Terrace Plateaus not have?
(a) Volcanos.
(b) Buttes.
(c) Mesas.
(d) Canyons.

3. What color rock is unique to the Plateau Province?
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Green.
(d) Red.

4. Where do the Basin Range Province Waters flow?
(a) The Colorado River
(b) Salt Lakes.
(c) The Uinta River.
(d) Yellowstone Park.

5. The Colorado River forms where which two rivers meet?
(a) The Gila and the Gold.
(b) The San Juan and the Gunnison.
(c) The Glenn Canyon and the Hoover.
(d) The Grand and the Green.

6. What inscription did the men find on June 2nd?
(a) Here lies Angel.
(b) Danger ahead.
(c) Ashley.
(d) Bethany.

7. What is the river like in the Canyon of Lodore?
(a) Calm water.
(b) Fast moving current.
(c) Rapids.
(d) Sandbars.

8. Fill in the following: ______ Half Mile.
(a) Hell's.
(b) Canyon's.
(c) Heaven's.
(d) Powell's.

9. Which boat got into a dangerous situation in the Canyon of Lodore?
(a) "Stampede how."
(b) "Lucky duck."
(c) "Emma Briggs."
(d) "No Name."

10. What is found in Walnut Canyon?
(a) Volcanic pools.
(b) Cliff houses.
(c) An oasis.
(d) Walnut trees.

11. Approximately how many miles long is the Colorado River?
(a) 200.
(b) 500.
(c) 1000.
(d) 800.

12. The Colorado River forms a natural boundary between which two states?
(a) California and Arizona.
(b) Nevada and Utah.
(c) Utah and Arizona.
(d) Califonria and Nevada.

13. Who went to retrieve the lost items in the Canyon of Lodore?
(a) Sumner and Dunn.
(b) Howland and Goodman.
(c) Hawkins and Hall.
(d) Powell.

14. Where did the Apache and Navajo Indian tribes live?
(a) The mountain regions.
(b) The desert portions.
(c) The flood plains.
(d) The valley of the Gila.

15. What type of environment characterizes the Kaibab Plateau?
(a) Forests.
(b) Farmland.
(c) Deserts.
(d) Grasslands.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which boat was lost for a short time in the rapids near the end of the Canyon of Lodore?

2. When Powell began his journey down the Colorado, how long did they bring rations for?

3. What birds were found in a canyon after Brown's Park?

4. How many rivers flow through the Pink Cliffs?

5. Why did the men stop on May 25th?

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