Terms
Dried-up plants that break off from their roots and roll across the plains
Tumbleweeds
Monument with carvings of the faces of Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt
Mount Rushmore
Plains Indians named for their black moccasins?
Blackfoot
Plains Indians who formed a confederacy and spread all across the northern plains; name means "friends" or "allies"
Dakota
World's largest gulf
Gulf of Mexico
A grass-covered plain or hilly region within the temperate zone; more extreme weather changes occur on plains than in other areas
Prairie
Range of mountains averaging 3,000 feet in western South Dakota and eastern Wyoming; named by the Sioux Indians; contain Mount Rushmore
Black Hills
Name the most important animal to the Plains Indians
Bison (Buffalo)
Name given to the Dakota meaning "snakes in the grass"
Sioux
The chief river of North America and largest river in the U.S.
Mississippi River
Ground squirrel of the North American plains; has done more to shape the surface of the continent than any other animal except the beaver
Prairie dog
Area east of the Black Hills riddled with irregular cliffs and colorful hills
Badlands
Name the Plains Indians favorite animal for hunting and eating.
Prairie chicken
Sioux medicine man and chief; winner of the Battle of Little Bighorn
Sitting Bull
Largest island of the West Indies
Cuba
A pole framed tent covered with skins; traditional home of the Plains Indians
Tepee
Ozarks
What is the longest river in the U.S. and chief tributary of the Mississippi?
Missouri River
Plains Indians once skilled in pottery making and cloth weaving
Cheyenne
An important Atlantic current whose source is the Gulf of Mexico
Gulf Stream
Battle where Custer was defeated by Sitting Bull
Battle of Little Bighorn
Mountain range of north-eastern Minnesota rich in deposits of iron ore
Mesabi Range
What are the two peninsulas guarding the entrance of the Gulf of Mexico?
Florida; Yucatan Peninsula
U.S. army general who lost the Battle of Little Bighorn
General Custer
Source of the Mississippi River
Lake Itasca