Great State of Alabama Landforms Quiz

1.What is your first and last name?

2. Why are geographers important?

• A. They measure mountains to see how high they are.
• B. They think about people and their communities.
• C. They count how many people live in a region.
• D. They test global positioning systems.

3. Which would be the best region to start a farm in?

• A. the Black Belt
• B. the Piedmont
• C. the Cumberland
• D. the Ridge and Valley

4. True or false. A region can be classified using several different characteristics.

• True
• False

5. If you wanted to find out whether you were moving to a dry place or a rainy place, what kind of map would you use?

• A. political map
• B. physical map
• C. climate map
• D. historical map

6. Which kind of weather event is rare in Alabama?

• A. a rainstorm
• B. a sunny day
• C. wind
• D. a blizzard

7. Which of the following are not one of the five themes of geography?

• A. location
• B. economics
• C. movement
• D. human-environment interaction

8. True/False: Northern Alabama has the most mountains.

• True
• False

9. True/False: The Black Belt is an area with deep, rich soil that is very dark and located in the Coastal Plain and just south of the Fall Line.

• True
• False

10. True/False: The Piedmont is a rolling landscape that has low hills and broad valleys.

• True
• False