Prairie Quiz: questions and answers

1. What is the Latin word for "prairie"?

Pritriam

Proirat

Pratum

2. How did the North American Prairies formation start?

All lakes dried for unknown reason

The Rocky Mountains created a rain shadow

The area lowered after the earthquake

3. Prairie in North America is usually split into:

3 groups

4 groups

5 groups

4. What is the Southern Canadian agricultural and climatic region known as?

Palliser

Canadian Diangle

English Diangle

5. Which kind of prairie has a good drainage system?

Mesic

Dusty

Wet

6. Prairie land that has never been plowed known as:

Virgin prairie

Null prairie

Fresh prairie

7. Which kind of prairies has excellent farming soil?

Dosh

Hard

Wet

8. Which one is the most endangered type of prairie?

Mesic

Muddy

Dry

9. What was the main hunted animal of the prairies?

Elephants

Plains bison

Foxes

10. Who developed a steel moldboard plow in 1837?

Alen Max

William Henry

John Deere

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