Buffalo are back

What is the MAIN idea of the section titled “The Buffalo”?

• The buffalo provided the Indians with all their needs.

• There were 75 million buffalo in North America.

• Loss of buffalo killed the prairie.

• Buffalo changed the prairie.

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

What happened when the grasshoppers chewed the fragile crops growing on the plains?

• nothing grew back

• buffalo grass grew back

• plants with tough roots grew back

• plants with fragile roots grew back

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

Who discovered three hundred buffalo in Montana?

• President Theodore Roosevelt

• General George A. Custer

• Sioux Chief Sitting Bull

• W. T. Hornaday

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

What conclusion can you draw from the selection?

• All farmers use contour plowing.

• Cattle are important to the farming industry.

• The buffalo population will never be in trouble again.

• It is important to protect both the buffalo and the native grasses.

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2