AMERICAN INDIANS
These dome-shaped homes made of logs, willow branches, grass, and earth were used by the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara tribes.
What is an earthlodge?
President Abraham Lincoln appointed his personal physician to be the very first governor of Dakota Territory. Name this governor.
Who is Dr. William Jayne?
This is the river that forms the eastern border of North Dakota, separating it from Minnesota. It flows north and empties into Hudson Bay in Canada.
What is the Red River?
North Dakota has this many natural geographic regions, which rise in elevation from east to west like giant stair steps.
What is three?
According to ndstudies.gov, the best possible way to refer to American Indians is not by a general group name but by doing this instead.
What is using the name of their individual tribe?
The Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara are collectively known by this name, meaning the three groups joined together.
What are the Three Affiliated Tribes?
The capital of Dakota Territory was located in the southeastern corner of present-day South Dakota. Name this city
Answer: What is Yankton?
The Red River Valley has been called by this nickname because of the enormous amount of food raised there, thanks to the rich soil left by ancient Lake Agassiz.
What is "The Breadbasket of the World"?
$200 — The Mesozoic Era lasted from about 248 million years ago to 65 million years ago and is sometimes called by this nickname.
What is the "Age of Reptiles"?
resident Abraham Lincoln was serving in this role when he appointed the first governor of Dakota Territory on March 4, 1861.
What is President of the United States?
This village built by the Mandan people about 400 years ago was located near present-day Mandan, North Dakota, and was named for the way it slanted toward the Heart River.
What is On-A-Slant village?
Towns in Dakota Territory sometimes settled county seat disputes through this illegal act of sneaking into a rival town at night and stealing the official county records.
What is stealing the county records?
The Garrison Dam, completed in 1954, is 2½ miles long and is the fifth largest dam in the United States. It created this lake, the third-largest manmade lake in the country.
What is Lake Sakakawea?
Governor Nehemiah Ordway and Alexander McKenzie teamed up to move the Dakota territorial capital from Yankton to this city, which sits along the main Northern Pacific Railroad line
What is Bismarck
In the ndstudies.gov textbook, this Oglala Lakota Sioux man had described the "circle of life," stating that the power of the world always works in circles, from the sky to the seasons to a man's life.
Who is Black Elk?
In 1737, this French fur-trapper visited the Mandan people and was among the first non-Indians to record history in North Dakota, estimating the Mandan population at about 15,000.
Who is Pierre La Vérendrye?
This man was a Northern Pacific Railroad political agent who became so powerful he was nicknamed "Alexander the Great" and "Boss of North Dakota," eventually dying a millionaire.
Who is Alexander McKenzie?
White Butte, the highest point in North Dakota at 3,506 feet, is located near this small town in the southwestern part of the state.
What is Amidon?
The Missouri Plateau was shaped mainly by erosion rather than glaciers. A glacier did affect it in one way — by blocking rivers and forcing them to flow in this way
What is in different directions than before?
This territorial governor, appointed in 1880, became a close friend of Alexander McKenzie and worked with him to move the capital from Yankton to Bismarck.
Who is Governor Nehemiah Ordway?
A steamboat docked at this trading post near present-day Washburn in 1837, triggering a smallpox epidemic that reduced the Mandan population from about 2,500 to only about 125 people.
What is Fort Clark?
Beginning in 1871, Congress repeatedly tried to split Dakota Territory and name the northern part this — which means North Dakota might never have been called "North Dakota" at all
What is Pembina Territory?
The Badlands in southwestern North Dakota were carved out by this river, which was forced to change course about 600,000 years ago when a glacier blocked its original northward path.
What is the Little Missouri River?
$500 — During the Mesozoic Era, this giant marine lizard swam in the ocean that covered North Dakota 80 million years ago. It was a carnivore that hunted other sea animals.
What is the mosasaur
The Bureau of Indian Affairs defines an American Indian as anyone who makes this simple declaration about their own identity.
What is stating that he or she is an Indian?