Grasslands of the Great Plains Flashcard

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What are the three kinds of grassland in the Great Plains?

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Tallgrass prairie, mixed-grass prairie, shortgrass prairie

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Before the arrival of Europeans, which of the following were languages used among the tribes of indigenous people on the Great Plains? Sioux, Cheyenne, Comanche; Navajo, Apache, Hopi; Iroquois, Algonquin, Mohawk; Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw

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Sioux, Cheyenne, Comanche

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Fill in the chart with the names of the indigenous tribes who lived on the Great Plains.

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indigenous tribes

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What were two responsibilities given to women in Indigenous Plains civilizations?

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Agriculture and child-rearing

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Why were tallgrass prairies in the eastern Great Plains?

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Due to the rich soil and adequate rainfall

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Why did people in the western Great Plains move from place-to-place?

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To follow migrating buffalo herds

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What are three items that were often used in clothing as decoration by Indigenous Plains civilizations?

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Beads, feathers, and quills

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What are three things for which a village chief was responsible?

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Maintaining law and order, managing resources, and leading ceremonies

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What did many Plains people believe about the sun and Earth?

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The sun was a god and the Earth was its creation

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This group lived in earth lodges close to the Missouri River. Options: Lakota-Dakota-Nakota, Mandan-Hidatsa-Arikira, Cheyenne-Arapaho, Comanche

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Mandan-Hidatsa-Arikira