Terms for test on bioregionalism

Examples of test answers

Paragraph explanations (ten points)

Bioregion and ecoregion (and the names of the six bioregions of Wisconsin)

Savanna (including oak savanna and pine barrens)

Southern Mesic Forest

Winnebago Bioregion

Bioregionalism

Ecosocial capital versus social capital and economic man

Short definitions (three points)

Natural communities
The first term is what I use; “WNC” = Wisconsin Natural Communities; “Map” = “Early Vegetation of Wisconsin"

• Prairie (Map 1)
• Oak Savanna (Map 2); WNC: Bur Oak Opening & Black Oak-Hill’s Oak Barrens
• Southern Dry Forest (Map 3); WNC: Southern Oak Forest-Oak Woodland
• Southern Mesic Forest (Map 4); WNC: Southern Maple-Basswood Forest
• Pine Barrens (Map 7)
• Northern Dry Forest (Map 8); WNC: Dry Pine Forest & White Pine-Hardwood Forest
• Northern Mesic Forest (Map 9); WNC: Northern Hardwood-Hemlock Forest
• Boreal Forest (Map 11); WNC: Great Lakes Shoreland Forest

Bioregions

• Winnebago bioregion
• Central Sands bioregion
• Upland Driftless Area bioregion
• Menominee bioregion
• Chippewa bioregion
• Lake Superior Taiga bioregion

Terms

• Biome (and the three biomes intersecting in Wisconsin )
• Bioregion (ecoregion)
• Natural community
• Tension Zone
• Watershed
• Social capital and ecosocial capital
• Neoliberalism and economic man
• Mesic, xeric, hydric

Maps (one point)
Locate on a map, and for watersheds, know what water basin it empties into

Watersheds

• Chippewa River watershed
• Lower Fox River watershed
• Rock River watershed
• Upper Fox River watershed
• Wisconsin River watershed
• Wolf River watershed

Bioregions

• Central Sands bioregion
• Chippewa bioregion
• Lake Superior Taiga bioregion
• Menominee bioregion
• Upland Driftless Area bioregion
• Winnebago bioregion

Natural communities

• Prairie (Map 1)
• Oak Savanna (Map 2); WNC: Bur Oak Opening & Black Oak-Hill’s Oak Barrens
• Southern Dry Forest (Map 3); WNC: Southern Oak Forest-Oak Woodland
• Southern Mesic Forest (Map 4); WNC: Southern Maple-Basswood Forest
• Pine Barrens (Map 7)
• Pine Forest (Map 8); WNC: Dry Pine Forest & White Pine-Hardwood Forest
• Northern Mesic Forest (Map 9); WNC: Northern Hardwood-Hemlock Forest
• Boreal Forest (Map 11); WNC: Great Lakes Shoreland Forest

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