Week 8 Alabama Studies Weekly

What are the houses in Alabama called with low roofs, exposed timbers, and rock chimneys?

• hotels

• barns

• schools

• folk buildings

True or false: The cotton gin made cleaning cotton easier.

• True

• False

Rocks that were used for building without changing them were called __________.

• bricks

• flint

• granite

• fieldstones

Which word below is an example of a pull factor for people moving to Alabama?

• road and railroad building

• banking

• becoming a doctor

Wiregrass grows in which region of Alabama?

• Northern

• Southern

• Central

• Eastern

What do we call the land purchase that doubled the size of the United States?

• The Texas Territory

• The Alabama County

• The Louisiana Purchase

• The Golden Coast

What is one resource that supported the growth of cotton in Alabama?

• limestone

• rivers

• forests

• cement

How did travel evolve in Alabama?

• Dirt roads went to plank roads and railroads the came

• Went from horses to dirt roads.

• Indians helped with travel.

• City people started carriage services. 

What is the state mineral of Alabama?

• calcium

• hematite

• sodium 

• sulphur

The Muscle Shoals Region is known as what kind of a national site?

• national park site

• national monument site

• national heritage site

• national forest site