Horses by Seymour Simon

Around how long ago did early peoples tame and herd horses on the grassy plains of Europe and Asia?

• Three thousand

• Four thousand

• Five thousand

• Six thousand

What does Mesohippus mean?

• Middle horse

• Mole beast

• Dawn horse

• Wild

When were horses used to transport settlers traveling westward across America?

• 1600s

• 1700s

• 1800s

• 1900s

When did wild horses spread over much of the American grasslands?

• 1600s

• 1700s

• 1800s

• 1900s

Which type of horses are protected so that they can continue to live "wild"?

• Feral horses

• Dartmoor horses

• Clydesdale horses

• Arabian horses

How many different groups of horse breeds exist?

• One

• Two

• Three

• Four

Which breed of horses has brown-and-white patches?

• Piebalds

• Spotteds

• Stewbalds

• Dartmoor

What are the four natural ways that horses move?

• run, skip, hop, and jump

• walk, run, gallop, and trout

• canter, run, trot, and walk

• walk, trot, canter, and gallop

In which season do horses mate?

• Spring

• Fall

• Winter

Approximately when do foals have a full set of milk teeth?

• Six months

• Seven months

• Eight months

• Nine months