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Life on the Plains

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Short grass prairie land between Missouri River and Rocky Mountains.

a)

Great Plains

b)

Great Mountains

c)

Great Rivers

d)

Great Sea

2.

Congress passed this in 1862 to encourage people to move west.

(a)  

3.

People are from Czech Republic and Slovakia.

a)

Transylvania

b)

Pennsylvania

c)

Bohemia

d)

Germany

4.

Semi-dry ecosystem

(a)  

5.

Runs north and south through middle of Great Plains.

a)

10th meridien

b)

20th meridien

c)

30th meridien

d)

100th meridien

6.

Densely packed dirt filled with roots

(a)  

7.

_________wrote to wife and baby on April 6, 1873.

a)

O'Brien

b)

Oblinger

c)

Osmond

d)

Orion

8.

George Rogers chased this animal.

(a)  

9.

Martha Farnsworth was sick with this and missed 53 days of school.

a)

flu

b)

covid

c)

malaria

d)

bronchitis

10.

Nearest railroad point to Martha's school.

(a)  

11.

Young pigs were called this.

a)

goslings

b)

cubs

c)

puppies

d)

shoats

12.

(a)   breed are from wild horses.

13.

School house in Document D picture

(a)  

14.

Photographer who took a family's picture in 1886.

a)

Solomon Butcher

b)

Moses Appleby

c)

Henry Ford

d)

Abraham Lincoln

15.

Fires, tornadoes, hail, drought and blizzards are examples of extreme (a)   .

16.

Native Americans who survived the settlement of the Plains were moved here.

a)

California

b)

Texas

c)

reservations

d)

Canada

17.

The Homestead Act offered settlers this amount of land.

(a)  

18.

This President signed the Homestead Act in 1862.

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Ronald Reagan

19.

Transcontinental railway from New York to San Francisco was completed this year.

(a)  

20.

Nebraska became a state this year.

a)

1865

b)

1867

c)

1869

d)

1871

21.

Wife of Uriah W. Oblinger

(a)  

22.

Laura's Christmas presents.

a)

tin cup

b)

cake

c)

candy

d)

penny

e)

all of the above

23.

Laura's sister's name.

(a)  

24.

George Rogers chased this animal.

a)

horse

b)

cow

c)

chicken

d)

wolf

25.

Neighbor who wanted to adopt Martha.

(a)  

26.

Family member who was not good to Martha.

a)

Pa

b)

Ma

c)

step mother

d)

step father

27.

Kirk's horse's name

(a)  

28.

Martha's favorite game.

(a)  

29.

Martha's favorite class.

a)

Math

b)

Science

c)

Literary

d)

Poetry

30.

Nebraska Land is a sad song because it is about this.

(a)  

31.

Reason why people do not leave Nebraska.

(a)  

32.

Nebraska is compared to this because it is hot and windy.

(a)