Life on the Prairie

1. a group of mountains or hills, usually in a line
3. the shape of an area of land, including its hills, valleys etc
7. a wide open area of fairly flat land in North America which is covered in grass or wheat
8. a small narrow stream or river
9. area of flat or gently rolling low land
10. an area of countryside or land of a particular type, used especially when talking about its appearance
12. Wagon transportation used in the 1800's pulled by livestock to travel across the Great Plains
15. a large area of flat land that is higher than the land around it
16. a very steep cliff or slope
17. Environment that provides the food, water, shelter, and space for wildlife to make their homes

1. a natural and continuous flow of water in a long line across a country into the sea
2. a large area of land covered with wild grass
4. the study of the countries, oceans, rivers, mountains, cities etc of the world:
5. a piece of land, usually for farming, given to people in the past by the US government; it contains all the land and buildings that form a person’s property
6. Plains the broad expanse of prairie and grasslands which lie east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States and Canada
7. one of the first people to travel to a new country or area and begin living there, farming etc:
11. a person who leaves his or her home to live in another place
13. an area of lower land between two lines of hills or mountains, usually with a river flowing through it:
14. grass and other plants that grazing animals eat