SOL 2 A

How did the lack of trees affect settlers on the Great Plains?

• It made the land difficult to cultivate
• No trees made life easier
• There were no homes for wildlife
• There were few materials to use for buildings or fuel

During the nineteenth century, all of the following inventions allowed people to live in more challenging environments except 

• Railroads
• Steel plow
• Windmill
• Automobile 

All of the following are examples of inventions or adaptations that made it possible for people to live in more challenging environments except 

• dry farming
• wheat farming
• beef cattle raising
• organic farming

Because of new technologies, people saw the Great Plains as a vast area to be settled instead of a 

• plateau 
• treeless wasteland
• buffalo stomping ground
• tundra 

Which invention/adaption led to beef cattle raising 

• Windmills
• Sod houses
• Barbed wire 
• Dry farming

Which invention/adaption allowed farmers to dig through the tough soil of the Great Plains

• Windmills
• Steel Plow
• Barbed wire 
• Dry farming

Which invention/adaption allowed water to be   pumped from deep within the ground? 

• Windmills
• Sod houses
• Barbed wire 
• Dry farming

Which invention/adaption allowed farmers to plant seeds deep within soil to reach the moisture? 

• Windmills
• Sod houses
• Barbed wire 
• Dry farming

The Climate patterns of the Great Plains were all except

• Low rainfall
• High rainfall
• Cold/Harsh Winters
• Hot/Dry Summers

Because of new technologies, people saw the Great Plains as a —

• treeless wasteland
• vast area to be settled
• wilderness filled with trees
• forest ready to be chopped down