Montana Armstrong kids puzzle

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  1. 3. This major mountain chain runs from the southern US all the way to Alaska. It is found in the far western side of Montana.
  2. 6. In 1908, the National ______ Range was established to preserve wild _____ from extinction in western Montana. These large animals are native to North America and similar to (and often mistaken for ) Buffalo (which are not native to North America).
  3. 12. At the 19th century's close, the mines made the capital of Montana Helena home to more ________ per capita than any other city in the world. (all because of a shiny yellowish rock found in the area)
  4. 15. The 'Going to the ______ Road' in Glacier National Park is amongst the most scenic drives in America.
  5. 16. The Fort _______ Dam is the highest of six major dams along the Missouri River, located in northeast Montana in the United States, near Glasgow, and adjacent to the community of Fort ____. It is one of the largest earth-filled dams in the world.
  6. 17. The town of ______ in Montana is named after the daughter of the legendary Native American chief Sitting Bull. To find this town head east out of Miles city on Highway US 12 for about 80 miles to the community of Baker. Then turn south on MT-7 and continue another 40 miles.
  7. 24. Early Spanish colonizers named Montana 'Montaña del Norte' when they were first exploring the state, because of its western mountainous region. That name means Montana of the _______"
  8. 25. The city is named for Frederick H. Billings, a former president of the Northern Pacific Railroad. With one of the largest trade areas in the United States, ________is the trade and distribution center for much of Montana east of the Continental Divide, Northern Wyoming, and western portions of North Dakota and South Dakota. ________is also the largest retail destination for much of the same area.
  9. 26. A former capital of Montana "_______ city" shared a name with a state near our nations capital. You will find the name in a famous editorial written by Francis Pharcellus Church entitled "Yes, Virginia, there is a a Santa Claus".
  10. 28. ________ (a type of scientist who studies this type of thing) from the Museum of the Rockies were the first to discover fossilised dinosaur embryos at Egg Mountain in the Rocky Mountains, 14 September 1983.
  11. 29. Montana's state tree is the ______ pine. It was first documented in modern science in 1826 in eastern Washington near present-day Spokane (of which it is the official city tree).[7][8] On that occasion, David Douglas misidentified it as Pinus resinosa (red pine). In 1829, Douglas concluded that he had a new pine among his specimens and coined the name Pinus _____ (a derivatie of ponderous which means slow and clumsy because of great weight) for its heavy wood. In 1836, it was formally named and described by Charles Lawson, a Scottish nurseryman. It was adopted as the official state tree of Montana
  12. 32. Montana has a large international border with Canada. It is the only state in the U.S. to share a land border with three Canadian provinces (British Columbia, Alberta, and _________).
  13. 34. Montana is also home to the “Crown of the Continent” – the ______ National Park.
  14. 37. In the area, it is slightly larger than Japan. It is also the largest __________ (synonym: noncoastal) U.S. state.
  15. 38. A corner of this national park, the first in the country, is located in Montna. This park is known to be a supervolcano and experiences 1000 to 3000 earthquakes each year.
  16. 39. This sport, which is normally conducted in the ocean is routinely practiced near the bridge in downtown Missoula on the Clark Fork River at a Manmade wave (Brennan's Wave) that was designed to provide kayakers with a whitewater experience however it is also used by people who stand on a long narrow buoyant board when participating in this sport.
  17. 41. In November 1916, four years before the Nineteenth Amendment guaranteed the right of women to vote, Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first _____ elected to the United States Congress. During the first half of the twentieth century, Rankin served two nonconsecutive terms in the House which coincided with World War I and World War II. While she may be best known for her votes to keep America out of those conflicts, Rankin was also a tireless activist who worked to expand voting rights for women, to ensure better working conditions for laborers across America, and to improve health care for women and infants. Ultimately, she was a pathbreaker. “I may be the first _______ member of Congress,” Rankin observed in 1917. “But I won’t be the last.”1
  18. 42. YellowstoneNational Park was not only the first national park in the U.S., but also the first national park in the __________.
  19. 44. While there are many things big about the state of Montana, this is the one you here most often "big ____ (SYNONYM: Wild blue yonder) country"
  20. 45. Despit the meaning of the name of the state and the fact that its mountains contain the continental divide, its average elevation is 3,400 ft, the ________ among the states that contain the same mountain chain.
