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Alabama History Chapter 2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

To go from Alabama to Ohio, you would travel in which direction?

a)

north

b)

south

c)

east

d)

west

2.

The early settlers to Alabama were mostly

a)

business and bankers

b)

pilgrims and pharoahs

c)

royalty and slaves

d)

farmers and hunters

3.

The early settlers came to Alabama in

a)

helicopters, trains, and buses

b)

wagons, carts, horses, mules, or by walking

c)

boats, cars, jeeps, bulldozers, and caterpillars

d)

power boats, river barges, paddlewheelers, and canoes

4.

Many people have moved to Alabama because of:

a)

mild weather, good soil, plenty of water, and lots of natural resources

b)

tornadoes, hurricanes, sleet, and hail

c)

its closeness to the beach

d)

good football teams

5.

Alabama has many rivers. Which one flows south to north?

a)

Tallapoosa

b)

Coccuh

c)

Tombigbee

d)

None of them

6.

Which are considered wetlands in Alabama?

a)

rivers, lakes, pools, and torandoes

b)

sandstone ridges, grasslands, limestone bottoms, and coal mines

c)

delta, salt marshes, freshwater marshes, and swamps

d)

Mobile, Montgomery, Huntsville, and Andalusia

7.

The length of Alabama's coastline on the Gulf of Mexico is

a)

50 miles

b)

200 miles

c)

500 miles

d)

1,000 miles

8.

The temperature in Alabama can best be described as

a)

Summers are short and warm and winters are long and cold.

b)

Summers and long and cool and winters are wet and mild.

c)

Summers are short and hot and winters are cold and dry.

d)

Summers are long and warm and winters are short and mild.

9.

Alabama is most likely to get

a)

tornadoes, thunderstorms, and hurricanes.

b)

rain, sleet, and snow.

c)

ice, cool and hot streaks.

d)

sandstorms, hail, and sunshine

10.

Ecosystems are

a)

towns and cities below the Fall Line.

b)

plants, animals, air, water, soil, and climate.

c)

flocks of Canada geese that migrate to Alabama in the winter.

d)

special places where people meet to eat.

11.

_________ came first to the land we call Alabama.

a)

Planetariums

b)

Idioms

c)

Pioneers

d)

Journalists

12.

_______ refers to what is happening outside such as rain, temperature, and wind conditions.

a)

Weather

b)

Relief maps

c)

Black Belt

d)

Estuaries

13.

A map that shows the height of land is called a ________.

a)

relief map

b)

black belt

c)

globe

d)

minerals

14.

The _______ is an area with deep, rich soil that grows bigger crops than other soils.

a)

Cajun

b)

Black Belt

c)

Coastal Plain

d)

Highland Rim

15.

_______ deals with the history of the earth, especially its history recorded in rocks.

a)

Piedmont

b)

Cumberland

c)

Delta

d)

Geology

16.

Natural substances found in the earth are called _________.

a)

natural resources

b)

technology

c)

natural vegetation

d)

hurricane

17.

Soil forms when _______ break down and plants decay.

a)

tornadoes

b)

rivers

c)

trash

d)

rocks

18.

Alabama has _____ rivers that are deep and wide enough for large boats.

a)

0

b)

2

c)

4

d)

6

19.

The _______ is the state's largest river and forms part of the boarder with Mississippi.

a)

Tennesse River

b)

Chattanooga River

c)

Louisiana River

d)

Georgia River

20.

Many cities and towns were built were a good supply of ______ was found.

a)

people

b)

water

c)

money

d)

minerals