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Landscape Lecture midterm
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Architecture
Undergraduate 1
10/15/2009

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Which happens to be a physiographic section?
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-Mississippi river, illuvial plain
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What is Physiography?
Definition
-Area represented by a host of provinces that operate on and off earths surface soil, water, etc.
-Political Boundaries are not part of this
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What happens to be a physiographic province?
Definition
Central lowland, coastal plain, interior low plateau
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Wheres BR located?
Definition
-Coastal plain and MS alluvial coastal plain
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April 19,1775
Definition
(date)Minute man national historic park... patriots day
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1864
Definition
(date) Yosemite National park ... during civil war Abe Lincoln signed over 10 sq. miles to the state of CA
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First Scenic Reserve? who?
Definition
Yosemite, Olmstead (head of commission)
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March 1,1874
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(date)Yellowstone.. signed into law by Pres. Grant
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First National Park?
Definition
Yellowstone
-signed into law by Grant
-credit of idea = George Catlin
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1869
Definition
(date) associated with Grand Canyon
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What national park is Lee Ferrick associated with?
Definition
Grand Canyon
-many mormons crossed colorado river
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What province is the Grand Canyon in?
Definition
Colorado Plateau provinces
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Who is associated with Yellowstone?
Definition
- Judge Cornelius Hedgens, Louis Jackson, George Catlin
-2nd Lt. Donald Washburn (expidition), Ferdnand V Hayden (expidition a year later)
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What park is Paul Revere associated with?
Definition
Minute Man National Park
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T/F Fred Olmstead was associated with Adirondack Mtns.
Definition
False
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Who was perturbed at politics in NYC, went west to help Meraposa company come up with some kind of plan?
Definition
Fred Olmstead.
-Got bill/proposal signed by licoln
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What physiological province is Yosimite in?
Definition
Sierra Nevada
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What physiological province is Niagra Falls in?
Definition
Central Lowlands
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What physiological province is Salt Lake City in?
Definition
Basin and range.
-its internal drainage- no outlets to the sea
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What physiological province is Mono Lake in?
Definition
Basin and Range
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What physiological province is Mammoth Cave in?
Definition
Interior low plateaus
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What law/act protects Adirondacks Park? what did it do?
Definition
-State constitution of NY
-makes it forever wild
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Antiquities act? when?
Definition
allows president to set aside historic, scientific, valuable lands, artifacts to protect them.
-1906
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What physiological province is Biltmore Estate in? who is associated with it?
Definition
-Blue Ridge Province
-Olmstead, Pincho
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1994
Definition
Group of Civil engineers listed 7 wonders of engineering in the US
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What are the 7 wonders of engineering?
Definition
Alaska Pipeline, Golden gate bridge, Hoover dam, Interstate Hwy, World trade center, Kennedy space center, panama canal
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T/F Washington Monument is a 7 wonders of engineering.
Definition
false
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Who is the father of the profession of Landscape Architecture?
Definition
Fred Olmstead
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What law did the fed. law of public protection pass?
Definition
Antiquite
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What physiological province is the Petrified Valley in?
Definition
Colorado Plateau
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What physiological province is Sedona in?
Definition
Colorado Plateau
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What physiological province is Red Woods in? (and pt low,pt ross?)
Definition
Pacific Border
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What physiological province is Harbors Ferry in?
Definition
Blue ridge
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What physiological province is Smokey Mountains in?
Definition
Blue Ridge
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What physiological province is Biltmore estates in?
Definition
Blue ridge
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What physiological province is Stone mountain in?
Definition
Piedmont
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What physiological province is Charlottesville in?
Definition
Piedmont
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What physiological province is University of Virginia in?
Definition
Piedmont
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What physiological province is Atchafalaya in?
Definition
Coastal Plain
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What physiological province is Okifinokie in?
Definition
Coastal Plain
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What physiological province is NYC in?
Definition
New England
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What physiological province is Boston in?
Definition
New England
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What physiological province is Vermont in?
Definition
New England
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What physiological province is minute maid in?
Definition
New England
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How many years passed between Yellowstone national park and law signed by president?
Definition
2 years
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Fur company, st. Louis newspaper, to hunt beaver in which river?
Definition
Missouri river
Term
T/F Nathanial P Langford... September 20,1870
Definition
True
Term
Who recommended how much land for a family dependent on live stock?
Definition
Major John Wesley Powell (4 sections 2560 acres)
Term
(5) It is not possible to represent on a flat map the spatial relationships of:
Definition
-Angle, Distance, Direction,Area, Scale
Term
Ways of showing relief or elevation on a map?
Definition
- Hillocks
-Hachures
-Contour Lines
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"A report on the lands of arid region of the US with a more detailed account of the lands of Utah" who, when, about what?
Definition
-John Wesley Powell
-1878
-about homestead act?
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___ managed correctly, they could have land and was used to maintain a family--thinking of eastern lands--western lands wouldnt work. Dates?
Definition
-Homestead Act, 1862-160?
Term
how many acres were needed to support a family through stock raising?
Definition
2560 (4 sections. 1 section=640 acres)
Term
Who was on Ferdinand V Hayden's expedition?
Definition
Thomas Loran and William Henry Jackson
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Which president signed the Mariposa Yosemite grant? when?
Definition
Abe Lincoln, 1864
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What physiographic province drains internally?
Definition
Basin and Range
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"Surrounded by the horrors of the civil war the President's action can be a recognition that we can turn to our native landscape"
Definition
Tim Palmer (book promise of wilderness) yosemite
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What did John Wesley Powell recommend for a family that had irrigation?
Definition
80 acres
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What Piece of Music did Ferdet Rovet Compose
Definition
Grand Canyon Sweet
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What did Paul Winters compose?
Definition
Canyon Album, River Run
Term
Divorchak composed
Definition
Symphony No. 9 from the new world
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Forrester who worked on the Biltmore Estate in North Carolina?
Definition
Gifford Pinchot
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T/F John Wesley Powell lost his arm at Gettysburg
Definition
False--Shiloh
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T/F Judge Cornelius Hedges was a member of the Ferdinand Hayden expedition that went to yellowstone in 1861
Definition
False--Washburn
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T/F Lees Fairy is on the Colorado River, downstream from Glenn Canyon dam
Definition
True
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Which of the following is not associated with Yellowstone national park?
Definition
Gifford Pinchot
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What was the occupation of William Henry Jackson?
Definition
Photographer
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