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Created pastures-keeps thing in- at first created to keep things out (cattle trails)
a) Barbed Wire
b) Steel Plow
c) Railroads
d) Windmills
Broke through tough sod (the top layer of soil)
a) Sod Houses
b) Dry Farming
c) Steel Plow
d) Windmills
Allowed food to be grown in dry areas
a) Windmills
b) Wheat Farming
c) Beef Cattle Raising
d) Dry Farming
Provided shelter is area with few trees
a) Sod Houses
b) Dry Farming
c) Beef Cattle Raising
d) Wheat Farming
Gave practical solution to discovery of local wild cattle (longhorns)
a) Barbed Wire
b) Beef Cattle Raising
c) Railroads
d) Sod Houses
Planted before harsh winter and harvested before hot, dry summer
a) Wheat Farming
b) Dry Farming
c) Beef Cattle Raising
d) Steel Plow
Provided a source of water
a) Windmills
b) Wheat Farming
c) Dry Farming
d) Barbed Wire
Allowed quicker and more efficient way to transport people and goods in and out of Great Plains
a) Railroads
b) Steel Plow
c) Sod Houses
d) Beef Cattle Raising
Land in the Great Plains was eroded by what?
a) Wind and Water
b) Water
c) Wind
d) Heat from the sun
Which of the following does NOT describe the Great Plains?
a) Lots of rain fall
b) Frequent Dust Storms
c) Flatlands that rise gradually from east to west
d) Low rainfall
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