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Chapter 4 Terms
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5th Grade
10/27/2009

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5.1 World's largest Prarie
Definition
Is the world's largest prairie.
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5.2 Prairie
Definition
A reign of short grasses.
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5.3 Extreme Praire Weather
Definition
Are violent storms.
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5.4 Tumbleweeds
Definition
Are round dried up plants.
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5.5 Prairie dogs
Definition
Are similer to Gophers.
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5.6 Bison
Definition
The most important animal to the indians of the plain.
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5.7 Ozarks
Definition
Rise as much as 2,000 feet above the plains just west of the Mississippi River in the states of Missouri and Arkansas.
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5.8 Black Hills
Definition
The Siox called the hills Black Hills because of their dark appearance when seen from a distance.  
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5.9 Badlands
Definition
A region which the Indians called Maco Sica meant Badlands.
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5.10 Mesabi Range
Definition
  Located in northeast Minnesota contains rich deposits of iron ore.
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5.11 Missouri River
Definition
The chief tributary of Mississippiis the second longest river in North America.
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5.12 Gulf of Mexico
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The worlds largest gulf.
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5.13 Gulf Stream
Definition
Warm waters of the source of an important Atlantic Current.
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