Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
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What did Iowa look like 500 million years ago?
What is completely under water.
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How did Iowa get its name?
What is from the Ioway tribe.
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When did the first Europeans come to Iowa?
What is about 300 years ago.
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How did people hear about Iowa’s fertile soil?
What is the newcomers wrote letters to friends and relatives telling them.
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Why did families have to make or grow almost everything they needed?
What is there were few stores where pioneers could buy supplies.
200
In 1870, a fake giant was carved from a block of gypsum, and people were tricked into paying to see it. What is its name?
What is the Cardiff Giant.
200
What are the Effigy Mounds?
What are huge mound of dirt shaped as sacred animals.
200
Who were the first Europeans to explore Iowa?
Who are the French.
200
Where did most people who settled in Iowa come from?
What is the northeastern United States.
200
What was one of the advantages of living in a soddie?
What is they were cool in the summer and warm in the winter.
300
What are the dust piles called along the Missouri River?
What is the Loess Hills.
300
Why was Black Hawk put in prison?
What is he refused to obey a treaty and led his warriors and their families back to their land.
300
What is the historic site called where Jolliet and Marquette first reached Iowa?
What is Pike's Peak State Park.
300
Name 4 things settlers used for fuel.
What are dried prairie grass, corncobs, cow chips, and coal.
300
What were the three main purposes of the fireplace?
What is it provided heat, it gave light, and it was the place for cooking food.
400
Iowa land is relatively flat. How many years ago did glaciers cover Iowa?
What is about 2 million years ago.
400
Name four counties that are named after Indian tribes.
What are Sioux, Winnebago, Pottawattamie, and Sac.
400
Who was the first European to settle in Iowa?
Who is Julien Dubuque.
400
What did many people think of the prairie when they first saw it in the 1830s and 1840s?
What is it seemed strange and unpleasant because most of the newcomers came from states where trees were plentiful.
400
On a pioneer farm, what was the outside work determined by?
What is the season of the year.
500
How long have people lived in Iowa?
What is 12,000 years.
500
Name four counties that are named after Indian chiefs.
What is Black Hawk, Keokuk, Appanoose, and Powashiek.
500
Who did Iowa belong to when American colonies declared their independence in 1776?
What is Spain.
500
How many acres did most settlers buy and how much did they pay?
What is 80 acres at $1.25 an acre = $100 total.
500
Why was plowing the prairie sod such hard work?
What is because the thick prairie grass had long roots,
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