American Indians
Two other names that American Indian people have been called
Indian and Native American
The capital of North Dakota.
The type of coal that forms in North Dakota is called _______.
lignite
North Dakota is the _____th state.
39
Before Europeans came to North America there were more than ________ nations (here in the United States)
300
By ________ (year) the Dakota Territory only consisted of North and South Dakota.
1868
North Dakota was once a hot area with _______ and ________ (two types of plants).
Palm trees and tropical flowers
The nickname for North Dakota.
A nation is _________
A large group of people that are organized under one government.
The town of McKenzie and McKenzie County were named after the "Boss of North Dakota" whose name was _________.
Alexander McKenzie
The amount of times that glaciers covered North Dakota.
More than 20 times.
Biggest city in North Dakota.
Fargo
The two nations that Tribal members are citizens of include _______ and _________.
The United States, their own tribal nation
These two rivers were used as major transportation routes for trading goods in and out of North Dakota in the 1800s.
Red River and Missouri River
The last glacier to move over North Dakota, The Wisconsinan glacier, stayed there for this long.
28,000 years
State bird and state flower for North Dakota.
Western Meadowlark and Wild Prairie Rose
The five tribes (or nations) that reside within North Dakota today.
Three Affiliated Tribes, Spirit Lake Nation, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
This date is when President Benjamin Harrison signed the bill that granted statehood to North Dakota (as well as South Dakota).
November 2,1889
When red rock is formed from lignite coal burning underground it is called this.
clinker or scoria.
Dakota is the Sioux Indian word for _______.
friend.