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Chapter 1 - The Geography of Mississippi

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Mississippi has __________ soil regions.

a)

13

b)

7

c)

12

d)

10

2.

The capital of Mississippi is (a)   .

3.

Mississippippi can be found in what TWO hemispheres?

a)

Northern & Eastern

b)

Northern & Western

c)

Southern & Western

d)

Southern & Eastern

4.

Mississippi ranks ________ in size when compared to other states in our nation.

a)

32nd

b)

12th

c)

50th

d)

42nd

5.

The state of Mississippi has (a)   counties?

6.

The Waterways Experiment Station in Vicksburg was created because of what natural disaster in Mississippi?

a)

Hurricane Katrina

b)

Hurricane Camille

c)

The Great Flood of 1927

d)

Tupelo Tornado

7.

____________ is considered the greatest natural disaster in American history.

a)

The Natchez Tornado

b)

Hurricane Camille

c)

Hurricane Katrina

d)

The Great flood of 1927

8.

Which region has the highest point in Mississippi?

a)

Tombigbee Hills region

b)

Flatwoods Region

c)

Black Prairie

d)

Coastal Medows Region

9.

Which region has a deep history with the Chickasaw Indians?

a)

Flatwoods

b)

Piney woods

c)

Tombigbee Hill

d)

Pontotoc

10.

The _______ is viewed as having the most fertile in Mississippi.

a)

Delta

b)

Piney woods

c)

Tombigbee Hills

d)

Loess Bluffs

11.

Mississippi’s most significant mineral resource of _____ accounts

              for about 13% of the nation’s supply.

a)

oil

b)

natural gas

c)

lignite

d)

gravel

12.

Which of the following are critical growth factors for forests?

a)

high rainfall

b)

good soil

c)

mild temperatures

d)

all of the above

13.

Catfish farming generates more than _____ of the total value of

     the nation’s aquaculture.

a)

26%

b)

46%

c)

66%

d)

76%

14.

Which of the following reservoirs is the largest and is the primary

              water supply for the city of Jackson?

a)

Pickwick Lake

b)

Enid Lake

c)

Ross Barnett

d)

Grenada Lake

15.

Which of the following does NOT border the Mississippi River?

a)

Missouri

b)

Texas

c)

Illinois

d)

Minnesota

16.

Which industry did the Coastal Meadows region gain after the

     second World War?

a)

ship building

b)

farming

c)

cattle

d)

timber cutting