North America plains Flashcards
A hilly region wishing the temperate some thst is covered by grasses
Prairie
A time of little or no rain
Drought
What are tumbleweeds?
Plants that dry up and break off from their roots that roll across the plains
A nickname for the prairie
A sea of grass
What is an example of a close-cropping grazer?
Sheep
The two animals most important to the prairies
Prairie dog and the bison
The most important animal to the Indians of the plains
The buffalo
Why do naturalists usually use the term bison instead of buffalo?
To distinguish it from the water and cape buffalo
The largest land animal of the Western Hemisphere
Bison
What is another name for a male bison?
Bison bull
At one time,where did most prairie dogs live?
Vast underground “towns” that stretched endlessly over the prairies
Are prairie dogs actual dogs?
No! They’re similar to gophers
Why were prairie dogs given that name?
Their cries sounded similar to a small dog’s bark
Why do prairie dogs dig endlessly?
To kept their claws trimmed
A favorite of the plains Indians for hunting and eating
Prairie chicken
What are the 4 minerals the Ozarks are rich in?
Lead,coal,iron,and marble
Why did the Sioux Indians give the Black Hills its special name?
From afar,they have a dark appearance
What are the Black Hills famous for?
Mount Rushmore
Which presidents are carved onto Mount Rushmore? (Hint: 2 of them both start with ‘Th’ )
George Washington,Thomas Jefferson,Abraham Lincoln,and Theodore Roosevelt
What does the Indian word ‘ Mako Sica ‘ mean?
Bad lands
The name of this range is an Chippewa word meaning ‘giant’.
Mesabi Range
The classic river meaning ‘big river’ and the ‘father of waters’
Mississippi River
Name the chief river of North America and it’s chief tributary
Mississippi,and Missouri River
The longest river in North America
Missouri River
The Mississippi River is the 2nd largest river in the US (T or F and why)
False,it’s the largest
Big Muddy is a nickname for..
The Missouri River
The 3 most important western tributaries of the Mississippi
Missouri,Arkansas,and the Red River
What is the Mississippi’s source?
Lake Itasca
What is the Ohio River’s most important tributary?
Tennessee River
What forms one of the greatest waterway system in the world?
The Mississippi River
The largest gulf
Gulf of Mexico
An important Atlantic current,which’s source is the Gulf of Mexico
Gulf Stream
This tribe was named for the black moccasins they wore
Blackfoot tribe
What does Dakota mean?
Friends or allies
What does ‘Sioux’ mean? And who shortened the word?
It means snakes In the grass,and the French shortened it
The tribe that gave up farming and hunting for the nomadic life
Cheyenne tribe
The Crows and Comanches were bitter enemies of which two tribes? (Hint: one of the names meant snakes in the grass)
Sioux and Cheyenne
I’m a Sioux medicine and chief who claimed to have a vision falling into my camp. Who am I?
Sitting Bull
Which General died alongside 200+ of his soldiers in the Battle of Little Bighorn?
General Custer
What was a pole-framed tent covered in skin called?
A tepee
