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Dust Bowl

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Choose the answer that best describes the Dust Bowl.

a)

When people get a lot of dust in their plates and bowls.

b)

A period of time where a large part of the US experienced drought and huge dust storms.

c)

When a dust storm came through Lubbock last year.

d)

A general term for when objects become dirty.

2.

What year did the Dust Bowl begin?

a)

1930

b)

2016

c)

1954

d)

1916

3.

Identify a negative consequence of the Dust Bowl on farmers.

a)

Farmers had no consequences

b)

Farmers didn't have to work very hard anymore

c)

Farmers could't pay their bills and possibly lost their farms

d)

Farmers were worried there was too much rain

4.

What environmental factor played a part in the cause of the Dust Bowl?

a)

Snow

b)

Drought

c)

Hurricane

d)

Rain

5.

How long did the Dust Bowl last?

a)

5 weeks

b)

6 months

c)

25 years

d)

10 years

6.

What other major event was happening at the same time as the Dust Bowl?

a)

The Great Depression

b)

The Civil War

c)

World War 2

d)

Revolutionary War

7.
What were the people called who left the Dust Bowl area and went to other places?
a)
migrants
b)
travelers
c)
Okies
d)
loners
8.
Which way is not a way people traveled out of the Dust Bowl to other places?
a)
flew
b)
train
c)
car
d)
foot
9.
One reason soil could be blown away is because
a)
farmers didn't take care of their farms.
b)
winds were really strong.
c)
animals dug up the dirt with their hooves.
d)
so much planting eliminated grass that held it down.
10.
Many unfortunate people lived in shacks referred  to as _____________.
a)
Hoovervilles
b)
Shack Towns
c)
Poor People Places
d)
Dirty Towns
11.
The "Dust Bowl" era of the Great Plains was also called the ________
a)
Dirty Thirties
b)
Dingy 20s
c)
Black Smoke 30s
d)
Darken Sky Twenties
12.
Severe ________ played an important part in the creation of the Dust Bowl.
a)
droughts
b)
rainfall
c)
tornados
d)
thunderstorms
13.
Poor farming practices (techniques) caused soil __________.
a)
preservation
b)
erosion
c)
retention
d)
production
14.
Dust storms could cause livestock and human deaths caused by suffocation.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
During the Great Depression, there was a severe drought in the Great Plains. Strong prairie winds picked up the topsoil and spread dust everywhere. Many farm families packed everything up and moved west. What was this event called?
a)
Dust Bowl
b)
Salad Bowl
c)
Great Plains Panic
d)
Depressing Dust
16.
Charities that provided bread and soup to homeless and jobless people during the Depression were called _______?
a)
Priest Palace
b)
Soup and Salad Bowls
c)
Soup Kitchens
d)
Goodwill
17.

The effect of the Dust Bowl on farmers was made even worse by...

a)

The Great Depression

b)

WWI

c)

The gold rush of 1849

d)

FDR's New Deal

18.
Employed millions of young men planting trees, constructing dams, and preventing soil erosion
a)
Civilian Conservation Corps.
b)
Works Progress Admin.
c)
Tennessee Valley Authority
d)
NIRA
19.

How did Texas try to manage the problems from the Dust Bowl?

a)

plant new trees to prevent erosion

b)

move farming out of the Panhandle

c)

built windmills to pump water

d)

move their families to California

20.

You are writing about the Dust Bowl, which of the following is an example of a PRIMARY source?

a)

magazine article about the Dust Bowl written in 2001

b)

school textbooks published in 1997

c)

a diary from someone who lived during the Dust Bowl

d)

stories passed down from the generations about that time

21.

Drought, over-plowing, erosion, windy conditions and high heat were all ____________________ of the Dust Bowl

a)

Causes

b)

Effects

c)

Impacts

d)

Results

22.

Put the following events in order

a)

Dust Bowl - Spindletop - WWI

b)

Spindletop - WWI - Dust Bowl

c)

WWI - Spindletop - Dust Bowl

d)

Dust Bowl - WWI - Spindletop

23.

The farmhouses looked terrible—the dust was deposited clear up to the window sills in these farmhouses, clear up to the window sills. And even about half of the front door was blocked by this sand. And if people inside wanted to get out, they had to climb out through the window and get out with a shovel to shovel out the front door.


—from Judge Wilson Cowen

of Dalhart, Texas


This quote would happen _______________ a Dust Storm.

a)

before

b)

during

c)

after

d)

at the same time

24.

Dust Storms were also known as ____________________.

a)

Dusty Musties

b)

DIrty Blizzards

c)

Black Blizzards

d)

lit

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