1.Which Riparian Water Rights Law allocates the highest priority to the first user of the water and everyone who follows them has junior (or lower) rights to use the water?
a. Doctrine of Prior Appropriation
b. Doctrine of First Come First Rights
c. Doctrine of Hierarchical Order
d. Doctrine of Riparian Rights
e. None of the above

2.Where was the land called Beringia located (30,000 years ago)?
a. In Mesopotamia (in present-day Iraq)
b. In present-day Egypt
c. In the former land bridge between present-day Alaska and Russia
d. In Central Asia near present-day China Mongolia
e. In present-day Australia

3. What two Indian Cultures of the Pre-1820s joined forces and became the dominant Indians of the southern Plains? (select TWO answers)
a. Kansa
b. Kiowa
c. Comanche
d. Arapahoe
e. Wichita
f. Osage
g. Cherokee

4. Between 1821 and 1880, thousands of wagon trains departed Independence, Missouri and followed a "trail" along a portion of the Arkansas River. Those wagon trains were intent on reaching what destination?
a. Los Angeles
b. Santa Fe
c. Oregon
d. Phoenix
e. Dodge City
f. Garden City
g. Denver
h. Salt Lake City

5. Kansas is dominated by THREE major climate types. What are they? (Select THREE answers)
a. Marine Subtropical
b. Humid Continental
c. Semi-humid Steppe
d. Humid Subtropical
e. Semi-arid Steppe

6. Originally a county seat was located in the center of the county so that farmers from distant corners would have a reasonable commute to the seat of government. Over time many county seats have been moved because of changes in transportation technology. What form of transportation TODAY has greatly affected which communities in the Great Plains are viable and which are not?
a. Steamboat
b. Railroad
c. Interstate Highways
d. Regional and International Airports
e. None of the above

7. What is the force that deflects all moving objects clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern hemisphere?
a. Centripetal Force
b. Centrifugal Force
c. Coriollis Effect
d. Rotational Effect
e. Conic Effect

8. What was the name of the 1862 law ("Act") that offered 160 acres to adult males who were willing to live on the land for 5 years and make "improvements" to it?
a. Free Land Act
b. Settlers' Act
c. Land Survey Act
d. Homestead Act
e. Homeground Act

9. What is the main reason why so many counties within Kansas are square (or nearly square) in shape?
a. In the 1800s, the U.S. government required all new counties to be square or nearly square in shape
b. The Land Survey System lent itself to producing straight-line boundaries
c. There were not enough rivers in Kansas to use them as county boundaries
d. The land in Kansas is too flat to use any other feature for creating county boundaries
e. None of the above

10. Identify the 3 main American explorers who passed through portions of Kansas during their expeditions funded by the U.S. Government. (select THREE answers)
a. Lewis Clark
b. Francisco Coronado
c. Stephen Long
d. Wild Bill Cody (Buffalo Bill Cody)
e. Zebulon Pike

11. During Springtime in Kansas many thunderstorms form because warm fronts and cold fronts converge causing very unstable atmospheric conditions which results in heavy rains. This type of precipitation is known as what?
a. Orographic Precipitation
b. Convection Precipitation
c. Advection Precipitation
d. Stratiform Precipitation
e. Chanook Precipitation

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