TEKS Social Studies Grade 8 - 8.11.B: Describe Positive & Negative Consequences Of Human Modification Of The Physical Environment Of The U.S.
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- Q 1/4Score 0What effect did the mining technique described in this excerpt have on the local environment?29Reduced flooding led to an increased reliance on irrigation.Forests were clear-cut, and the timber was used to line tunnels and shafts.Farmland benefited from a change in soil composition.Rivers became filled with sediment.
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- Q1What effect did the mining technique described in this excerpt have on the local environment?Reduced flooding led to an increased reliance on irrigation.Forests were clear-cut, and the timber was used to line tunnels and shafts.Farmland benefited from a change in soil composition.Rivers became filled with sediment.60s8.11.B: Social Studies - Geography
- Q2Which of the following was the most direct result of the environmental modifications listed above?Road construction became a major industry in the United States.Federal regulations were adopted to ensure safety and ease of travel on the road.Improved transportation to western states expanded trade and settlement.State governments cooperated closely to maintain road quality.60s8.11.B: Social Studies - Geography
- Q3One environmental consequence of the large-scale cultivation of cotton in the South was —drought caused by overuse of river water to irrigate farmlandwidespread water contamination caused by fertilizer runoffwidespread soil exhaustion caused by decades of farmingair pollution caused by the use of cotton gins60s8.11.B: Social Studies - Geography
- Q4These environmental modifications were made in order to construct —permanent housing for immigrants in urban areasa harbor on the Mississippi Rivera transcontinental railroadcanals that linked the Midwest to the Northeast60s8.11.B: Social Studies - Geography
