USII.1a,b Review Guide

Three adaptations to life in the West are ___, ___, and ___.

• sod houses, dry farming, beef cattle

• log cabins, rice farming, sheep herding

• igloos, slash-and-burn, reindeer herding

• teepees, wet farming, dairy cattle

Settlers needed _____ to mark territory lines with other settlers on the Great Plains.

• barbed wire

• rope

• paint

• flags

The _____ of 1862 allowed people to gain land and led to the migration of people and created new population centers.

• Homestead Act

• Dawes Act

• Morrill Act

• Indian Removal Act

4. _____ and _____ were inventions for people living in the Great Plains.

• Windmills, steel plows

• Television, computers

• Airplanes, submarines

• Smartphones, satellites

The _____ transformed life across America by providing a link between eastern and western cities.

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Erie Canal

• Wright Brothers' Airplane

• Pony Express

The steel plow helped farmers because it had sharp blades to cut through the dry, tough soil.

• True

• False

The Homestead Act of 1862 encouraged the development of the Great Plains region.

• True

• False

In the late 1800s most houses were made of sod in the Great Plains because materials to build shelter (wood) were limited.

• True

• False

Because of new inventions, people no longer saw the Great Plains as a treeless wasteland but as a new area to be settled.

• True

• False

Wheat farming and beef cattle raising were not adaptations in the Great Plains.

• True

• False