Human and Natural Resources Assessment

A region can be classified using several different characteristics.

• True

• False

A ______________________ can be used if you are trying to determine if an area is a dry place or a rainy place.

• climate map

• road map

• population map

• political map

The __________________________ is the best region for the fishing industry.

• Lower Coastal Plain

• Piedmont

• Appalachian Plateau

• Blue Ridge

If you started at the north end of the state, in what order would you go through each of Alabama’s major cities? (Use the map below.)

• 1. Huntsville 2. Decatur 3. Birmingham 4. Tuscaloosa 5. Auburn 6. Montgomery 7. Dothan 8. Mobile

• 1. Mobile 2. Dothan 3. Montgomery 4. Auburn 5. Tuscaloosa 6. Birmingham 7. Decatur 8. Huntsville

• 1. Birmingham 2. Huntsville 3. Decatur 4. Montgomery 5. Mobile 6. Dothan 7. Auburn 8. Tuscaloosa

• 1. Dothan 2. Montgomery 3. Auburn 4. Tuscaloosa 5. Birmingham 6. Decatur 7. Huntsville 8. Mobile

Huntsville, Alabama is famous for _______________ and rocket research.

• space exploration

• cotton farming

• jazz music

• beach resorts

If we run out of a ____________________ resource, it is gone forever.

• nonrenewable

• renewable

• infinite

• recyclable

7. The ________________ and Alabama Rivers come together to form the Mobile River.

• Tombigbee

• Mississippi

• Tennessee

• Chattahoochee

8. The ________________ uses the most water in Alabama.

• public

• agriculture

• households

• transportation

9. Two examples of ____________________ resources is that people can get work done and solve problems.

• human

• natural

• capital

• technological

10. Iron ore, limestone, and coal are three things help Alabama produce _________________ .

• steel

• cotton

• plastic

• glass