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1. Which states have the most commercial port facilities in the United States?

1. New York and New Jersey
2. Texas and Louisiana
3. Florida and Georgia
4. Washington and Oregon

2. Which state has the greatest number of waterway miles (over 2,000) maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers?

1. Louisiana
2. Michigan
3. California
4. Virginia

3. Where are the southernmost port facilities in the United States located?

1. Texas
2. Florida
3. California
4. Hawaii

4. Commerical port activities provide employment for approximately how many people in the United States?

1. 1,600
2. 16,000
3. 160,000
4. 1.6 million

5. The oldest operating locks in the United States were built in what year?

1. 1750
2. 1839
3. 1910
4. 1969

6. Approximately how many tons of commercial goods are transported on navigable shipping channels in the United States each year?

1. 2.2 billion
2. 2.2 million
3. 220,000
4. 22,000

7. One 3,300-ton barge can carry the same tonnage of transported goods as how many railroad cars?

1. 3
2. 10
3. 33
4. 100

8. What percentage of all United States exported grain is transported to sea by barges?

1. 90%
2. 60%
3. 40%
4. 10%

9. If you have 1 million tons of coal to move from North Carolina to Texas, which method of transportation is considered the least threatening to the environment?

1. Railway
2. Trucks
3. Barge
4. Airplane

10. What ancient people used ships and barges on the Nile River to travel and to carry cargo from one end
of their empire to the other?

1. Egyptians
2. Chinese
3. Americans
4. Spanish

11. The Phoenicians were ancient people who were well recognized for what skill?

1. Farming
2. Sailing
3. Medicine
4. Art

12. Which of the following were a group of famous shipbuilders and sailors from northern Europe?

1. Aztecs
2. Russians
3. Vikings
4. Romans

13. Which of the following is a man-made waterway?

1. Canal
2. River
3. Stream
4. Ocean

14. Which of the following is a natural waterway?

1. Mississippi River
2. Panama Canal
3. Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
4. Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway

15. Early settlers could transport freight from the upper Midwest to the Gulf of Mexico by way of which important waterway?

1. Columbia River
2. Mississippi River
3. Pearl River
4. Nile River

16. Who wrote about the great Mississippi River in the many adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn?

1. H.G. Wells
2. John Grisham
3. Mark Twain
4. T.S. Elliot

17. Which of the following famous canals was completed in 1825, was 393 miles long, and went from Albany to Buffalo, New York?

1. Erie Canal
2. Buffalo Canal
3. Panama Canal
4. New York

18. Which of the following canals was built as a shortcut for ships traveling from one side of the Americas to the other?

1. Erie Canal
2. Panama Canal
3. San Francisco Canal
4. Tenn-Tom Canal

19. What is a narrow strip of land connecting two larger pieces of land?

1. Isthmus
2. Canal
3. Strait
4. Peninsula

20. Which of the following man-made waterways connects the Tennessee River to the Tombigbee River and is a shortcut for boats and barges that use those two rivers?

1. Mississippi River
2. Ohio River
3. Miss-Ohio Waterway
4. Tenn-Tom Waterway

21. Which of the following is used to best aid ships with navigation?

1. Road maps
2. World atlas
3. Nautical charts
4. Globes

22. The buying and selling of goods between countries is called _____________.

1. Internal trade
2. International trade
3. External trade
4. Expert trade

23. _____________ is when goods are sold and sent from one country to another country.

1. Importing
2. Inspecting
3. Exporting
4. Negotiating

24. _____________ is when goods are bought and brought into one country from another country.

1. Importing
2. Inspecting
3. Exporting
4. Negotiating

25. Petroleum is usually shipped as what type of cargo?

1. Loose cargo
2. Dry bulk cargo
3. General container cargo
4. Liquid bulk cargo

26. There are _____________ miles of navigation channels in the United States.

1. 1,000
2. 11,000
3. 110,000
4. 1 million

27. There are approximately _____________ grain loading docks along the river channels.

1. 50
2. 500
3. 5000
4. 5 million

28. There are over _____________ navigation locks located along the river channels of the United States.

1. 75
2. 175
3. 275
4. 375

29. Which Federal agency has primary responsibility for the study and design of channel improvements, building and maintaining channels, and building and maintaining locks and dams?

1. U.S. Navy
2. Coast Guard
3. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
4. U.S. Marine Corps

30. Who is the primary agency responsible for keeping the major waterways in the United States navigable for ships?

1. U.S. Marine Corps
2. U.S. Navy
3. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
4. Coast Guard

31. A _____________ is a machine that scoops or suctions sediments from under the water.

1. Dredge
2. Tanker
3. Barge
4. Submarine

32. Underwater excavation of sediment is called _____________.

1. Exploring
2. Dredging
3. Tunneling
4. Diving

33. Which of the following uses satellite information to aid ship captains with navigation?

1. Channel markers
2. Navigation charts
3. Celestial charts
4. Global positioning system (GPS)

34. Which of the following is not a type of dredge?

1. Mechanical dredge
2. Chemical dredge
3. Pipeline dredge
4. Airlift dredge

35. Which of the following types of dredges remove material by scooping it from the channel bottom and then placing it onto a waiting barge or into a disposal area?

