Question 1

What terms describe the climate of the Great Plains?

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grasslands, flatlands, prairies

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desert, drought, mountains

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flatland, drought, desert

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grasslands, deserts, wetlands

Question 2

What is the climate of the Great Plains?

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Continental and Semi-arid

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Grassland arid

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Desert and Continental

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Semi-humid and Continental

Question 3

What were the Great Plains called during the drought in the 1930s?

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Dust Bowl

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Dust Storm

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Black Cloud

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Dirt Blowing in the Wind

Question 4

Define Continental Climate.

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cold winters and warm or hot summers

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hot winters and cool summers

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hot and dry year round

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dry summers and wet winters

Question 5

What titles were used to describe the Great Plains before the Civil War?

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"treeless wastlands", "Great American Desert"

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Tree-land and Forest

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"treeless mountains",  "Desert of the North"

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"The Great West" Great  American Desert"

Question 6

Before the Civil War, the Great Plains were known as land that was-?

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uninhabitable

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settled by many former slaves

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unsettled by Native Americans

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habitable

Question 7

Before the Civil War, the Great Plains were mainly settled by-?

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Native Americans

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immigrants from China

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people from Canada

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newly freed slaves

Question 8

What is a drought?

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A span of time without rainfall

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A span of time when the Great Plains was prosperous for farming

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another name for the Black Storm

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another name for a desert

Question 9

Where are most plains located?

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in the interior of a continent

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any place on a continent

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Near mountains

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along the coast lines of a continent

Question 10

How does the large size of the Great Plains affect its environment?

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It allows the Great Plains to have a variety of climates and vegetation and landforms or physical features

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It allows for a large area of the same climate, vegetation, and physical features

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I allow for the people who live on the Great Plains to share the exact same environment

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It allows for a large area to share the exact same climate and vegetation and  physical features

Question 11

What are Chinooks?

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A warm and dry wind that blows down the east slope of the Rocky Mountains.

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A Native American term for the Great Plains

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A type of boat used to navigate the rivers on the Great Plains

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terms used to describe rare times when the Great Plains receive huge amounts of rainfall

Question 12

Describe the climate zone called semi-arid.

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Climate zone in which the weather is characterized by hot dry summers and cool dry winters

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Climate zone that is found in mountain areas of a continent

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Climate zone with weather characterized by rainfall and high temperatures

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Climate zone in which the weather is characterized by cool dry summers and wet warm winters

Question 13

What caused erosion on the Great Plains?

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dry weather and strong winds

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wet weather followed by strong winds

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dry weather and only grass can grow

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flooding and strong winds

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