2. Dust Bowl Facts Droughts True Or False Life During The Storm Other 10 20 30 40 50

3. Question 1 - 10 In what years did the Dust Bowl take place?

4. Answer 1 – 10 1931-1939

5. Question 1 - 20 How many states experienced droughts because of the Dust Bowl?

6. Answer 1 – 20 5 States

7. Question 1 - 30 What act allotted farmers $200 million dollars to refinance mortgages?

8. Answer 1 – 30 The Emergency Farm Mortgage Act

9. Question 1 - 40 How many dust storms took place in 1932?

10. Answer 1 – 40 14

11. Question 1 - 50 What are the states that experienced drought because of the Dust Bowl?

12. Answer 1 – 50 Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, New Mexico, and Kansas

13. Question 2 - 10 How many types of drought are there?

14. Answer 2 – 10 4 Types

15. Question 2 - 20 Name another country that deals with drought?

16. Answer 2 – 20 Brazil, Australia, China, and South Africa

17. Question 2 - 30 How many people died during the famine of 1984/1985 on the horn of Africa?

18. Answer 2 – 30 750,000

19. Question 2 - 40 How much money did the U.S. lose because of the 1988 drought?

20. Answer 2 – 40 $40 Billion

21. Question 2 - 50 What are the 4 different types of drought?

22. Answer 2 – 50 Meteorological, Agricultural, Hydrological, and Socioeconomic

23. Question 3 - 10 A dust storm reached the Atlantic Ocean.

24. Answer 3 – 10 True

25. Question 3 - 20 The Dust Bowl was both a manmade and natural disaster.

26. Answer 3 – 20 True

27. Question 3 - 30 The grasshopper and jackrabbit species almost went extinct during the Dust Bowl.

28. Answer 3 – 30 False

29. Question 3 - 40 A newspaper reporter gave the Dust Bowl its name.

30. Answer 3 – 40 True

31. Question 3 - 50 Most families left their family farms for safety for the dust storms.

32. Answer 3 – 50 False

33. Question 4 - 10 What did the people eat during the Dust Bowl? (2 items)

34. Answer 4 – 10 Cornbread and Beans

35. Question 4 - 20 How many people fled the 5 states during the Dust Bowl?

36. Answer 4 – 20 1/3 of the population, 50,000 people.

37. Question 4 - 30 How much did the government pay farmers to not plow their fields during the Dust Bowl?

38. Answer 4 – 30 $1 an acre.

39. Question 4 - 40 How much dust descended on Chicago?

40. Answer 4 – 40 As of 1938, 12 tons of dust had descended in Chicago (4lbs per person).

41. Question 4 - 50 How long did it take for an inch of topsoil to blow away during the prime part of the Dust Bowl?

42. Answer 4 – 50 It only took minutes(2-10 mins).

43. Question 5 - 10 True or False. The worst dust storm in 1935 blew dust over the five states for 27 days and nights.

44. Answer 5 – 10 True

45. Question 5 - 20 Multiple Choice. How many dust storms were there in 1933? A. 26 B. 30 C. 38 D. 42

46. Answer 5 – 20 C. 38

47. Question 5 - 30 What item did the Red Cross ask for immediately as the Dust Bowl started? A. Dust Mask B. Bottled Water C. Bread D. Plows

48. Answer 5 – 30 A. Dust Masks

49. Question 5 - 40 In 1931, before the Dust Bowl, what was our country experiencing?

50. Answer 5 – 40 The Great Depression

51. Question 5 - 50 This book was written in 1939, telling the story of a family forced off their land by the Dust Bowl. What is the book and who is it written by?

52. Answer 5 – 50 The Grapes of Wrath – John Steinbeck