Alabama History

Chapter 1 Review

What river runs down the Georgia and Alabama border?

A. Dothan River

B. Chattahoochee River

C. Alabama River

D. Houston River

Answer!

B. Chattahoochee River

Which Indians moved to Alabama because they were following herds of now-extinct animals?

A. Creek Indians

B. Archaic Indians

C. Paleo Indians

D. Woodland Indians

Answer!

C. Paleo Indians

How many years ago did people first come to

Alabama?

A. 1,000,000 years ago

B. 12,000 years ago

C. 20 years ago

D. 24,000 years ago

Answer!

B. 12,000 years ago

A throwing stick used by the Archaic Indians

is called…A. Atlatl

B. Hammer

C. Sword

D. Stick

Answer!

A. Atlatl

What is the movement of people or animals

from one place to another called?

A. Moving

B. Migration

C. Packing

D. Sailing

Answer!

B. Migration

Which 4 states border Alabama?

A. Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Louisiana

B. Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi

C. Florida, South Carolina, Tennessee,

Mississippi

D. Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Maryland

Answer!

B. Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi

What are inhabitants?

A. People who live in a particular place

B. The period of time before history was

written down

C. Oyster shells

D. A fence of stakes set firmly in the ground to

enclose or protect a place

Answer!

A. People who live in a particular place

What are the 5 major geographic provinces of

Alabama?A. Piedmont, Ridge and Valley, Highland Rim,

Black Belt, Coastal Plain

B. Coastal Plain, Gulf Coast, Highland Rim, Black Belt, Piedmont

C. Coastal Plain, Ridge and Coast, Highland Ridge, Piedmont, Cumberland Plateau

D. Highland Rim, Cumberland Plateau, Ridge and Valley, Piedmont, Coastal Plain

Answer!

D. Highland Rim, Cumberland Plateau, Ridge and Valley, Piedmont, Coastal Plain

What is a fossil?

A. Garbage dumps used by Archaic Indians

B. Artwork carved into rock walls by the Paleo

Indians

C. Remains of a living thing from a former

geologic age

D. People who live in a particular place

Answer!

C. Remains of a living thing from a former geologic age

Which Indians made bowls and other items

from stone?A. Archaic Indians

B. Paleo Indians

C. Creek Indians

D. Woodland Indians

Answer!

A. Archaic Indians

We live in…

A. What city?

B. What county?

C. What state?

D. What country?

E. What continent?

We live in…

A. What city? Dothan

B. What county?

C. What state?

D. What country?

E. What continent?

We live in…

A. What city? Dothan

B. What county? Houston

C. What state?

D. What country?

E. What continent?

We live in…

A. What city? Dothan

B. What county? Houston

C. What state? Alabama

D. What country?

E. What continent?

We live in…

A. What city? Dothan

B. What county? Houston

C. What state? Alabama

D. What country? United States of America

(U.S.A.)

E. What continent?

We live in…

A. What city? Dothan

B. What county? Houston

C. What state? Alabama

D. What country? United States of America

(U.S.A.)

E. What continent? North America

Alabama is located in which 2 hemispheres?

A. Southern and Eastern

B. Eastern and Western

C. Northern and Western

D. Northern and Southern

Answer!

C. Northern and Western

What are garbage dumps used by Archaic

Indians?A. Fossils

B. Palisades

C. Chiefdoms

D. Middens

Answer!

D. Middens

What does erosion mean?

A. The wearing away of land by wind, water, or

weather over a long period of time

B. Remains of a living thing from a former

geologic age

C. A throwing stick

D. Artwork carved into rock

Answer!

A. The wearing away of land by wind, water, or weather over a long period of time

What are chiefdoms?

A. People who live in a particular area

B. Groups of tribes with common goals and

beliefs that unite for power

C. Fences

D. Garbage dumps

Answer!

B. Groups of tribes with common goals and beliefs that unite for power

Geologists are…

A. People that only eat meat

B. People that study past cultures

C. Scientists who study how the earth was

formed

D. Woodland Indians

Answer!

C. Scientists who study how the earth was formed

Good Luck!

Please take your time and read through EVERY answer choice.

Also, when you are matching—be sure to match the ones you know for sure FIRST…

THEN, move on to the ones you aren’t so sure about. Cross them out as you use them! It helps!

YOU CAN DO IT!

FOCUS!