history - the american west

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describe the atmosphere of Utah
dry desert
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describe the atmosphere of Oaklahoma
green, flat
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describe the atmosphere of South dakota
Mountainess
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describe the atmosphere of Lowa
flat, wheatfield
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give one reason why the great american desert may be a difficult place to live
extreme weather, raging from drought to heavy snow. Tornados are also common
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give another reason
it takes a very long time to travel anywhere
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give another reason
there are native americans that live on the plains
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what part of the buffalo was used for clothing ways?
fur, rawhide, tanned hide
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what part of the buffalo was used for religious ways?
skull, dung, heart
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what part of the buffalo was used for home needs?
horns, tail, tongue, hooves, flesh, bladder intestines, gall, fat
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what part of the buffalo was used for warfare?
bones, sinews
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why was the buffalo so important?
because it was the only means of the people to survive. Without the bull, the tribes would die
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what happened during a buffalo dance?
before setting out to hunt a buffalo, the indians would dress as buffalo's and copy their movements
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what was the dance for?
to call upon the spirit world for help in their hunting. They also believed it brought good luck
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what was one of the methods of hunting a buffalo?
creep up on the buffalo and shoot it with arrows
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what was another method?
they would disguise themselves in wolf skin
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what was the last method?
stampede a buffalo herd into 'buffalo jumps' so that the animals were trapped in narrow valleys or driven over a cliff and killed
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name the 5 beliefs of the Sioux
dances, sacred land, visions, spirit world and circles
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give 4 reasons why the plains indians went to war
raids, individual warriors, counting coup, scalping
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give 3 pull factors of moving to the west
government encouragement, the oregon trail, mountain men
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give 2 push factors of moving to the west
economic depression, collape in cereal crop prices
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give 6 difficulties faced on the journey west
diseases, extreme weather, dehydration, lack of food, indian attacks, heat stroke
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what was the vision for joseph smith?
in 1820 he had a claimed to have a pillar of light before him telling him not to join any religious group. And in 1827 an agel told joseph where he book was buried. He dug it up
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what were the plates?
the person who found the plates was to restore the true church of christ in America,
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what was the book of mormon?
publsihed in 1830, it contained statements of 8 people, claiming they had seen the plates.
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what was the ultimate mission?
after praying for guidance he took his followers to the village of Kirtland, in Ohio, where he planned to set up a city of god.
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what were the years the mormons spent in Kirtland?
1831-1837
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what were the years the mormons spent in Missouri?
1837-1838
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what were the years the mormons sent in Nauvoo?
1839-1846
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who was brigham young?
the leader after joseph smith
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