Across
- 3. upper layer of soil that has the highest concentration of organic matter, this was being highly affected because of erosion
- 4. ___ England was the region that received red snow because of the dust.
- 6. A state that received 12 million pounds of dust being blown to them from the Great Plains.
- 8. dirty ____. One of the nicknames given to this time period.
- 9. a type of farming technique for non-irrigated (not supplied by water) cultivation of crops
- 11. the Dust ____. The popular nickname of this era.
- 13. When plants are exposed to intensive grazing for a long amount of time
- 14. In nineteen_______ was when severe drought began in the Great Plains region.
- 15. what crop residues are called
- 16. a specific storm made out of ___ during the Great Depression that affected agriculture
Down
- 1. The name of the act which allowed settlers to settle on land owned by the government to encourage development of the plains for agricultural reasons.
- 2. type of plain that experienced the drought for 8 years
- 5. the technique farmers were using at the time caused this to happen on their fields because of the overuse of it
- 7. what month did Black Sunday happen on?
- 9. A period of time where an area docent get water for a while
- 10. type of weather that was typical to experience during these droughts
- 12. topsoil became ____ during this time
- 15. Black ____ was the nickname given to the most severe dust storm occurrence on this specific day of the week.
- 17. dust ___'s (also called sand storms) were beginning to appear because of the drought.