Fernandes, Zhuo Dust Bowl

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Across
  1. 3. The number of people who died from starvation _____ million.
  2. 6. Winds that blew away in huge clouds that sometimes blackened the sky.
  3. 9. Main cause of the dust bowl.
  4. 11. What died due to no longer having a food source.
  5. 15. What ended the dust bowl.
  6. 16. The main state that people fled to during the dust bowl era.
  7. 18. Was the number of people who fled the dust bowl states in the millions or thousands.
  8. 19. What body part were infections more common than usual.
  9. 22. Was the name for a mini tornado.
  10. 23. The region of the US that was hurt the most by the drought.
Down
  1. 1. Many of these were planted to restore the grassland.
  2. 2. Was the name for dried topsoil.
  3. 4. This was a nickname for people that migrated from Oklahoma, to California.
  4. 5. A massive dust storm traveled 2,000 miles to the ____ coast, where buildings like the statue of liberty were damaged.
  5. 7. Many of _____ were dried out by dust storms and were no longer edible.
  6. 8. The number of years the dust bowl lasted.
  7. 10. How much money per day in millions were lost during the dust bowl?
  8. 12. The dust bowl dirt was carried 300 miles to the ________ ocean.
  9. 13. Was the most popular crop during the dust bowl.
  10. 14. People who owned farms on mortgages had to sell their farms, due to having to pay back the _____.
  11. 17. It was one of the largest __________ in US history.
  12. 20. The number of distinct drought events from 1930-1936.
  13. 21. Was the Dust bowl a man made disaster and/or a natural disaster.