4th Grade Alabama History Week 2

There has been no evidence as of today that humans ever hunted giant prehistoric animals.

• True

• False

The two most common dinosaurs living in Alabama were the Stegosaurus and the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

• True

• False

In Alabama, there are very few dinosaur fossils because topsoil has covered the remains.

• True

• False

Dinosaur remains are found near cretaceous rock, and Alabama has more of it than just about any other place in the eastern United States.

• True

• False

The most common ancient mammal in Alabama is believed to be the mammoth.

• True

• False

Most dinosaur remains are found in

• creek gullies and water

• water and rock quarries

• creek gullies, new construction sites and rock quarries

• only rock quarries

Many dinosaur digs are located on a line running east to west through the counties of Dallas, Montgomery and Russell because

• dinosaurs got stuck in the quicksand located here and died.

• most of the state's vegetation is located here.

• this is the site of an ancient shoreline where dino bodies were washed to shore.

• the state's most vicious dinosaurs were located here, and that is where they ate their prey.

The time period between the death of dinosaurs and the beginning of man living on the Earth is called

• the Age of Mannals

• the Age of Reptiles

• the Age of Birds

• none of the above

Ancient mammals aren't living today because

• these mammals were all killed by man.

• No one knows for sure how they died

• they were killed by disease

• they froze to death during the Ice Age

The first people in Alabama, the Paleo Indians, came to North America

• during the Ice Age

• from Siberia

• following large herds of animals traveling in search of food

• all of the above