Storms with tall funnels of whirling wind are called this.
What are tornadoes?
100
An entrance is also called this.
What is a gateway?
100
This is called the "Gateway to the West."
What is St. Louis, Missouri?
100
This is the reason the Sioux Indians fought at Little Bighorn.
What is because the United States broke its treaty with them?
100
This area of the Plains receives the most rain.
What are the Central Plains?
200
Water beneath the Earth's surface is called this.
What is groundwater?
200
Another name for a buffalo
What is bison?
200
This area of the Plains States has the highest elevation.
What are the Black Hills?
200
These are three weather conditions that can affect this area.
What are blizzards, tornadoes and hailstorms?
200
Many residents of the Colorado Plateau are this.
What are Indian?
300
A part of a state is called this
What is a county?
300
A written agreement is called this.
What is a treaty?
300
These two planes make up the Interior Plains.
What are the Central and Great Plains?
300
The main reason the buffalo disappeared is this.
What is because railroad companies hired hunters to kill them?
300
He was the famous hunter hired by the railroads.
Who is Buffalo Bill?
400
The word a cowhand yells out when cattle start to run wild is this.
What is "stampede"?
400
Something people build to remind them of the past is this.
What is a monument?
400
These are the two largest rivers that cross the Plains.
What are the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers?
400
These are the six Plains states.
What are Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota?
400
He fought the Sioux at Little Bighorn.
Who is George Custer?
500
The outside cover of a grain of wheat is this.
What is chaff?
500
Huge machines that cut and thresh wheat are called this.
What are combines?
500
These areas of the Plains were difficult to cross and impossible to farm.
What are the Badlands?
500
These are two of the differences between the Central and Great Plains.
What are the Central Plains have more rainfall, grow corn, and have longer grasses, where the Great Plains have less rainfall, grow wheat and have shorter grasses?