Ch. 1 Lesson 3 36-37

The complex relationships between ________ and _____________ has shaped the story of Kansas over hundreds of years.

Mark the two correct answers.

• Humans

• Nature

• Animals

• Spiritual World

Which of the following are ways that people have used natural resources around them to provide for their basic needs?

Mark all that apply!

• Cut down trees

• removed stone from the ground

• used water from rivers

• constructed steel houses

• used hail stones to cool their drinks

Native Peoples and settlers needed to build homes, but wood was scarce in central Kansas. Which word best defines scarce?

81. Houses, schools, bridges, businesses, churches, courthouses and fence posts.

82. In the early days of Kansas all the above places were built with what?

• Brick
• Limestone

• Metal
• Wood

Why was limestone a useful building material?

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If the environment doesn’t meet their needs, people can _____________ the physical features around them.

Preparing and using for crops and gardening.

What word below would best describe the above?

• cultivation
• irrigation
• planting
• harvesting

What steps have Kansans taken to correct the problems that contributed to the Dust Bowl? Choose all that apply.

• Doubled the size of farms without implementing any practices.
• Rotate which crops they grow

• Let fields lie fallow (uncultivated) for awhile

• Increased the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
• Plant shelterbelts (rows of trees to block wind)

Crops couldn't grow during the Dust Bowl was an issue.

• True

• False

• Depends on your thought process when thinking about how many letters are in the answer.

• I asked Barney, but he would not tell me.

Farmers in the early 1900s over-plowed the land.

Explain what happened due to the over-plowing.

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