To help you master concepts from Chapter 5 (Mountain Belts and the Continental Crust), take this sample examination.

1		The mountain belt that forms the western part of North America is called the: Need a Hint?
			A)	Appalachian Mountains.
			B)	Ouachita Mountains.
			C)	North American Cordillera.
			D)	Himalayas.
2		The craton: Need a Hint?
			A)	is the youngest portion of continents.
			B)	is the geologically active portion of continents.
			C)	is the geologically stable portion of continents.
			D)	none of these
3		Precambrian shields: Need a Hint?
			A)	were in existence at the time Earth formed.
			B)	were once divergent plate margins.
			C)	have been destroyed by subduction over time.
			D)	are very ancient rocks representing the central cores of continents.
4		Folds and reverse faults in a mountain range suggest: Need a Hint?
			A)	deep water deposition of sediments.
			B)	crustal shortening.
			C)	tensional stresses.
			D)	all of these
5		Which is not a stage in the history of a mountain belt? Need a Hint?
			A)	accumulation
			B)	block faulting
			C)	orogenic
			D)	All of these are stages in the history of a mountain belt.
6		To explain fold and thrust belts, simultaneous normal faulting, and how once deep-seated metamorphic rocks rise to an upper level in a mountain belt, geologist use a model called: Need a Hint?
			A)	faulting.
			B)	tectonism.
			C)	gravitational collapse.
			D)	none of these
7		The detachment of a part of the mantle portion of the lithosphere beneath a mountain belt is called: Need a Hint?
			A)	orogeny.
			B)	lithospheric delamination.
			C)	rifting.
			D)	gravitational collapse.
8		Which is not a type of terrane? Need a Hint?
			A)	accumulated
			B)	accreted
			C)	suspect
			D)	exotic
9		Which of the following is a source of terranes? Need a Hint?
			A)	ocean crustal fragments
			B)	large ocean islands
			C)	fragments of distant continents
			D)	all of these
10		Block-faulting may be due to: Need a Hint?
			A)	gravitational collapse.
			B)	isostatic adjustment.
			C)	lithospheric delamination.
			D)	all of these
11		A mountain belt formed through ocean-continent convergence may contain: Need a Hint?
			A)	high-grade metamorphic rocks.
			B)	fold and thrust belts.
			C)	thick accumulations of marine sedimentary rocks.
			D)	all of these
12		The Himalayas formed as a result of: Need a Hint?
			A)	ocean-continent convergence.
			B)	ocean-ocean convergence.
			C)	continent-continent convergence.
			D)	none of these
13		The Appalachians formed as a result of: Need a Hint?
			A)	continent-continent convergence.
			B)	ocean-ocean convergence.
			C)	ocean-continent convergence.
			D)	none of these
14		The Ouachita Mountains formed as a result of: Need a Hint?
			A)	ocean-ocean convergence.
			B)	continent-continent convergence.
			C)	ocean-continent convergence.
			D)	none of these
15		The Alps formed as a result of: Need a Hint?
			A)	ocean-ocean convergence.
			B)	ocean-continent convergence
			C)	continent-continent convergence.
			D)	none of these
16		The Ural Mountains formed as a result of: Need a Hint?
			A)	continent-continent convergence.
			B)	ocean-ocean convergence.
			C)	ocean-continent convergence.
			D)	none of these
17		The Sierra Nevada mountains formed as a result of: Need a Hint?
			A)	ocean-ocean convergence.
			B)	continent-continent convergence.
			C)	ocean-continent convergence.
			D)	none of these
18		The Andes Mountains formed as a result of: Need a Hint?
			A)	ocean-continent convergence.
			B)	ocean-ocean convergence.
			C)	continent-continent convergence.
			D)	none of these
19		The Cascade Range formed as a result of: Need a Hint?
			A)	continent-continent convergence.
			B)	ocean-ocean convergence.
			C)	ocean-continent convergence.
			D)	none of these
20		It would appear that most mountain ranges form as a result of: Need a Hint?
			A)	some form of transform tectonics.
			B)	some form of convergent tectonics.
			C)	some form of divergent tectonics.
			D)	none of these