EARLY DAYS
HOMESTEADING
FARMING + RANCHING
PLAINS TODAY
PLAINS AROUND THE WORLD
100
THE PLAINS ARE DIVIDED INTO WHAT TWO SECTIONS?
1. GREAT PLAINS 2. CENTRAL PLAINS
100
WHAT YEAR WAS THE HOMESTEAD ACT ENLISTED?
1862
100
WHAT CROP CHANGED FARMING ON THE PLAINS?
WINTER WHEAT
100
AN ECONOMY WHERE PEOPLE OWN AND RUN THEIR OWN BUSINESSES WITH ONLY LIMITED CONTROL BY GOVERNMENT
FREE ENTERPRISE
100
ON WHAT PLAIN DOES MOST OF POLAND LAY?
EUROPEAN PLAIN
200
WHAT WERE THE TWO MAJOR CROPS IN THE PLAINS?
1. CORN 2. WHEAT
200
PEOPLE WHO SETTLED ON THE PRAIRIE HAD TO BE _________________ DUE TO THE FACT THAT NO ONE WAS AROUND FOR MILES.
SELF - SUFFICIENT
200
RANCHING CHANGED FOR THE BETTER DUE TO?
RAILROADS BEING BUILT
200
THIS STATE HAS THE LARGEST GOLD MINE?
SOUTH DAKOTA
200
PAMPAS IS LOCATED ON WHAT CONTINENT?
SOUTH AMERICA
300
HOMES WERE MOSTLY BUILT OF WHAT?
SOD
300
HOW MANY ACRES OF LAND WAS GIVEN TO THE HOMESTEADERS?
160 ACRES
300
NAME TWO EARLY FARM EQUIPMENT?
1. STEEL PLOW 2. REAPER 3. THRESHER
300
WHERE IS MOUNT RUSHMORE LOCATED?
BLACK HILLS OF SOUTH DAKOTA
300
ON THE NULLARBOR PLAIN THERE IS MAJOR RESEARCH GOING ON IN WHAT FIELD?
ROCKET RESEARCH
400
WHO FIRST SETTLED ON THE LAND OTHER THAN THE NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS?
FRENCH
400
HOW LONG DID IT TAKE TO GET FROM THE NORTHEAST TO THE PRAIRIES?
6 WEEKS
400
FARMERS PUT UP THESE IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE CROPS FROM DEADLY WINDS ON THE PRAIRIE.
WINDBREAKS
400
WHAT STATE IS THE LARGEST PRODUCER OF OIL IN THE PLAIN STATES?
KANSAS
400
HOW DO MOST PEOPLE ON THE NULLARBOR PLAIN EARN THEIR LIVING?
RANCHING
500
THE SIOUX INDIANS SETTLED INTO WHAT TWO STATES DURING THE 1600'S?
NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA
500
THE SIOUX INDIANS DEPENDED ON THIS FOR MOST OF THEIR NEEDS?
BUFFALO
500
WHY IS MORE WHEAT THAN CORN GROWN ON THE GREAT PLAINS?
WHEAT NEEDS LESS WATER
500
HOW MANY YEARS DID IT TAKE TO CREATE MOUNT RUSHMORE?
14 YEARS
500
WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON LANDFORM ON EARTH?
PLAINS
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