Section #: 24.3
Cenozoic Paleogeography
Practice Test
1.
According to the map, which area was least likely to feel the effect of glaciation during the most recent Ice Ages?
a.
Canada
b.
the Great Lakes region
c.
Texas
d.
the Northeast
Hint
2.
When was the northern hemisphere ice age?
a.
the Holocene only
b.
the late Pliocene through the Pleistocene
c.
the late Pleistocene only
d.
the Miocene and early Pleistocene
Hint
3.
How did the Himalaya mountains form?
a.
an oceanic plate that was subducted under a continental plate
b.
uplifted normal fault blocks
c.
a continent-to-continent collision
d.
hot spot activity
Hint
4.
The last major orogeny in western North America was characterized by __________.
a.
low-angle faults and folds
b.
vertical uplifts
c.
igneous intrusions
d.
folding
Hint
5.
The Cascade Mountains in the Pacific Northwest of the United States are the result of __________.
a.
two contintental plates that collided
b.
extensional forces that caused the Basin and Range Province
c.
a continental plate that moved over the East Pacific Rise
d.
an oceanic plate that was subducted under a continental plate
Hint