1. Hydraulic dredge
2. Mechanical dredge
3. Pipeline dredge
4. Airlift dredge

36. Which of the following are examples of mechanical dredges?

1. Hopper and pipeline
2. Waterlift
3. Airlift
4. Dipper and clamshell

37. Which of the following are examples of hydraulic dredges?

1. Airlift
2. Hopper and pipeline
3. Waterlift
4. Dipper and clamshell

38. _____________ are special use dredges that raise material from the bottom of the waterway by air pressure.

1. Airlift
2. Hopper
3. Pipeline
4. Clamshell

39. Which of the following is not a common method of disposal for dredged material?

1. Ocean placement
2. Wetland placement
3. Beach nourishment
4. Confined disposal facilities

40. Which of the following disposal methods is designed to seal contaminated dredged material from the environment?

1. Ocean placement
2. Beach nourishment
3. Confined disposal facilities
4. Capped disposal

41. Approximately how much material is dredged each year in the United States?

1. 40,000 cu yds
2. 4 million cu yds
3. 40 million cu yds
4. 400 million cu yds

42. _____________ is material that falls to the bottom of a liquid.

1. Solution
2. Solvent
3. Sediment
4. Saturation

43. _____________ is the periodic dredging that must be done to keep a channel clear and safe for navigation.

1. New work dredging
2. Tunnel dredging
3. Construction dredging
4. Maintenance dredging

44. _____________ is the sediment dredged from a waterway.

1. Sludge
2. Raw material
3. Dredged material
4. Water

45. A _____________ is the buildup of sediment deposits on the river or ocean bottom.

1. Shoal
2. Beach
3. Confined disposal facility
4. Mountain

46. _____________ refers to establishing and managing relatively permanent and biologically productive plant and animal habitats.

1. Ecology
2. Biology
3. Habitat development
4. Habitat destruction

47. _____________ is the placment of sand onto a shore to control or prevent erosion.

1. Beach nourishment
2. Dune planting
3. Ocean placement
4. Habitat development

48. A navigation channel that connects the main channel or deep water to docks and berthing areas.

1. Reservoir
2. Access channel
3. Berthing channel
4. River

49. The period of Egyptian history between 5000 BC and 31 BC.

1. Ancient Rome
2. Ancient China
3. Ancient Egypt
4. Ancient Greece

50. A flat-bottomed vessel used for transporting goods and materials. These vessels usually do not move on their own power, but are pushed or towed by tugboats.

1. Steam boat
2. Tanker
3. Tug
4. Barge

51. A map that shows the contours of the bottom of a body of water.

1. Aquamap
2. Bathymetric map
3. Satellite map
4. Topographic map

52. A man-made waterway for shipping or irrigation.

1. River
2. Ocean
3. Canal
4. Stream

53. A narrow open boat, pointed on both ends, propelled by paddling with an oar.

1. Canoe
2. Sail boat
3. Shrimp boat
4. Skiboat

54. The freight carried by a ship, airplane, truck, or other vehicle.

1. Cargo
2. Fuel
3. Mmotor
4. People

55. Soil definition based on the particle size of the material being greater than 0.05 mm. Sand and gravel are examples.

1. Silt
2. Clay
3. Coarse-grained sediment
4. Fine-grained sediment

56. Waterways and water routes which are along the coast and coastal harbors of the country.

1. Inland waterways
2. Coastal waterways
3. Upland waterways
4. Offshore waterways

57. The buying and selling of goods.

1. Travel
2. Conservation
3. Commerce
4. Credit

58. An action considered and approved by the Congress of the United States.

1. Vetoed
2. Elected
3. Congressionally denied
4. Congressionally authorized

59. A chemical or biological substance in the water or sediment that can harm aquatic organisms, consumers of aquatic organisms, or users of the aquatic environment.

1. Contaminant
2. Oxygen
3. Conservation
4. Rain water

60. The engineering branch of the US Army.

1. Tactical Forces
2. National Guard
3. Construction Forces
4. Corps of Engineers

61. Who established the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers?

1. Abraham Lincoln
2. John F. Kennedy
3. George Washington
4. Jimmy Carter

62. When was the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers established?

1. 1675
2. 1775
3. 1875
4. 1975

63. A measurement of volume defined by a cube with each side having a length of one yard.

1. Cubic yard
2. Cubic meter
3. Cubic foot
4. Cubic inch

64. Type of dredge with rotating blades on the suction end of the pipe. The blades break up material on the bottom of the channel before it is suctioned through the pipe.

1. Cutterhead
2. Pipeline
3. Hopper
4. Barge

65. Earthen walls constructed to contain water or dredged material. Commonly constructed as flood protection.

1. Beach
2. Dunes
3. Island
4. Dikes

66. The area on land or in water within which disposal of dredged material occurs.

1. Stadium site
2. Disposal site
3. Parking lot
4. Dredged site

67. A country's industry, trade, and finance.

1. Economy
2. Navigation
3. Dredging
4. Trade

68. Any type of animal or plant whose ability to survive is seriously in question. Human activities can contribute to such endangerment.

