USII.2/USII.4a Geography & Expansion Review

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Two noncontiguous states are: Alaska and Hawaii.

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Alaska and Hawaii.

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Which industry contributed to the growth of Chicago? Options: Meatpacking, Steel, Automobile, Cotton

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Meatpacking

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The Great Plains can BEST be described as: Swamps, Forests, Tall Mountains, Flatlands

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Flatlands

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What is a homestead?

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Frontier land claimed by a settler.

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A long period when almost no rain falls and crops cannot grow properly is called:

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drought

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Why did many settlers on the Great Plains build their first house from sod instead of wood?

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Wood was scarce on the Great Plains.

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What did settlers do to bring more water to the Great Plains? Options: They begged., They prayed., They did a Rain Dance.

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Farmers built windmills to pump water.

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What physical feature made the Great Plains ideal for cattle farming? Options: Large rivers., Abundant trees., Rolling hills., Open grasslands.

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Open grasslands.

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The steel plow is to farming as barbed wire is to:

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Ranching

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The result of the Homestead Act was: Immigrants and farmers flocked to the Plains.

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Immigrants and farmers flocked to the Plains.