Tennessee State Test
1. Memphis is in the:
a) Gulf Coastal Plain b) Highland Rim c) Central Basin d) Blues Zone
2. Nashville is in the:
a) Gulf Coastal Plain b) Highland Rim c) Central Basin d) County Music Zone
3. Which of the following are located in Tennessee?
a) Unaka Mountains b) Valley and Ridge c) Cumberland Plateau d) All of the above
4. Which Grand Division of Tennessee produces the most cotton?
a) west b) middle c) east d) south
5. The Tennessee River runs ___________ through western Tennessee.
a) north to south b) east to west c) southwest to northwest d) south to north
6. How much of Tennessee is farmland?
a) 30% b) 60% c) 55% d) 40%
7. What is the second largest city by population in Tennessee?
a) Chattanooga b) Knoxville c) Jackson d) Nashville
8. What Tennessee city is sometimes referred to as the "Athens of the South?"
a) Memphis b) Jackson c) Nashville d) Chattanooga
9. What is the famous physical feature located near where Tennessee, Virginia and Kentucky all meet?
a) Clingman's Dome b) The Cumberland Gap c) Shiloh d) Neyland Stadium
10. The capital of Tennessee is:
a) Memphis b) Jackson c) Knoxville d) Nashville
11. Two states border Tennessee on the north:
a) North Carolina and Virginia b) Kentucky and Mississippi
c) Virginia and Kentucky d) Arkansas and Missouri
12. What state borders Tennessee on the east?
a.) Mississippi b) Arkansas c) Georgia d) North Carolina
13. What three states border Tennessee on the south?
a) Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas b) Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi
c) North Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky d) Kentucky, Arkansas, Georgia
14. What river forms the western border of Tennessee?
a) Mississippi b) Tennessee c) Cumberland d) Clinch
15. What river appears to be two rivers if you’re only looking at a map of Tennessee?
a) Mississippi b) Cumberland c) Clinch d) Tennessee
16. What are the six physical regions of Tennessee?
a) Highland Rim, Gulf Coastal Plain, Central Basin, Unaka Mts., Cumberland Plateau, Valley and Ridge
b) Highland Rim, Chickasaw Coastal Plain, Central Basin, Unaka Mts., Cumberland Plateau, Valley and Ridge
c) Highland Rim, Gulf Coastal Plain, Central Basin, Great Smoky Mts., Cumberland Plateau, Valley and Ridge
d) Highest Rim, Gulf Coastal Plain, Central Basin, Unaka Mts., Cumberland Plateau, Valley and Ridge
17. What is the name of the fourth largest city in the state located in the southeastern corner of Tennessee?
a) Memphis b) Chattanooga c) Jackson d) Knoxville
18. What is the name of the primary mountain range that runs through eastern Tennessee?
a) Appalachian b) Great Smoky c) Unaka d) Cumberland
19. What is the name of the National Park in eastern Tennessee?
a) Davy Crockett b) Natchez Trace c) Chickasaw d) Great Smoky
20. The 3 Grand Divisions of Tennessee are:
a) west, middle, south b) south, north, east c) east, middle, west d) middle, south, west
21. The most important resources in west Tennessee are:
a) cotton, tomatoes, soybeans b) cattle, corn, minerals c)limestone, cattle, corn d) minerals, tobacco
22. The most important resources in east Tennessee are:
a) minerals and cattle b) corn and cattle c) cotton and soybeans d) minerals, copper and tobacco
23. The Highland Rim surrounds:
a) Memphis in the Gulf Coastal Plain b) Knoxville in Ridge and Valley region
c) the Cumberland Plateau d) Nashville and the Central Basin
24) The highest point in Tennessee is:
a) Lookout Mountain b) Clingman’s Dome c) Lonesome Mountain d) Monteagle
25. The three stars in the shield on the Tennessee state flag stand for:
a) the three Grand Divisions b) the 3 largest cities c) truth, justice and the American way d) the 3 first counties
