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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter IV, Cliffs and Terraces.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What previously unknown features in the high country did the Colorado River Exploring Expedition discover?
(a) Tributaries and feeder lakes.
(b) Forests and lakes.
(c) Canyons and gorges.
(d) Plains and plateaus.

4. In Chapter IV, east-west cliffs are formed by what?
(a) Rivers.
(b) Differential degradation.
(c) Glacier carving.
(d) Erosion.

5. Where do the Wind River, the Green River and the Gros Ventre River begin?
(a) Fremont Peak.
(b) Roswell Peak.
(c) Los Alimos Peak.
(d) San Juan Peak.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Ute Indians have a wealth of?

2. How is an escarpment formed?

3. What animal is found in the great timber region of Arizona?

4. What divides the Plateau Province?

5. Powell compared the Terrace Plateaus to what?

(see the answer key)

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