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3rd grade · Social Studies · Unit 3 of 10

Alabama's Land Regions

Seven regions from the Highland Rim to the coast

What your child practices

Alabama's neighbors and land regions (Highland Rim, Cumberland Plateau, Ridge and Valley, Piedmont, Black Belt, Upper and Lower Coastal Plain), their landforms, resources and climate, and how they connect Alabama to other states.

Alabama Course of Study content standard: 3.2 · Alabama's land regions, their features and natural resources, and how geography connects Alabama to other states

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Alabama’s regions run from the Highland Rim and Cumberland Plateau in the north to the Coastal Plain in the south.
  2. The Black Belt has dark, rich soil for farming.
  3. Iron ore, coal and limestone helped Birmingham grow into a steel city.

Example: Which state borders Alabama to the south? South of Alabama is the Gulf of Mexico and one state. That state is Florida. Answer: Florida

Alabama's Land Regions in Alabama

In the Alabama Course of Study, this is unit 3 of 10 in 3rd grade Social Studies, after Map Tools & Grids and before Alabama's Rivers.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which state borders Alabama to the south?

    • Tennessee
    • Florida
    • Arkansas
    • Georgia

  2. Question 2

    Alabama's only seaport is in…

    • Mobile
    • Tuscaloosa
    • Montgomery
    • Huntsville

  3. Question 3

    Iron ore, coal and limestone found close together helped which city grow into a steel center?

    • Mobile
    • Gulf Shores
    • Birmingham
    • Dothan

  4. Question 4

    Alabama's highest point is…

    • Red Mountain
    • Lookout Mountain
    • Cheaha Mountain
    • Sand Mountain

  5. Question 5

    Lookout Mountain and Sand Mountain are in which region?

    • Upper Coastal Plain
    • Lower Coastal Plain
    • Black Belt
    • Cumberland Plateau

  6. Question 6

    Compared with northern states, Alabama's winters are usually…

    • frozen for months
    • much colder
    • milder, with little snow
    • longer

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