Answer the following questions using the topographic map below. 1. What is the contour interval on this map?

2. What letter represents the highest point on the map?

3. What landform is represented at letter B?

4. What direction is the river at Point A flowing?

5. What do the V-shaped contour lines represent?

6. What letters represent the two hills?

7. What letter represents a steep slope?

8. What letter represents a gentle slope?

9. What feature is represented by the letter G?

10. Calculate the elevation change between position F and C.

the first phase of the government’s plan for settlement was building the transcontinental railroad. the railroad provided a way to bring settlers and manufactured goods west and ship their agricultural and mining produce east. the transcontinental railroad was an essential artery for rapid development of the frontier.

the second phase of the government’s plan was a liberal land distribution policy that made it possible for many people to homestead. with these two key elements—transportation and cheap land—the government rapidly achieved its goal of persuading people to move west, settle on farms, and push back the frontier.