1. Dead species
2. Sick animal
3. Endangered species
4. Overpopulation

69. The washing away of land and soil by the action of wind and water.

1. Erosion
2. Dredging
3. Rolling
4. Washing

70. The five connected lakes along the border of United States and Canada.

1. Lake Okeechobee
2. Great Lakes
3. Great Salt Lake
4. Chesapeake Bay

71. Which of the following is not one of the Great Lakes?

1. Lake Wisconsin
2. Lake Ontario
3. Lake Huron
4. Lake Michigan

72. The specific area or environment in which a particular plant or animal lives that provides all the basic requirements for the maintenance of life.

1. House
2. Ecology
3. Species
4. Habitat

73. A hydraulic dredge that stores dredged material in large bins, or hoppers, inside the hull of the dredge and then transports it to the disposal area.

1. Hopper dredge
2. Clamshell dredge
3. Mechanical dredge
4. Airlift dredge

74. Measuring the depth and mapping the bottom of lakes, rivers, or oceans.

1. Oceanography
2. Water quality
3. Hydrographic surveying
4. Terrestrial surveying

75. Waterways which include improved river channels, canals, and navigation locks on the interior of the country.

1. Inland waterways
2. Oceans
3. Coastal waterways
4. Great Lakes

76. The buying and selling of products, such as foods, manufactured goods, or natural resources, among different countries of the world.

1. Trading post
2. Interstate trade
3. Trade license
4. International trade

77. The narrow strip of land that connects North America and South America.

1. Mexico
2. Cuba
3. Florida
4. Isthmus of Panama

78. A narrow covered boat, pointed on both ends, propelled by the rider paddling with an oar.

1. Kayak
2. Dredge
3. Sailboat
4. Trawler

79. A dike used for flood protection.

1. Bridge
2. Levee
3. Survey
4. Waterway

80. The largest river in North America, which runs from Northern Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico.

1. Red River
2. Mississippi River
3. Columbia River
4. Atlantic Ocean

81. Maps of rivers, harbors, and oceans that contain information necessary for the safe navigation of ships.

1. Road maps
2. Globes
3. Nautical charts
4. Star charts

82. Travel by ships, aircraft, or other vehicles using maps.

1. Coasting
2. Swimming
3. Rowing
4. Navigation

83. Structures built on waterways that fill and empty with water to assist boats and ships in transit by raising or lowering them.

1. Navigation lock
2. Levees
3. Dredges
4. Bridges

84. A north-flowing river in Africa, which flows through Egypt and empties into the Mediterranean Sea.

1. Mississippi River
2. Amazon River
3. Ohio River
4. Nile River

85. A waterway through the Isthmus of Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean.

1. Amazon Canal
2. Panama Canal
3. Nile Canal
4. Erie Canal

86. Famous early shipbuilders and sailors. These ancient people are credited with the development of the first alphabet.

1. French
2. Europeans
3. Phoenicians
4. Native Americans

87. A place on a waterway where ships tie up and cargo is loaded and unloaded.

1. Port
2. Buoy
3. Wetland
4. Dredge

88. A person who is employed to steer a boat or ship through a particular river or channel.

1. Gunner
2. Engineer
3. Ecologist
4. Pilot

89. Soil that is carried into oceans, lakes, streams, and rivers and settles to the bottom.

1. Soil
2. Solvent
3. Solution
4. Sediment

90. Someone who has a share or interest in an issue or the outcome of a decision.

1. Bystander
2. Stakeholder
3. Observer
4. Witness

91. A path along a canal on which men and horses walked while towing boats.

1. Ditch
2. Tow path
3. Concrete
4. Lock

92. The ground above the floodplain that is not covered by water.

1. Upland
2. Floodplain
3. Backwater
4. Swamp

93. A _____________ is a boat or ship.

1. Vehicle
2. Varible
3. Viking
4. Vessel

94. Scandinavian people, who dominated northern Europe from the 9th to 11th centuries. They were known as great shipbuilders, fierce conquerors, and explorers.

1. Vikings
2. African
3. Spaniard
4. Egyptian

95. To move people or goods by boat, barge, or ship.

1. Dry goods
2. Beach nourishment
3. Ancient transportation
4. Water transportation

96. A river or channel on which boats, barges, and ships can travel.

1. Waterway
2. Driveway
3. Wetland
4. Backwater

97. An area that is covered or wetted by surface or groundwater often enough that only plants that live in wet soil live there. Examples include swamps, marshes, and bogs.

1. Atlantic Ocean
2. Pacific Ocean
3. Wetland
4. Upland

98. Type of engineer who specializes in designing computers.

1. Chemical engineer
2. Computer science engineer
3. Mechanical engineer
4. Civil engineer

99. Type of engineer who specializes in the design and construction of highways, bridges, harbors, etc.

1. Civil engineer
2. Electrical engineer
3. Mechanical engineer
4. Chemical engineer

100. Type of engineer who specializes in the design and rehabiliation of environmental habitats.

1. Civil engineer
2. Environmental engineer
3. Mechanical engineer
4. Chemical engineer