Native Americans
Why did the Native Americans set the grass on fire?
The Native Americans set the grass on fire to put nutrients in the soil. (make the grass healthy)
What were some of the crops the settlers planted?
Soybeans, wheat, and corn.
What do buffalo eat?
Grass.
Why did Theodore Roosevelt establish the National Bison Range in Montana?
Early settlers were...
cowboys and ranchers.
A buffalo is an nocturnal animal. What is a nocturnal animal?
What did Theodore Roosevelt hire farmers and government workers to do?
Theodore Roosevelt hired farmers and government workers to fix and maintain the prairie.
Why did the settlers shoot the buffalo?
For fun and because they were big and stood still.
How does the buffalo hooves help the prairie?
The buffalo hooves allow rainwater into the soil.
When the buffalo herds grew in number where were they sent?
To National Parks and Wildlife Refuges.
What animal ate all the crops and nothing grew back?
Grasshoppers.
What is the Tall Grass Prairie Preserve?
The Tall Grass Prairie Preserve is a nature preserve in Oklahoma, purchased by groups that work to protect nature.
About how many buffalo were there after the settlers came?
There were about 300 hundred buffalos after the settlers came.