  21. 46. The biggest waterfall on the Missouri River is in Montana. The town that grew up around this falls has the same name, _______ falls. The name is a synonym for incredible.
  22. 47. Northwest Montana has the largest concentration of ______ bears in the Lower 48 states, with more than 1,000 bears across Glacier National Park and nearby expanses of forested wilderness, an area known as the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem. _____ bears are large and range in color from very light tan (almost white) to dark brown. They have a dished face, short, rounded ears, and a large shoulder hump. The hump is where a mass of muscles attach to the bear's backbone and give the bear additional strength for digging. The _____ bear is the state animal of Montana.
  23. 49. The name for the new town destined to become the state's captial did not arrive overnight. Initially, the new town had a less-than-inspiring name of Crabtown, named after one of the four Georgians who found gold. Soon, though, other names were bounced around, including Pumpkinville and Squashtown. However, many of the miners were from Minnesota. These miners soon began to call the town after another town in Minnesota, called Saint _____. This name was soon shortened to _____, which is the name today.
  24. 50. 50 of the 56 counties in Montana are considered '_____ counties' meaning they have an average of 6 people per square mile or less.
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  1. 1. Montana is home to approximately 8,000 ____. A somewhat ungainly looking vary large animal once described as "designed by a committee". This animal was once considered extinct but it is alive in well in Montana. Your grandpa and Aunt Karen have hunted this animal. There is a picture somewhere of your Aunt Karen holding a ______ liver that weighed about 30 lbs and filled up both arms.
  2. 2. These two words joined by a hypen describe one of the unique features of the Yellowsone river that describe it as the longest ____-______ (un-dammed) river in the United States.
  3. 4. This general whose middle name is the same as your lastname foolishly disobeyed his orders in an attempt to gain a glorious victory, instead he was massacred at the Little Bighorn river.
  4. 5. Montana is also home to Pompey's _______, a rock formation near Billings which is made of sandstone and was signed by Captain William Clark in 1806. To locate Pompey's _____ take Exit 23 off Interstate 94 turn north on Highwy 312 and go 7/10ths of a mile. (About 30 miles northeast of Billings).
  5. 6. This city (whose name indicates a hill) in western Montana is called the “richest hill on planet earth”. This is because of the rich mining history of this city.
  6. 7. Montana is also home to the U.S.'s largest _____ (four letter abbreviation for a type of ballistic missles capable to reaching other continents) field.
  7. 8. The first ____ was discovered in Montana at a creek appropriately enough named ____ creek in 1852.
  8. 9. The state flower of Montana is the ______ which is also the name of a mountain range along its border with Idaho. (I would guess that if you dug up this flow and tried to eat its roots your would find a bitter/nasty taste in your mouth).
  9. 10. Montana is home to 100 species of _____s: no other state has as many different _______ species of these. They have 3 distinguishing characteristics: Mamary glans (produce milk for babies nouishment), hair, and three middle ear bones (but you might not want to try examining these on some of the larger examples, like grizzley bears, while they are alive!)
  10. 11. The name Montana has a Spanish origin. The earliest Spanish settlers named the state “montaña” and it means _______ in Spanish.
  11. 13. ________ is a ghost town in Beaverhead County, Montana, United States, located on Grasshopper Creek, approximately 11 miles upstream from where Grasshopper Creek joins with the Beaverhead River south of Dillon. It can be located by following Interstate 15 south from Helena to an exit in the vacinity of the community of Dillon then heading a short distance west.
  12. 14. The city of Loma in Montana has the world record for the greatest temperature change in 24 hours. The temperature changed a whopping 103 degrees ________ moving from -54 degrees _______ to 49 degrees __________. Which of the two systems for measuring temperature do you think makes the most sense?
  13. 18. The old Anaconda Copper Company smelter stack, completed in 1919, is one of the tallest free-standing brick structures in the world at 585 feet. The inside diameter is 75 feet at the bottom, tapering to 60 feet at the top. In comparison, the Washington Monument is 555 feet tall. It is now a park which can be reached by taking exit 208 from Interstate 90 and head west on Pintler Veterans Memorial Scenic Highway (Higway 1) 7.9 miles and before you reach the town with the same name you will see it on the left.
  14. 19. Montana has a unique feature called a _______ divide. This _______ divide allows water to flow into the Atlantic Ocean, The Hudson Bay (when considered an Arctic tributary) and the Pacific Ocean. It is a word similar to double, but instead of having to do with two of something it indicates three.
