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

2. What is the cause of the cliffs in the Terrace Plateaus?
(a) Faults.
(b) A volcano.
(c) Erosion.
(d) A glacier.

3. How many people could the dwellings of the Ute accommodate?
(a) Over a hundred.
(b) Over five hundred.
(c) Over a thousand.
(d) Approximately fifty.

4. What was the name of the pioneer boat?
(a) "Emily Jim."
(b) "Mary Joe."
(c) Beth Riley."
(d) "Emma Dean."

5. Which mountains extend into Yellowstone Park and are part of the Rocky Mountains?
(a) Lonely Mountain.
(b) The Painted Hills.
(c) Wind River Mountains.
(d) The Black Mountains.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the men stop in Chapter VI?

2. When Powell began his journey down the Colorado, how many boats did he have?

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

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

5. The northeast side of the Little Colorado can be described as _______.

Short Essay Questions

1. The group often named places along the river for physical descriptions of the landscape or river. What examples of this are in Chapter VI?

2. What is the most important salt lake?

3. Describe Glen Canyon.

4. What happened at camp on June 16th, resulting in the moving of camp down shore and the loss of several items?

5. What is the Mogollon Escarpment?

6. Describe the high region of the Colorado River Valley.

7. What are the north-south lines in between the cliffs and plateaus?

8. What are the borders of the Terrace Plateaus?

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

10. What is important about Fremont's Peak?

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