Kansas History Chapter 1 Review

The most numerous type of animal in Kansas is:

• buffalo
• insects
• birds
• cattle

The "grasshopper invasion" in 1874 was a baseball team that traveled throughout the state.  

• True
• False

Native grasses are a valuable resource because:

• they grow so tall that they offer shade to grazing cattle.  
• they can be cut, processed, and sold as food.  
• they prevent tornadoes.  
• the protect the soil from erosion and catch rainwater.  

What forms Kansas's only natural border:

• the Atlantic Ocean.
• the Rocky Mountains. 
• the Missouri River.
• the Ogallala Aquifer. 

The Permian Sea:

• was a prehistoric sea thousands of years ago.  
• became the Kansas River.  
• made buffalo extinct.  
• exists today near Salina, Kansas.  

A process of breaking down, such as the breaking down of rock by actions of wind and water is?

• Drought
• Physical features
• Precipitation
• Erosion

Description of a location as it relates to the location of other places is? 

• Absolute Location
• Relative Location
• Conterminous states
• Human Interaction

Environmentally, great differences exist today between western and eastern Kansas.  

• True
• False

Eighty percent of a prairie is underground.  

• False
• True

Kansas took legal action against Colorado claiming that Colorado used more than its share of water from the Arkansas River. 

• False
• True