Exploring the West

For many Native Americans, ​ (a)   was an important natural resource.

• buffalo
• wood
• seals
• water

The United States leaders decided to control the settling of the Northwest territory by first sending workers to ​ (a)   or measure, the territory.

• survey
• check
• supervise
• protect

To attract settlers, the United States government passed the ​​ (a)   in 1862.

• Homestead Act
• Kendall Act
• Louisiana Act
• Revolutionary Act

To get water, pioneers built large​ (a)   to pump the water.

• windmills
• water pumps
• wells
• tide mills

In the late 1700s and early 1800s, Robert Fulton and others, developed the ​​ (a)   .

• steamboat
• flatboats
• motorboat
• automobile

A ​ (a)   is a place where livestock is bought, sold, and held before shipment.

• stockyard
• farmers market
• flat yard
• railway yard

In an ​ (a)   economy, most goods are made by machines and in factories.​

• industrial
• automobile
• world
• global

In the Midwest, the climate gets ​ (a)   as you move from east to west.

• drier
• hotter
• wetter

A ​ (a)   is a long period of little or no rain.

• drought
• tsunami
• tornado
• earthquake

A ​ (a)   is an area of flat or rolling land covered mostly with grasses and wildflowers.

• prairie
• plain
• hill
• glacier