Vocabulary - terms
Vocabulary - in context
Plains & Forest Indians
Waves of Grain
Nation's Dairyland
100
A people's way of life, including beliefs, foods, and types of shelter
culture
100
As more and more settlers came to the Midwest, this moved west.
the frontier
100
Why did the Sioux move from place to place?
The Sioux were constantly moving to follow the buffalo.
100
A large open plain that is covered with grass
prairie
100
The farmers of which two states found that the land was better suited to dairy farming?
Wisconsin and Minnesota
200
A person who goes to a new place and leads the way for others to follow
pioneer
200
When wheat prices began to drop, some farmers turned to this.
dairy farming
200
What were the living arrangements for the Sioux and the Miami?
The Miami lived in permanent villages in wigwams while the Sioux lived in tipis, moving from place to place.
200
Describe how the steel plow changed farming.
The steel plow could break up the sod, so that cornfields spread over the prairie, making the work faster and easier.
200
What was the slogan newsmen and politicians used to try to persuade the farmers to turn to dairy farming?
The cow for the plow.
300
A field where animals graze
pasture
300
Until John Deere invented a special plow, the tall grassland of the ____________________ was difficult to farm.
prairie
300
How did the Miami and Sioux make a living?
The Sioux hunted buffalo while the Miami grew crops, hunted, fished, and gathered berries and nuts.
300
Describe how the horse-drawn reaper changed farming.
The reaper harvested the wheat quickly. Farmers could set up larger farms.
300
What was the effect of growing wheat on the soil?
Season after season of growing wheat in the same fields had weakened the soil.
400
Land at or beyond the edge of a settled area
frontier
400
___________________ in Ohio and Indiana usually cleared some land to plant corn.
Pioneers
400
Where did the Miami and Sioux live?
The Miami lived in the forests of Ohio and Indiana while the Sioux lived on the plains of South Dakota.
400
How did technology help turn the Midwestern frontier into an important corn and wheat growing area?
Large scale production followed the introduction of the steel plow and horse drawn reaper to the Midwest.
400
How was money a factor in the decision of farmers to change to dairy farming?
When wheat became plentiful, the prices dropped and farmers made less money.
500
Raising cows for their milk
dairy farming
500
The ________________ of the Sioux was based on buffalo.
culture
500
What did the Miami use trees for?
To build their homes (wigwams) and to build canoes in order to fish.
500
How did the land help turn the Midwestern frontier into an important corn and wheat growing area?
Large, flat fields with few trees and rocks provided farmers with good land to grow wheat and corn.
500
How did the land of the upper Midwest differ from the land of the plains?
The land of the upper Midwest was rocky and hilly. The plains were flatter with richer, less rocky soil.
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