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Alabama: A New South State

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Alabama A New South State game quiz
"This quiz is a circumnavigation of the "New South" state, with a rich history and varied geography."

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. Alabama stretches from the southern Appalachian Mountain range to the Gulf Coast. In the north, hydroelectric power is a major source of energy. What organization is responsible for this fact?
    Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
    Appalachian Water Authority (AWA)
    Army Corps of Engineers
    U.S. Department of the Interior


2. Which of these four tourist attractions has more visitors?
    The Civil Rights Museum in Birmingham
    The U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville
    The First White House of the Confederacy in Montgomery
    Ivy Green, Helen Keller's birthplace in Tuscumbia


3. A city in the south central part of the state has one of the largest collection of antebellum homes in the nation. It is also the location of a civil war foundry, and the Edmund Pettis bridge of Civil Rights era significance. What is the name of this city?
    Answer: (One Word)


4. Which major European car manufacturer built their first assembly factory in Alabama, between Birmingham and Tuscaloosa?
    Bavarian Motor Works
    Mercedes Benz
    Land Rover
    Volvo


5. Alabama, in comparison to neighboring states, was relatively unscathed by major battles during the Civil War.
    True
    False


6. Which of the following is not an Alabama distinction?
    First electric streetcar system in the U.S.
    First open heart surgery in the Western Hemisphere
    First flight school for powered craft in the U.S.
    First woman in the U.S. elected as Governor


7. In order, what are Alabama's official state nut, insect, gemstone, and mineral?
    Peanut, Tiger Swallowtail butterfly, rose quartz, iron
    Pecan, Monarch butterfly, star blue quartz, hematite
    Walnut, Boll Weevil, black opal, copper
    Chestnut, grasshopper, garnet, fluorite


8. What is the "Trail of Tears"?
    The civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery
    The forced emigration march of eastern American Indian tribes to western lands
    A cemetery walk used by Confederate widows in Montgomery
    An Alabama wildflower


9. What Army Corps of Engineers waterway project, opened in 1984, markedly reduced the distance traveled to bring goods from mid-America to the Gulf of Mexico?
    Tallapoosa-Coosa Waterway
    Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
    Black Warrior-Chatahoochee Waterway
    Alabama-Sipsey Waterway


10. What is Alabama's principal industry?
    Cotton
    Forestry
    Poultry processing
    Coal


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Compiled May 20 13