Capitals
Springfield
Illinois
Indiana
Indianapolis
What is the climate in the central plains?
Rainy
What are tepees?
Cone-shaped tents made of poles
What is the Norwegian treat made from potatoes, flour, butter, and cream?
Lefse
Columbus
Ohio
Kansas
Topeka
What is the climate in the Great plains, what do they grow?
Dry, wheat
What were Sod Houses?
One-room house made from sod
What does the Mississippi River empty into?
Gulf of Mexico
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Iowa
Des Monies
What did the Sioux Indians call themselves?
Lakota
What are windbreaks?
Rows of large trees to prevent wind from blowing soil.
North Dakota
Lincoln
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Madison
Who was an entrepreneur of cattle trade in the Great Plains?
Joseph McCoy
What is self-sufficient?
Able to do almost everything for yourself
Where does the Mississippi begin?
Lake Itasca, Minnesota
Lansing
Michigan
South Dakota
Pierre
Double Points!!
What was the Homestead Act of 1862Under this law, any person over 21 who was the head of a family could receive 160 acres of land at no cost.
What is an entrepreneur?
A person who starts their own business
Name all five Great Lakes.
Hint: S.H.O.M.E
Superior, Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie