Q1: according to savoy, indigenous oral traditions may encode a people's relationship to much as science and history also do.
a. livelihood
b. landscape
c. geologic time
d. place
q2: which of these is the most direct example of how the natural landscapes of the southwest influence the cultural landscapes?
a. phoenix was so named because it was built atop the remnants of prior hohokam communities.
b. we build reservoirs and aqueducts to supply water to many southwestern cities.
c. the four largest cities in the southwest were established on or near rivers.
d. open-pit copper mines in arizona can be imaged from the international space station.
q3: a perceptual region such as the southwest is defined by:
a. physical factors such as elevation and climate.
b. people's shared feelings, attitudes, and images.
c. fixed political boundaries.
d. geographic coordinates such as latitude and longitude.
q4: which of the following are perceptual regions? mark all correct responses.
a. south mountains.
b. the valley of the sun.
c. the american southwest.
d. tempe.
e. maricopa county.
q5: for the purposes of this course, the southwest region is defined as:
a. extending from the california coast to far eastern texas.
b. the rugged and arid interior of the southwestern contiguous u. s. and adjoining areas of méxico.
c. all desert areas of north america at elevations of 1500 m (5000 ft) or lower.
d. the area of the southwestern contiguous u. s. with the highest proportion of spanish-language speakers.
q6: the present-day topography of arizona formed over a time interval that encompasses less than percent of the entire geologic history of the state.
q7: which of these national parks and monuments have features that encode part of the geologic record of the southwest? mark all correct responses.
a. arches, ut (arches and alcoves carved in sandstone).
b. petroglyph, nm (ancient art drawn on lava flows).
c. petrified forest, az (fossils and badlands).
d. grand canyon, az (river actively incising cover strata and basement rocks).
e. montezuma castle, az (ancient dwellings set in limestone cliffs and around a large flooded sinkhole).
q8: which of these correctly describes an important difference between the colorado plateau and the transition zone?
a. there are young volcanic fields in the transition zone but none on the colorado plateau.
b. the sedimentary strata of the colorado plateau have largely been stripped off the transition zone.
c. most of the grand canyon is in the transition zone, not the colorado plateau.
d. the colorado plateau is underlain by basement rocks, but the transition zone is not.
q9: which of these correctly describes an important difference between the colorado plateau and the southern basin and range?
a. basement rocks are exposed over much larger areas of the colorado plateau than the southern basin and range.
b. most of the hottest, driest deserts of the southwest are located on the colorado plateau.
c. the grand canyon is located wholly within the southern basin and range, very close to las vegas, nv.
d. the colorado plateau and southern basin and range differ considerably in average elevation and relief.
q10: which of these age ranges corresponds to the range in ages of the basement rocks in arizona and the southwest?
a. about 1.8 to 1.4 billion years old.
b. about 4.0 to 3.5 billion years old.
c. about 150 million to 65 million years old.
d. about 500 million to 300 million years old.