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18 Cards in this Set
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A plain or a hilly region within the temperate zones that is covered by grasses...
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A Prairie
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At the end of their growing season, certain plants dry up and break of from their roots, become what?
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Tumbleweeds
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What was the most important animal to the Indians of the plains?
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The Bison
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Hundreds of millions of ___________ _________ lived in vast underground "towns" that stretched endlessly over the prairies...
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Prairie Dogs
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what were the Indians of the plains favorite to eat and hunt?
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The Prairie Chicken
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What heavily forested hills are rich in lead, coal, iron, and marble.
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Ozarks
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The Sioux Indians called themselves the _____ _____
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the Black Hills
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A huge monument with carving of the faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln...
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Mount Rushmore
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What is the meaning of Mako Sica?
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"BAD LANDS"
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What is the longest river in North America
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The Missouri River
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what river begins in the Allegheny Plateau west of the Appalachian Mountains and winds its way nearly 1000 miles
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the Ohio River
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The worlds largest gulf is _______ ____ ________
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the Gulf of Mexico
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what tribe were named for the black moccasins they wore
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the Black foot
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What tribe drew the Dakota and the Cheyenne Indians into the plains?
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The Ojibwa Indians
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who was a Sioux medicine man and chief?
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Sitting Bull
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The Plains Indians lived mostly in what?
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Tepees
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Who led the Battle at Little Big Horn
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General Custard
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What event took place on June 25 1876?
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The Battle at Little Big Horn
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