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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Powell began his journey down the Colorado, how many boats did he have?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

2. The Mogollon Escarpment separates the low desert regions from the ______.
(a) Northern tributary.
(b) Lower plateau.
(c) Upper plateau.
(d) Pacific Ocean.

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

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

5. Some of the rock displacements in Chapter IV are flexures instead of ______.
(a) Breaks.
(b) Fractures.
(c) Carvings.
(d) Rock slides.

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

7. What did Powell find in the Indian dwellings?
(a) Pottery pieces.
(b) Baskets.
(c) Bones.
(d) Tools.

8. Why did the expedition stop on May 27th?
(a) Fire.
(b) Indians.
(c) Day of rest.
(d) Weather.

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

10. What birds were found in a canyon after Brown's Park?
(a) Vultures.
(b) Swallows.
(c) Eagles.
(d) Crows.

11. What caused dangerous conditions in Flaming Gorge?
(a) Stormy weather.
(b) Indian tribes.
(c) Wild bears.
(d) Rapids.

12. What obstacle did the group encounter on June 1st?
(a) A waterfall.
(b) Stron rapids.
(c) An Indian tribe.
(d) Illness.

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

14. Besides Powell, how many men went on the journey down the Colorado?
(a) 15.
(b) 12.
(c) 9.
(d) 5.

15. What kind of geographical feature is the Tavaputs?
(a) A plateau.
(b) A mesa.
(c) A river.
(d) A mountain range.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was lost in the wreck in the Canyon of Lodore?

2. Powell compared the Terrace Plateaus to what?

3. What is the name of the canyon the group explores on May 26th?

4. Which mountains extend into Yellowstone Park and are part of the Rocky Mountains?

5. Where did the men stop in Chapter VI?

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