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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of vegetation did the men explore on June 3rd?
(a) Glacier.
(b) Beach.
(c) Forests.
(d) Deserts.

2. What is the height of the escarpment?
(a) 2,000 feet.
(b) 4,000 feet.
(c) 100 feet.
(d) 5,000 feet.

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

4. Where did the men stop in Chapter VI?
(a) Swallow Canyon.
(b) Beehive Point.
(c) Mosquito Alley.
(d) Ladybug Gorge.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who went to retrieve the lost items in the Canyon of Lodore?

3. How many rivers flow through the Pink Cliffs?

4. Where do the Basin Range Province Waters flow?

5. After the wreck in the Canyon of Lodore, how did the men travel for the next two miles?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is important about Fremont's Peak?

2. What Indian tribes inhabited the Terrace Plateaus?

3. What is meant by the Indian saying "Water heap catch 'em," in Chapter VI?

4. What is the most important salt lake?

5. Which Native American tribes lived in the Colorado River Valley?

6. How did the group proceed when there were rapids?

7. Describe the group's first day down the river.

8. What are the buttes of the Colorado River Valley?

9. What is the Mogollon Escarpment?

10. Powell took ten men with him on the expedition down the Colorado. Describe one of these men.

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