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9-12 -- Alternative Geography Assessment Items Geography Test-Maker A national testing service is putting together a test to measure geographic knowledge among high school students in the United States. As a geographer and historian, you have been asked by the testing service to write a multiple choice question regarding the relationship between the geography of the United States and the industrial revolution that occurred in our country in the late 19th Century. The question begins as follows: “Which of the following geographic factors was most responsible for the industrial revolution in the United States?“ Your task is to identify four possible responses to this question, each being a geographic force or factor that contributed to the industrial revolution in some respect. Which of the following physical geography forces was most responsible for the industrial revolution in the United States? A. B. C. D. After you have written your question, write a brief memo below to the testing service identifying and explaining which of the responses is the right answer; that is, explain why that response identifies the factor most responsible for U.S. industrialization when compared to the other responses. Classification: Nat. Std. 17, KS 3; State Std. 17 D