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Mind Map by cameronsdd, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by cameronsdd
over 9 years ago
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The Great Plains
- Characteristics of the Great Plains
- inhabited by wolves
- Dangerous to people and livestock.
- Dangerous to people and livestock.
- Inhabited by locusts and grasshoppers
- These ate any crops.
- These ate any crops.
- Many areas flat and featureless
- Easy to get lost. Nowhere to get protection from winds.
- Easy to get lost. Nowhere to get protection from winds.
- Ferocious winds - the winter 'Northers' and the scorching summer winds
- The winter 'Northers' brought hail and blizzards. Tornados destroyed houses.
- The winter 'Northers' brought hail and blizzards. Tornados destroyed houses.
- Unpredictable weather, including extremely cold and violent winters
- Very difficult to grow crops. Animals died in winter.
- Very difficult to grow crops. Animals died in winter.
- Semi-arid - little water available
- Need for drinking water. Need for water for animals.
- Need for drinking water. Need for water for animals.
- Lack of trees
- Nothing to build houses etc with. Nothing for fuel.
- Nothing to build houses etc with. Nothing for fuel.
- Enormous size
- Getting there in the first place. Isolation when there.
- Getting there in the first place. Isolation when there.
- inhabited by wolves
- Summary
- Uninhabitable desert (1840 American view)
- Grasslands
- Between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains
- Uninhabitable desert (1840 American view)
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