Vocabulary
What are young horses called?
Young horses are called Foals.
What does Visual 1 show?
It shows running horses.
What section is mostly about how millions of horses used to roam the West.
Introduction
Where do most wild horses roam?
American West
Who painted visual 3?
George Caitlan
What does the text say a Mustang is?
A mustang is a wild horse.
What type of Visual Text Feature is visual 2?
It is a Map.
This section describes how horses live in groups called herds.
Who brought the first horses across the Atlantic Ocean 500 years ago?
Spanish
What was the special name given to the leader of a herd.
Stallion
What is a stallion?
A stallion is a adult male horse.
What additional information does Visual 2's caption tell you about horses.
Wild horses are handled by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
This section tells how a law was passed in 1971 to keep mustangs safe from being harmed.
Protecting Wild Horses
What is the name for a group of wild horses led by a stallion?
Herd (Or Band of Horses)
Early maps didn't use a city name for the West, instead they called the area what?
Wild Horses
What is a mare?
A mare is an adult female horse.
What is Visual 3 showing the reader?
It is showing an Osage Indian capturing a wild horse.
This section explains who brough the horses to America.
Where did Wild Horses Come From
When was a law passed to protect wild horses?
1971
Why did the author include a map?
to show the reader where the horses live
Where did the Wild Horses come from?
Spain
What does Visual 4 show?
It shows a helicopter herding the wild horses.
What was this texts Main Idea?
Wild horses live out in the American West living in herds and running free.
Why did some people call wild horses "pests'?
Wanted more grass for people's cows and sheep.
What are Burros?
Wild Donkeys