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A #history #quiz about #DonaldWorster 's book, Dust Bowl: The Southern Plains in the 1930s
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1
True or False: The "Great American Desert" was totally barren.
True
False
2
What was the
final
name of the New Deal government group that predicted America's land usage?
The National Resources Committee
The National Land Use Committee
The National Planning Board
The National Resource Planning Board
3
Cimarron County was considered the ___ Empire until the rain stopped.
Livestock
Dust
Plains
Wheat
4
Haskell County was part of the worst his area of the Dust Bowl. True or false?
False
True
5
How much land were people granted through the Homestead Act?
160 acres
100 acres
50 acres
30 acres
6
T/F: The AAA was set up to help the commercial farmers more than the diversified family farmer.
True
False
7
How does the author refer to California-bound migrants?
"Dirt runners"
"Ecological refugees"
"Environment runners"
"Dust Bowl refugees"
8
According to this text, the skeleton of what prehistoric creature was found in Oklahoma?
Liopleurodon
Mitochondrial Eve
Brontosaurus
Ghosts
9
How many head of cattle did the Dept. of Agriculture buy during the summer and fall of 1934?
8.3 million
757,342
947,003
10.2 million
10
What University of Nebraska botanist trained ecologists Frederic Clements and Paul Sears?
James Malin
Howard Finnel
Charles Whitfield
Charles Bessey
11
How big is Haskell County, Kansas?
100 square miles
24 square miles
62 square miles
20 square miles
12
Black Sunday was what kind of duster?
A "doozie"
Dust blow
Black blizzard
Nor'easter
13
What did people wear for protection against dust storms?
Dust masks
Gas masks
14
What was the main purpose of the Forest Service and Soil Conservation Service's shelter belts?
To keep the desert from spreading past the rim of the Bowl
The trees looked nice and increased morale in the area
To prevent soil erosion and hopefully future Dust Bowls
15
True or False: Trees were found everywhere in the Great Plains.
False
True
16
The benefits received from the AAA were commonly called ____ by the farmers.
"Uncle Sam checks"
"government checks"
"welfare checks"
"wheat checks"
17
How many different wind patterns meet in the Great Plains?
2
5
7
3
18
What was a popular phrase of the "dirty thirties?"
"When it rains"
"If it rains"
"Come next rain"
"Then it rains"
19
Which group of people in Haskell County is considered to have had the best sense of place?
The Puritans
The Mennonites
The regular farmers
The working townspeople
20
The proper pronunciation of Cimarron is
"simmer-on"
"see-maroon"
"sih-mah-roan"
"s-eye-mehr-oon"
21
The county agent for Cimarron was called ______. How did people feel about him?
"Bully Baker"; They wanted him out of their business.
"Bully Baker"; They did not trust him.
"Doc Baker"; They respected him.
"Uncle Bill"; They respected him.
