The Dust Bowl

The Dust Bowl

6th Grade

15 Qs

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The Dust Bowl

The Dust Bowl

Assessment

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Other

6th Grade

Practice Problem

Medium

CCSS
RL.7.9, RI.5.4, RI.4.3

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15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Choose the answer that best describes the Dust Bowl.

When people get a lot of dust in their plates and bowls.

A period of time where a large part of the US experienced drought and huge dust storms.

When a dust storm came through Lubbock last year.

A general term for when objects become dirty.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What year did the Dust Bowl begin?

1930

2016

1954

1916

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What human activity was a part of the cause of the Dust Bowl?

Driving

Building

Baseball

Overplowing

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Identify a negative consequence of the Dust Bowl on farmers.

Farmers had no consequences

Farmers didn't have to work very hard anymore

Farmers could't pay their bills and possibly lost their farms

Farmers were worried there was too much rain

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What environmental factor played a part in the cause of the Dust Bowl?

Snow

Drought

Hurricane

Rain

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What group of people had the worst consequences from the Dust Bowl?

Farmers in the Great Plains

Doctors up North

People on the East Coast

People out West

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What crop did most farmers in the Great Plains grow?

Apples

Cotton

Wheat

Pecans

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