A layer of soil held together by roots and grasses, used to make Pioneers' houses.
What is sod?
100
The Sioux tribes depended on the hunting of this animal for many of their needs.
What is the buffalo?
100
The rainier climate in Iowa and Nebraska are better for growing this crop.
What is corn or (dent corn)?
100
Rows of trees that help to block the wind.
What are windbreaks?
100
The amount of a product for sale.
What is supply?
200
The Sioux Indians lived in _____________, while the pioneers lived in _______________ houses.
What are tepees and sod houses?
200
The Sioux used buffalo chips for this purpose?
What is to make fires?
200
The drier climates in North Dakota and Kansas, are better for growing this crop.
What is wheat?
200
An area of flat or rolling land covered with wildflowers or grasses.
What is a prairie?
200
Just like the pioneers, the Native Americans had to ____________, or change their ways of living, to fit the land.
What is adapt?
300
Instead of having ____________ homes, the Sioux Indians traveled from place to place.
What is permanent?
300
The Sioux used this part of the buffalo to make tools and arrows.
What are the bones?
300
Dent corn is used for this purpose.
What is used to feed livestock?
300
These areas of land are located in the country or near farmland.
What are rural areas?
300
A need or desire for a product.
What is demand?
400
Land in the Great Plains region was not only given to pioneers, but also to ________________, who wanted to use it to improve transportation in the region.
What are railroad companies?
400
The Sioux Indians rode these animals, instead of using canoes.
What are horses?
400
Wheat is used for this purpose.
What is used to make flour?
400
Someone who is able to do everything themselves.
What is self-sufficient?
400
A person who buys a product or service.
What is a consumer?
500
This law, passed in 1862, said that any person over the age of 21 could get 160 free acres of land in the plains as long as they lived on it for 5 years and made improvements to the land.
What is the Homestead Act?
500
This famous Sioux leader is memorialized in the Black Hills of South Dakota. His face has been carved into the side of a mountain.
Who is Crazy Horse?
500
Omaha, Nebraska, is a large center for this type of industry, that prepares meats for stores.