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Prairie
a plain or a hilly region within the temperate zone and is covered in grasses
steppes
short grasses
savannas
long thick grasses
prairies- weather conditions
extreme cold, extreme heat and drought
drought
a time of little or no rain
fire
a real danger in the prairies
sea of grasses
food for large and small grass eating animals
Prairie's crops
corn, wheat, soybeans
sometimes called America's "bread basket"
two most important prairie animals
prairie dog, bison or buffalo
other animals
antelopes, coyotes, foxes, skunks, badgers, hawks grouse
buffalo
most important animal to the Indians of the plains
naturalist call them a bison
bison
largest land animal of the Western Hemisphere
prairie dogs
called this by American pioneers; did more to shape the surface of our continent
Ozarks
2000 ft above the plains
South Dakota and Wyoming
has a range of mountains; Indians called them "BlackHills"; famous for Mt. Rushmore
Badlands
irregular cliffs and colorful hills
Mesabi Range
contains rich deposits of iron ore
"giant"
Mississippi
"Big River" "Father of Waters"
chief river of North America and longest river in United States
Missouri River
chief tributary of the Mississippi River and the 2nd longest river in North America
3 most important western tributaries of the Mississippi
Missouri River, the Arkansas River, and the Red River
Gulf of Mexico
the world's largest gulf
degrees of Gulf of Mexico
warmer than rest of Atlantic: 50-75 in January; 80-90 in July
Warm waters are source of an Atlantic current
Gulf Stream
Plains Indians moved from - to
from Eastern Woodlands to the plains
Blackfoot Tribe
northern Montana and Canada; wore black moccasins
Dakota Indians
nomadic tribe
means - wandering tribe
Ojibwa
drove the Dakota Indians into the plains
Sioux
"enemy"
Dakota means
"friends" or "allies"
Cheyenne
gave up farming and hunting; lost skills of pottery making and cloth weaving
Crow and Comanches
bitter enemies ofSioux and Cheyenne
Sitting Bull
Sioux medicine man and chief
had a vision
Battle of Little BigHorn
General Custer and 200 men lost their lives