Arkansas

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/arkansas

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. How many people live in Arkansas?3,011,524 (2020 Census)
2. How big is Arkansas?53,179 square miles (29th largest state)
3. What is the capital of Arkansas?Little Rock
4. What is the admitted to union?June 15, 1836 (25th state)
5. What is the key economic sectors?Service industries, aircraft, poultry, steel, tourism, cotton, soybeans, rice
6. What are the main mountains in Arkansas?Arkansas has two main mountain ranges: the Ozark Mountains in the north and the Ouachita Mountains in the west‑central part of the state.

U.S. Interior Highlands: A physiographic region in the central United States characterized by mountainous terrain, including the Ozark and Ouachita Mountains.
Louisiana Purchase: The 1803 acquisition by the United States of approximately 828,000 square miles of territory from France, doubling the size of the nation.
Jim Crow Laws: State and local laws enacted in the Southern United States from the late 19th to the mid-20th centuries that enforced racial segregation and disenfranchisement.
Civil Rights Movement: A social movement in the United States aimed at ending racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans and securing legal recognition and federal protection of citizenship rights.