Exam 11: The Great Plains

What law passed in 1862 encouraged settlement of the Great Plains by providing up to 160 acres of land to settlers who were able to make productive use of it?

Population growth in the Great Plains of the last 30 years has been concentrated where?

The forced migration of tens of thousands of people from the "Five Civilized Tribes" - Cherokee,Choctaw,Chickasaw,Creek and Seminole from their homelands in the southeastern United States to "Indian Territory" in what is now Oklahoma is called what?

If you were driving west along Interstate 70 from Topeka to Denver,for much of your trip the landscape around you would appear relatively flat,but overall you would be driving ________.

Is Kansas flatter than a pancake?

Explain the environmental problems associated with the use of water from the Ogallala aquifer and how people in the Great Plains are dealing with these issues.

The tiny town of Nicodemus,Kansas was designated a National Historic Landmark because historically its residents were ________.

The discovery of what resource,in 1874,in the Black Hills of South Dakota caused the U.S.government to break their treaty with the Dakota Sioux?

Compare and contrast the patterns of early settlement in the Canadian Great Plains to those in the U.S.portion of the Great Plains.What factors led to differences and similarities?

Describe how the climate and weather patterns in the Great Plains impact people living in the Great Plains.Name at four different hazards and discuss how each of them form.

The Department of Energy is investing $60 billion in rural parts of the United States,largely in the Great Plains,in order to develop what alternative source of energy?

The Dust Bowl was caused by a combination of ________ and ________.

If you were visiting Oklahoma City on a day in November and the temperature dropped rapidly over the course of the day from a high of 83 degrees Fahrenheit to a low of -17 degrees Fahrenheit,you could reasonably assume that the cause of this was ________.

The Canadian River flows through ________ and eventually into the ________.

Before it became a U.S.state,eastern Oklahoma was set-aside for what?

Difficulty in recruiting and retaining physicians,priests and clergy,and small businesses are all related to what problem in the Great Plains?

The United States and Canada produce 99% of the world's exports of what crop,most of which is produced in the Great Plains?

Geographers Frank and Deborah Popper have proposed that in the future,much of the Great Plains should be taken out of agricultural production and instead used for what?

In comparison to the Great Plains region of the United States,large cities are ________ economically significant in the Canadian Prairies.

Relative to many other parts of North America,the Great Plains has ________ elderly in relation to the number of younger residents.