  15. 20. When the oil embargo caused gas rationing in the U.S. speed limits were lowered on all highways. This was enforced by the threat of Federal Highway funding being withheld if states did not comply. So Montana posted the correct speed limit, but then passed a rule that said if you were stopped for exceeding the speed limit but were not going faster than would have been allowed before you could pay the officer ______ (quintuple of one) dollars and there would be no record of your speeding ticket.
  16. 21. _______ Springs state park (just ouside Great Falls) contains the larges freshwater springs in the country, producing over 156 million gallons of water daily! That would fill 9,750 semi-tanker trucks which if parked bumper to bumper (no space between them) would stretch just over 129 miles! That would take you one hour and 51 minutes to pass if driving at the freeway speedlimit in most states and they were parked and not moving.
  17. 22. Montana is known as the Treasure State because it is rich in many mineral and gemstone sources, including two types of sapphires: the _____ (rhymes with pogo) Sapphire from the central area of the state, and Fancy Montana Sapphires found mostly in the western half of the state. Only one gem from North America is included in the Crown Jewels of England. This is the Montana ________ (this name is also an Acronym for "You Obey God Only") Sapphire.
  18. 23. ___________- Lake is the largest natural freshwater lake in the U.S. Ten miles south of Kalispell on US 93
  19. 27. True or false Bison and Buffalo are different names for the same animal. It’s easy to understand why people confuse bison and buffalo. Both are large, horned, oxlike animals of the Bovidae family. There are two kinds of bison, the American bison and the European bison, and two forms of buffalo, water buffalo and Cape buffalo. To distinguish between them, especially if you focus on the three H’s: home, hump, and horns.
  20. 29. Montana is the home of the world’s First International ________ Park. This park is a combination of Alberta’s Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada and the Glacier National Park in Montana.
  21. 30. Half of the land (every other section) along their right of way in eastern Montana was given to this business in return for the service they would provide.
  22. 31. Miles City (called MC by the locals) bills itself as "the _______ (synonyms: welcoming, outgoing, sociable, gracious) town in the west".
  23. 32. Shortly before I married your grandmother I encountered 6" long ones of these, I thought they were huge, but Montana has documented evidence that they were just "good sized". The largest ________(synonym for snow crystal) ever observed was seen in Fort Keogh, Montana. This ______ had an incredible diameter of 15 inches.
  24. 33. Montana is home to the largest migratory ______ herd in the U.S. This member of the deer family known for breaking down fences instead of jumping them. Their antlers are very large and can grow as much as an inch a day and can weigh 40 lb. when full grown. Interestingly how large they grow depends on how much sunlight the elk gets during the time they are growing. Sunlight causes a boost in testoterone levels causing the anlers to grow. When a male member of this type of deer is trying to attract a female he roars with his voice box and whitles at the same time producing a very strange noise. The Shawnee name for this animal is wapiti, which means “white rump.” A mature bull can weigh 700 lbs and run as fast as 40 miles per hour – they’ve even been able to outrun horses in short races. And that’s not all they can jump eight feet vertically.
  25. 35. Montana has the largest population of ________ eagles in the United States
  26. 36. "_____ Point" is found on the first important certificate related to your grandmothers life. This point is named for The gray, or timber, wolf (Canis lupus) is the better known. It is the largest nondomestic member of the dog family (Canidae) that inhabits vast areas of the Northern Hemisphere.
  27. 40. The motto of Montana is “oro y plata” and this means “_____ and silver” in Spanish. This motto is taken from the ____ and silver deposits in the state. _____ was first discovered in Montana in 1852.“_____ and silver” have historically been the most valuable metals.
  28. 43. Ther are seven Native American reservations in Montana. These and other reservations in other states are unique because they are _______ nations within the border of our country, they pay no tax, but receive many benifits from our national government.
  29. 48. Around 10 000 white _________ with a wingspan of nine feet migrate from the Gulf of Mexico to Medicine Lake in northeastern Montana every spring. They are a huge waterbird with very broad wings, a long neck, and a massive bill that gives the head a unique, long shape. They have thick bodies, short legs, and short, square tails. During the breeding season, adults grow an unusual projection or horn on the upper mandible near the tip of the bill. They are superb soarers (they are among the heaviest flying birds in the world) and often travel long distances in large flocks by soaring. When flapping, their wingbeats are slow and methodical.