Historically, the settlement pattern of Intermontane West was low population densities that were centered around areas suited for farming or mining. Another way to say this is what?
A) It was a land of irregular population.
B) It was a land of discontinuous settlement.
C) It was a land of uneven settlement
D) It was a land of patchy population.
B
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A) meets its environmental need by over fishing lakes and rivers B) purchases goods and services from others C) meets is environmental needs while causing ecosystem destruction D) meets its environmental needs without accumulating wealth E) purchases resources for immediate use
Why did retailers move to the suburbs?
A) to follow the flight of home-owners to the suburbs B) to provide customers with adequate parking C) to put in place new merchandising techniques D) Older, central city retail centers had become obsolete. E) all of the above
Why would a large concrete producing company be interested in the sea bed?
A) as a source of mud to mix with limestone to make Portland cement B) as a source of sand and gravel C) They can rape the sea bed without being prosecuted like they would in operating a quarry or gravel pit improperly. D) as a source of lime from sea shells
Rounding of angular edges of rock outcropping and formation of insitu, spherical boulders are both indications of ________
A) chemical weather and associated spheroidal weathering B) humans and animals walking across the Earth's surface, wearing away the surface C) rock fall onto sharp edges breaking of angular corners of rock outcrops D) dissolution of the rock surface by acid rain