Montana's Regions
Land/Time Periods
Dog Days-Horse Warriors
Tribes/Trade
Australian Animals
100
This is the region of Montana where you live.
Western
100
This description describes which period: Alpine glaciers, swampy bogs, and semi-frozen soil.
The Early Period.
100
Dogs were important in pre-contact Native American societies for what reason?
Dogs could help transport larger shelters and more supplies.
100
Although Plains Indians shared many cultural similarities, they differed in which ways?
the way their societies were structured, their clothing and designs, & their language
100
The classification of Mammals with pouches
What are marsupials?
200
Is the Statement True of False? Montana's Eastern region contains the headwaters of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers
False
200
Why did hunters need new technology in the Middle period?
The smaller animals of this period were much faster and more difficult to hunt.
200
Diseases on the frontier impacted Native Americans more than white settlers because...
Natives had not developed a resistance to the diseases.
200
Why did Native American tribes want guns?
Guns are powerful in intertribal warfare.
200
This second largest bird in the world is native to Australia
What is the ostrich?
300
Why does the Western region of Montana have the greatest precipitation in the state?
Rain-shadow effect
300
What does the Bering Land Bridge theory try to communicate?
People migrated to North America when sea levels dropped and land was exposed between modern day Russia and Alaska.
300
Disease caused some tribes to grow stronger for what reason?
They simply had more people.
300
After Plains Indians acquired European trade goods, what happened to their spiritual beliefs?
They mostly went unchanged
300
Australia’s wild dogs
What are dingos?
400
True or False: Central Montana is home to almost all of the grizzly bears in Montana
False
400
Garbage, tools, and artwork are all examples of
Historical Artifacts
400
What do the terms Pre-Contact and Post-Contact refer to?
Pre-Contact: Before European contact Post-Contact: After European contact
400
What is one of the greatest advantages of horses over dogs besides pulling more weight?
Unlike dogs, horses did not need to have food hunted for them.
400
This Australian island is the home of a devil and a wolf
What is Tasmania?
500
Why is water particularly important in the eastern region?
The eastern region has the least amount of rainfall and often experiences drought
500
How has erosion harmed Montana's Landscape
Erosion has taken many nutrients downstream and out of the state.
500
What is the Old North Trail?
The oldest trail used by humans in the Western Hemisphere
500
Where did the Crow people come to Montana from?
The Great Lakes
500
Although the National Bird of New Zealand, it is also indigenous to Australia
What is the Kiwi?
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