Getting to Know Alabama

________________ is an important seaport city, where many goods are imported and exported.

• Mobile

• Huntsville

• Birmingham

• Daphne

The state bird is the

• blue jay

• yellowhammer

• swallowtail

• robin

_________________ is a city that is world famous for space and rocket research.

• Mobile

• Montgomery

• Huntsville

• Birmingham

The __________________ can be compared to the crust of a deep dish pizza that stretches from northern Alabama up through Tennessee and farther.

• Ridge and Valley

• Highland Rim

• Piedmont Region

• Coastal Plains

The capital of Alabama is ____________________.

• Montgomery

• Huntsville

• Birmingham

• Mobile

The Cumberland Plateau

• occupies most of northern Alabama

• has mountains that range from 400 feet to over 1000 feet above sea level

• contains The Highland Rim

• all of the above

The governor's two main responsibilities are ________ and ________.

• to make sure that all taxes are collected

• to keep all citizens of the state safe

• to make sure laws are carried out

• both B and C

The Highland Rim is part of the Piedmont Region.

• True

• False

The Black Belt separates the Upper Coastal Plain from the Lower Coastal Plain.

• True

• False

The Gulf Coast is in the _____.

• Cumberland Plateau

• Ridge and Valley Region

• Upper Coastal Plain

• Lower Coastal Plain