Geography test

Title

Geography test

Accession Number

2023.58.6.30

Accession Date

May 6, 2023

Accession Creator

Samantha Mora

Depositor

Found in collection

Description

A geography test for Don Hawkins in which he got an A+ on.

Creator

Don Hawkins

Storage Location

Archives: collection case

Text

Geography Test Name A+ Don Hawkins

For what reason were the forests first cleared? To build houses and to clean homeland
For what did the early settlers use trees? For burning, to build houses
What was most important thing the New Englanders used their lumber for? Ship building
Why are coniferous trees better than broad leaf for lumber? They grow in one tall straight trunk
What famous stories originated in the lumber camps? Paul Bunyan
For what is some hardwood lumber used in North Carolina? Furniture making
What trees of California are believed to be the largest and oldest of all living things? Sequias
Why are the Sequoias not cut for lumber They are to old, rare, and interesting
What disaster followed the cutting of our forests? FIres and erosion
What does our government call cutover lands? Problem areas
What is conservation? Saving and protecting trees and other wildlife

Page 2 Name Don Hawkins

How are forest fires detected? By rangers and men in firetowers
What part of the land in the United States is in forest? ⅓
What forest product is used in chewing gum? Chicle
The following wood production are used in:
Quebracho wood used in tanning
Many gums are used in paint and varnishs [sic]
Way is used in wax
Kapok is used upholstry and lifepreservers
Nuts are used buttons
White coniferous or broadleaf after each.
White pine. coniferous
Oak broadleaf
Cypress coniferous
Douglas fir coniferous
Birch broadleaf
Tupelo broadleaf

Relation

Hawkins family collection