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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VII, The Canyon of Lodore.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What task did Powell describe in detail in the beginning of Chapter VII?
(a) Setting up camp.
(b) Starting a fire.
(c) Navigating rapids and falls.
(d) Skinning a bear.

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

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

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

5. Fill in the following from Chapter II: "The Navajos are ____________ in this country."
(a) Intruders.
(b) Citizens.
(c) Visitors.
(d) Natives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the pioneer boat?

2. Powell compared the Terrace Plateaus to what?

3. Who camped at the same location in the Canyon of Ladore where Powell's group was at?

4. Where do the Wind River, the Green River and the Gros Ventre River begin?

5. The Colorado River forms a natural boundary between which two states?

(see the answer key)

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