BIOL 1011 Lecture : Lecture15
LA Mid-term Lecture Review
• Which of the following is not used to define a physiographic province?
Political boundary
• We live (BR) in a section of what physiographic province?
Costal plain (section- Mississippi river or alluvial plane)
• April 19, 1775 is associated with what?
Minutemen National Historic Park
• 1864 is associated with Yosemite National park (This was when the first scenic Reserve
set aside by federal action; it was a law giving the park to Sierra Nevada. Abe Lincoln
signed it in the Civil War.)
• Who wrote a plan to manage Yosemite, designed roads, and got the law through
congress?
Fredrick Law Olmstead
• March 1, 1872 is associated with? 1st national park ever, and it took 2 yrs to make it a
national park
Yellowstone Nation Park
• 1869 is associated with what?
Grand Canyon, Colorado, and green river (John Wesley Powell and 8 ppl went
down the river)
• T of F- John Wesley Powell lost his arm at Gettysburg.
False, he lost it at Shiloh
• What physiographic province is the Grand Canyon located in?
Colorado Plateau
• Judge Cornelius Hedges is associated with what national park?
Yellowstone National Park
• T or F- Judge Cornelius Hedges was a member of the Ferdinandy Haden expedition that
went to Yellowstone in 1861?
False, Washburn
• Lees Fairy is associated with which national park?
Grand Canyon Nation Park
• T or F- Lees fairy is on the Colorado River, downstream from the Glenn Canyon Dam?
True
• Who of the following is not associated with Yellowstone National Park?
Gifford Pinchot
• What was the occupation of William Henry Jackson?
Photographer
• Who was the first person to envision a national park(Yellowstone)?
George Catlin – painter
• What national park is Paul Revere associated with?
Minutemen National park
• Fredrick Law Olmstead is associated with which of the following places?
Yosemite
• Which of the following places is not associated with Fredrick Law Olmstead?
Adirondack Reserve
• Yosemite National Park is in what Physiographic province?
Sierra Nevada
• Niagara Falls is in what Physiographic province?
Central lowlands
• Salt Lake City is in what physiographic province?
Basin and Range ( all drains internally)
• Minutemen National Historic Park is in what physiographic province?
New England
• You are looking at 3 maps, all the same size of the paper each with a different scale?
What scale shows the most area?
1-250,000
• Map A has a scale of 1-24,000 and Map B has a scale of 1-400,000. Which is larger?
Map B is largest
• Besides the use of hillock, hachures, and contour lines, how else can you show relief?
Color and Shading
• Name the forester who worker on the Biltmore estate in North Carolina? (chosen by
Fredrick Olmstead)
Gifford Pinchot
• The American Society of civil engineers, in 1994, listed 7 wonders of the U.S. Which of
the following was not on the list?
Washington Monument
• John Wesley Powell recommended how much land for a family dependent on livestock?
The Homestead Act provided 150 acres. 4 sections= 2560 acres is what Powell
recommended. 1 section= 640 acres without water
• What did Powell recommend for a family that had irrigation?
80 acres
• Who is considered the father of landscape architecture?
Fredrick Law Olmstead
• What piece of music did Ferdet Rovet compose?
Grand Canyon Sweet
• What did Paul Winters compose? Canyon Album, River Run
• Divorchak Composed?
Symphony No. 9 in E Minor and From the new world
Document Summary
Minutemen national historic park: 1864 is associated with yosemite national park (this was when the first scenic reserve set aside by federal action; it was a law giving the park to sierra nevada. 1st national park ever, and it took 2 yrs to make it a national park. Grand canyon, colorado, and green river (john wesley powell and 8 ppl went down the river: t of f- john wesley powell lost his arm at gettysburg. 1-250,000: map a has a scale of 1-24,000 and map b has a scale of 1-400,000. Color and shading: name the forester who worker on the biltmore estate in north carolina? (chosen by. Gifford pinchot: the american society of civil engineers, in 1994, listed 7 wonders of the u. s. 4 sections= 2560 acres is what powell recommended. 9 in e minor and from the new world: harpers ferry, great smokey mountains. Coastal plain: new york city, minutemen, boston, vermont.
