Dust Bowl Crossword

2. Insufficiency in timber and surface water made _____ settlement unpopular in the general area.
7. This occurred in the Great plains in the 1930s and resulted in erosion and loss of topsoil due to farming practices at the time.
9. A slang word that describes an old, damaged, and almost unusable car.
12. An agency that provides technical assistance to farmers and private landowners.
13. One of the two things that resulted from people abandoning their homesteads.
14. This was the result of a particular kind of storm that negatively impacted American land during the 1930s.
15. This was a time period when crops started to fail.

1. Human Displacement increased the negative, economic effect of the _______ in the region.
3. During this time period,the rich soil provided large amounts of crops.
4. occurs when a living creature gets too few or too many nutrients.
5. The amount of states affected by the Dust Bowl.
6. An infection that was caused by exposure to dust storms.
8. A severe dust storm that occurred on April 14, 1935
10. A tactic used by farmers that lacked understanding of the ecology where they cut deep into the ground to modify soil water retention characteristics for a long term.
11. This area was often referred to as the Great American Desert and was originally considered unsuitable for European crops.