GCU 322 Lecture Quiz 18 - Questions and Answers

GCU 322 Lecture Quiz 18 - Questions and Answers Which parts of northern North America were NOT glaciated during the Ice Age? Much of northern and central Alaska The community of Rankin Inlet started out as a _____ town. It lost in a referendum on being Nunavut's capital city, but it has remained a place of significance, primarily as a community of Inuit artists, with a heavy emphasis on artistic ceramics production. Mining At Thule Air Base in far northern Greenland, the sun never sets for nearly _____ months each summer, and the sun never rises for nearly _____ months each winter. 3.5/3.5 A number of Canada's Arctic Islands are very large in territorial size. _____ Island is Canada's second largest island, while _____ is Canada's third largest island. Victoria/Ellesmere Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve is within the _____ in the Northwestern Highlands. Brooks Range Where on the Mackenzie River is there a major flooding every year from May to mid June? Near the river's mouth The Trans-Alaska Pipeline begins at _____ and has its southern terminus at the city of Valdez in Prince William Sound (which connects to the Gulf of Alaska). Prudhoe Bay Greenland is the source of many _____ that are found in the north Atlantic Ocean. Icebergs