Which severe-weather hazard can occur in Arkansas?
Correct answer(s):
- Tornadoes
Subject
Geography
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Which mineral is well known in Arkansas?
Correct answer(s):
- Quartz
Which material has an important place in Arkansas mining history?
Correct answer(s):
- Bauxite
Which energy resource is found in Arkansas?
Correct answer(s):
- Natural gas
Which river drains a large part of northern and eastern Arkansas?
Correct answer(s):
- White River
How many major natural divisions are commonly used to describe Arkansas?
Correct answer(s):
- Six
Which description best fits much of the Ozarks?
Correct answer(s):
- A deeply cut plateau
Which set of features is typical of the Arkansas Ozarks?
Correct answer(s):
- Steep valleys, bluffs, springs, caves, and forested hills
In what general direction do many Ouachita Mountain ridges run?
Correct answer(s):
- East to west
What lies between the Ozarks and the Ouachita Mountains?
Correct answer(s):
- Arkansas River Valley
What is the Mississippi Alluvial Plain in eastern Arkansas often called?
Correct answer(s):
- Arkansas Delta
What helped create the fertile soils of the Arkansas Delta?
Correct answer(s):
- River-deposited sediment
Which natural division covers much of southern Arkansas?
Correct answer(s):
- West Gulf Coastal Plain
What landform rises above the eastern Arkansas lowlands as a long, narrow belt of hills?
Correct answer(s):
- Crowley's Ridge
Which conclusion about Arkansas contains mountain country, river valleys, forests, wetlands, and is supported?
Correct answer(s):
- Arkansas contains mountain country, river valleys, forests, wetlands, and broad agricultural plains
Which Arkansas city lies near the Oklahoma border on the Arkansas River?
Correct answer(s):
- Fort Smith
Which Northwest Arkansas city has developed into a major commercial center?
Correct answer(s):
- Rogers
Which city lies along the Arkansas River near the geographic center of the state?
Correct answer(s):
- Little Rock
When did Arkansas vote to secede from the Union?
Correct answer(s):
- May 6, 1861
Who captured Little Rock in 1863 during the Civil War?
Correct answer(s):
- Union forces