The Dust Bowl 2

Severe dust storms caused what in 1930s mid-America?

• Minor ecological and no agricultural damage

• Small amounts of ecological damage

• Major ecological and agricultural damage

• Agricultural damage

Which 3 techniques were missing from farming techniques?

• Enough irrigation, well-worked fields, cover crops

• Fertilisation, well-planted fields, tree planting (for conservation)

• Crop rotation, fallow fields, cover crops

• Fertilisation, fallow fields, tree planting (for conservation)

Why were farmers unable to farm correctly?

• They had only European farming techniques in mind

• They were trained fully by the American government

• They had a natural affinity with the soil

• They had to pay too much for their land

What usually keeps soil in place?

• Fences and crops

• Natural anchors such as grasses and trees

• Moisture and hills (to slow the winds down)

• Deep ploughing makes soil more stable

What geographical phenomenon was happening in the 1930s?

• Monsoons

• Climate change for the better

• Climate change for the worse

• Drought

Into which ocean would much soil have been deposited as a result of the storms?

• The Arctic

• The Indian

• The Pacific

• The Atlantic

Which cities were affected by the dust storms - first and later?

• San Fransisco and Houston, Texas

• Chicago and New York

• New York and Chicago

• Florida and California

Many people had to leave the land; they lost all t heir money. What did some have to do to make money while they travelled to cities?

• Pick corn

• Mend roads

• Pick cotton

• Beg, steal or borrow

'The Grapes of Wrath' (book) is about what?

• The lives of ex-farmers once they arrived in the cities

• The social and economic conditions of the farmers who remained in the Dust Bowl area

• The social and economic conditions of migrants who had to leave the land

• John Steinbeck's childhood

After which war did settlement in the central plains of America increase?

• World War 1

• The Boer War

• The American War of Independence

• The American Civil War