Resources!
What are the two types of natural resources?
Renewable & Unrenewable
What is the “y axis” and the “x axis” on a projection map called? (hint: the line that divides the globe from east to west and north to south).
"Y" axis is the Prime Meridian
"X" axis is the Equator
What is the most important river in Montana? Explain why.
Missouri river because it connects to the Mississippi river which connects to the ocean thus connecting Montana to nearly every economy in the world.
Name three Indian reservations in Montana.
Flathead, Blackfoot, Rocky Boys, Cheyenne, Crow, Fort Peck, Belknap
Name the most interesting thing you’ve learned during “free curiosity time.”
Anything is fine.
Mr. Bennett believes that a primary reason for Rome's decline was that it stopped being a Republic.Name two types of renewable resources. Name two types of non-renewable resources.
Crops, cattle, fish, deer, solar.
Any minerals, fossil fuels,
What is the "western “hemisphere?”
What is the "northern hemisphere?"
Western hemisphere is anything west of the prime meridian.
Northern hemisphere is anything north of the equator.
In your own words, explain two major differences between western Montana and eastern Montana.
Western is mountainous, more foliage, more wildlife, more mineral resources, more preferable weather, more population.
Eastern Montana is wide open plains, more arable land, less preferable weather, less population.
Which reservation/s united the local tribes to engage Custer in the battle of Little Bighorn
Cheyenne & Crow
What is the largest contiguous piece of arable land in the entire world?
The Mississippi Basin (of which the Great Plains in Montana are a part of).
Besides natural resources, there is a third type of resource, what is it?
Man-made resources
Approximately where does the prime meridian and equator intersect? (hint: it’s in a particular ocean near a particular continent).
Atlantic Ocean close to northwestern Africa
Name two natural resources that led to massive migration into western Montana.
Gold & copper
Glacier National Park is to the west of which reservation?
Blackfoot Reservation
On a polar projection map the latitudinal lines appear as what shape? Why?
Circles. Because the latitudinal lines are being so "bent" as the reach the north and south poles.
Name two types of man-made resources.
roads, boats, plows, electricity grids, computers etc.
In your own words, explain what a projection map is.
It's a 2d version of a 3d globe.
In terms of minerals, what natural resource does Missoula have? (hint: you’ve seen the trucks driving around Missoula).
Construction sand & gravel
Name three interesting facts about three of the tribes cultures, practices, or history.
Any three :)
”To govern” means to make a decision that have implications. Name the seven (or eight) levels of government.
1) Individual 2) Family 3) Community
City / County (can count as one or two)
State
Federal
United Nations
In your own words, describe what the “tragedy of the commons” is when it comes to resource management.
When a common renewable resource is openly shared it tends to be overly utilized at a rate that is unsustainable. Tragically making the renewable resource no longer available to anyone.
How does a Mercator projection map differ from a Robinson projection map?
Mercator has straight lines but becomes warped the farther your go north or south.
Robinson uses curved lines but everything remains proportional.
List two reasons why eastern Montana didn’t establish any major settlements until much later in Montana’s history.
Was not militarily defensible
Did not have as many high value resources such as gold and copper.
What is the name of the most north eastern reservation in Montana?
Fort Peck Reservation
Out of the fifty states in the USA. Montana was admitted as what number? What two states were admitted six days earlier? What state was admitted two days later?