Which material has an important place in Arkansas mining history?
Correct answer(s):
- Bauxite
Topic
Arkansas Facts
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Which energy resource is found in Arkansas?
Correct answer(s):
- Natural gas
According to the Arkansas Department of Agriculture, agriculture contributes more than about how much annually?
Correct answer(s):
- $24.3 billion
In which part of Arkansas is large-scale rice farming especially important?
Correct answer(s):
- Eastern Arkansas
Which river is an important Arkansas waterway?
Correct answer(s):
- Ouachita River
Which crop is a major Arkansas agricultural product?
Correct answer(s):
- Soybeans
Which major river is connected with southern Arkansas?
Correct answer(s):
- Red River
Which traditional crop remains important in parts of Arkansas?
Correct answer(s):
- Cotton
Which river is important in eastern Arkansas?
Correct answer(s):
- St. Francis River
How many miles of free-flowing river does Buffalo National River protect?
Correct answer(s):
- 135 miles
What is Hot Springs National Park especially known for?
Correct answer(s):
- Thermal springs and historic Bathhouse Row
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
What major change reshaped Arkansas’s legal and labor systems after the Civil War?
Correct answer(s):
- The abolition of slavery
Which natural division covers much of southern Arkansas?
Correct answer(s):
- West Gulf Coastal Plain