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Arkansas History Chapter 1 Theme 3 - Reading Guide Pages 16-22

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

Arkansas’ smallest and most unique geographic region is
a.
Lake Chicot
c.
Bayou Bartholomew
b.
Point Lookout
d.
Crowley’s Ridge
 

 2. 

What makes the Delta one of Arkansas’ richest farming regions?
a.
flood waters are used to water the crops
c.
heavy use of fertilizer and other chemicals
b.
flood waters have enriched the soil
d.
none of these.
 

 3. 

Which 40,000 acre lake in Arkansas was named one of the nations cleanest?
a.
Bull Shoals
c.
Lake Conway
b.
Table Rock
d.
Lake Ouachita
 

 4. 

The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville is located in which region?
a.
Arkansas River Valley
c.
Ozark Mountains
b.
West Gulf Coastal Plain
d.
Cowley’s Ridge
 

 5. 

What is the name of the sandy, white soil covering the floor of Crowley’s Ridge?
a.
delta mud
c.
dirt
b.
loess
d.
pea gravel
 

Matching
 
 
a.
Mississippi Alluvial Plain (Delta)
d.
Arkansas River Valley
b.
West Gulf Coastal Plain
e.
Ozark Mountains
c.
Ouachita Mountains
 

 6. 

rolling hills covering much of southern Arkansas
 

 7. 

northwest corner of Arkansas
 

 8. 

runs along Arkansas’ eastern border
 

 9. 

mountain region in southwest Arkansas- mountains run east to west
 

 10. 

located between Ozarks Mountains and the Ouachita Mountains
 



 
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