Unit 6 Review

How are modern Tlingit potlatches similar to traditional potlatches?

• a. Gifts often include cash and household goods.

• b. Potlatches can last up to 12 days.

• c. Potlatches include speeches, dancing and feasting.

• d. Guests attend potlatches on the weekends so as not to miss work.

Which product from the West is used to make furniture and paper?

• a. timber

• b. grains

• c. livestock

• d. shellfish

Which of these areas receives less than 2 inches of rainfall each year?

• a. Olympic Peninsula, Washington

• b. Mount Waialeale, Hawaii

• c. Death Valley, California

• d. Yakima, Washington

Which of these describes Los Angles?

• a. a city in the Rockies where winter sports are very popular

• b. a city with a sunny, pleasant climate and beautiful beaches

• c. a city with a cool climate and many high-tech companies

• d. a city whose main industry is mining

Which of these are Yellowstone's most popular points of interest?

• a. mountains

• b. geysers

• c. glaciers

• d. meadows

Which is true about the Rocky Mountains?

• a. They are the smallest system of mountains in the United States.

• b. Very few trees and almost no flowers grow there.

• c. Many types of animals, such as goats and minks, live there.

• d. Visitors cannot ski and hike.

What negative effect did boom towns have on California?

• a. Boom towns attracted often violent characters and rarely had good police departments.

• b. Boom towns grew into large cities.

• c. People made their way to California using different means of transportation.

• d. New businesses were in great demand.

How are the climates of Hawaii and California similar?

• a. Areas of both states have freezing temperatures and snow in the winter.

• b. Both states are drier than the Great Basin region of the West.

• c. Temperatures rarely rise above the freezing level.

• d. It is warm and sunny in most of both states.

For which product is Washington most famous

• a. sheep

• b. fish

• c. apples

• d. apricots

Why did the United States purchase Alaska from Russia?

• a. Oil deposits were discovered there.

• b. There were important United States military bases there.

• c. They thought gold might be discovered there.

• d. They thought that fur trapping in Alaska would help the United States.