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