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Arkansas Geography

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What does the Arkansas source material show about Crowley’s Ridge?

  • Crowley’s Ridge is a notable topographic exception within Arkansas’s otherwise flat eastern lowlands
  • Arkansas has a dry desert climate across the entire state.
  • Arkansas’s rivers have had almost no effect on settlement, farming, or transportation.
  • Arkansas is entirely flat and has no upland or mountain regions.
Correct answer(s):
  • Crowley's Ridge is a notable topographic exception within Arkansas's otherwise flat eastern lowlands

Which interpretation of Elevation is correct?

  • Eastern Arkansas is dominated by high alpine terrain.
  • Arkansas has a dry desert climate across the entire state.
  • Elevation helps explain why mountainous northern Arkansas is generally cooler than southern lowlands
  • Arkansas is entirely flat and has no upland or mountain regions.
Correct answer(s):
  • Elevation helps explain why mountainous northern Arkansas is generally cooler than southern lowlands

How should Arkansas’s Census regional classification be understood?

  • All parts of Arkansas have the same elevation and landform pattern.
  • Arkansas has a dry desert climate across the entire state.
  • Eastern Arkansas is dominated by high alpine terrain.
  • Arkansas’s Census classification as South and West South Central helps place the state within national regional statistics
Correct answer(s):
  • Arkansas's Census classification as South and West South Central helps place the state within national regional statistics

What is accurate about Arkansas factories also produce machinery, fabricated metals, paper, wood?

  • Arkansas factories also produce machinery, fabricated metals, paper, wood products, chemicals, and transportation equipment
  • Arkansas has a dry desert climate across the entire state.
  • Eastern Arkansas is dominated by high alpine terrain.
  • All parts of Arkansas have the same elevation and landform pattern.
Correct answer(s):
  • Arkansas factories also produce machinery, fabricated metals, paper, wood products, chemicals, and transportation equipment

Which conclusion about Arkansas’s central location is supported?

  • Eastern Arkansas is dominated by high alpine terrain.
  • Arkansas has a dry desert climate across the entire state.
  • All parts of Arkansas have the same elevation and landform pattern.
  • Arkansas’s central location gives it access to major markets in surrounding states
Correct answer(s):
  • Arkansas's central location gives it access to major markets in surrounding states

How should Arkansas and Mississippi rivers be understood?

  • Arkansas is entirely flat and has no upland or mountain regions.
  • The Arkansas and Mississippi rivers have long influenced trade and transportation routes
  • Arkansas has a dry desert climate across the entire state.
  • All parts of Arkansas have the same elevation and landform pattern.
Correct answer(s):
  • The Arkansas and Mississippi rivers have long influenced trade and transportation routes

Which choice correctly explains Forced Native removal affected peoples with ties to Arkansas?

  • Eastern Arkansas is dominated by high alpine terrain.
  • Arkansas’s rivers have had almost no effect on settlement, farming, or transportation.
  • Forced Native removal affected peoples with ties to Arkansas during the nineteenth century
  • All parts of Arkansas have the same elevation and landform pattern.
Correct answer(s):
  • Forced Native removal affected peoples with ties to Arkansas during the nineteenth century

Which grain is among Arkansas’s significant farm products?

  • Rye only
  • Quinoa only
  • Sorghum only
  • Corn
Correct answer(s):
  • Corn

What complements highway transportation in Arkansas?

  • Only cable cars
  • Only ocean ferries
  • Railroads, airports, and river transport
  • Only subway trains
Correct answer(s):
  • Railroads, airports, and river transport

Which interpretation of Springdale, Rogers, and Bentonville is correct?

  • Arkansas’s rivers have had almost no effect on settlement, farming, or transportation.
  • Arkansas is entirely flat and has no upland or mountain regions.
  • Springdale, Rogers, and Bentonville form part of the fast-growing Northwest Arkansas corridor
  • Arkansas has a dry desert climate across the entire state.
Correct answer(s):
  • Springdale, Rogers, and Bentonville form part of the fast-growing Northwest Arkansas corridor

Why are northern and mountainous parts of Arkansas often somewhat cooler?

  • They are at higher elevations
  • They are closer to the equator
  • They receive no sunlight
  • They are beside an ocean
Correct answer(s):
  • They are at higher elevations

Which natural resource is important to Arkansas’s forest economy?

  • Coral
  • Sea salt
  • Whale oil
  • Timber
Correct answer(s):
  • Timber