Which major river is connected with southern Arkansas?
Correct answer(s):
- Red River
Topic
Arkansas Facts
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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
Through which Arkansas mountain region does the Buffalo River flow?
Correct answer(s):
- Ozark Mountains
Which is one use of Arkansas lakes and reservoirs?
Correct answer(s):
- Flood control
What climate type covers most of Arkansas?
Correct answer(s):
- Humid subtropical
Why are northern and mountainous parts of Arkansas often somewhat cooler?
Correct answer(s):
- They are at higher elevations
When does Arkansas generally receive rainfall?
Correct answer(s):
- Throughout the year
Which severe-weather hazard can occur in Arkansas?
Correct answer(s):
- Tornadoes
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
Which labor systems became widespread in postwar Arkansas?
Correct answer(s):
- Tenant farming and sharecropping
What landform rises above the eastern Arkansas lowlands as a long, narrow belt of hills?
Correct answer(s):
- Crowley's Ridge
Which developments helped broaden Arkansas’s economy after its early agricultural period?
Correct answer(s):
- Railroads, timber, mining, and manufacturing
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
How many African American students became known as the Little Rock Nine in 1957?
Correct answer(s):
- Nine
Which river drains a large part of northern and eastern Arkansas?
Correct answer(s):
- White River