North Dakota Armstrong kids puzzle

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  1. 2. The number of floors (stories) in the State Capital Building. (interestingly another websites says it is two floor taller and lists it as a 21-story Art Deco tower)
  2. 4. North Dakota holds the dubious distinction of being the ________(opposite of most)-visited state in America.
  3. 8. Farmers there produce enough wheat each year to make 12.6 billion loaves of _______.
  4. 9. In 2008, this large city on the eastern border of North Dakota and Minnesota, hosted the largest pancake feed in the world. The 34818 pancakes would have only given one pancake to every 3.5 residents of this town.
  5. 13. Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt spent a great deal of time in North Dakota, which is home to the Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Roosevelt first came to the area to hunt bison, but immediately fell in love with the land’s scenic beauty and natural wildlife. This kind of toy bear gets its name from President Roosevelt.
  6. 14. France controlled the area after an explorer named Pierre Gaultier La Vérendrye became the first European to arrive, in 1738. Later Spain and then England took over. In 1803 the land was acquired by the United States in the ________ Purchase. It brought into the United States about 828,000 square miles of territory from France, thereby doubling the size of the young republic. What was known at the time as the Louisiana Territory stretched from the Mississippi River in the east to the Rocky Mountains in the west and from the Gulf of Mexico in the south to the Canadian border in the north. Part or all of 15 states were eventually created from the land deal, which is considered one of the most important achievements of Thomas Jefferson’s presidency.
  7. 15. In the lower 48 states though, which state is the _____depends upon the time of year. North Dakota tops the list of ______ states in winter and fall, based on state-wide average temperatures. During spring, Maine is ________, while in summer it's Wyoming.
  8. 17. The World's Largest ________ monument stands tall on the hill in Jamestown. This 26-foot-tall, 60-ton concrete giant has been standing watch over Jamestown since 1959. (This animal once roamed the plains in huge bands of thousands, but was nearly hunted to extinction)
  9. 18. By 2000, 99.5% of North Dakota’s original _______ had been turned into farms and ranches.
  10. 20. A North Dakotan highway sculpture named “______ in Flight” holds the Guinness World Record as the largest metal sculpture in the world. Erected in 2001, it is 156 feet long, 100 feet tall, and weighs 75 tons. Retired schoolteacher Gary Greff, who wanted to break up the tedium on the highway, constructed it.
  11. 21. It’s illegal to go ______ in Fargo with a hat on. It is even illegal to wear a hat at a party where other people are taking part in this group activity that involves rhythmic movement. It is also illegal in North Dakota to take a nap with your shoes on.
  12. 22. The western parts of both Dakotas are also the _______ area of the United States. Since there are no trees or tall mountains, there is nothing to slow this natural occuring air movement.
  13. 23. This odd three word town name (with hypens between the words) describes a town built on the side of a hill. (two letters - hyphen - one letter - hyphen - five letters). It is a is a 400-year-old Mandan village, which thrived for 200 years. The Mandan were hunters and gardeners who lived in permanent villages. Located 7 miles south of Mandan on Highway 1806,
  14. 24. North Dakota is the nation’s 3rd-top ______ producer of this sweet white or brown crytalline substance found in nearly every kitchen.
  15. 26. ______ Island, the smallest state in the US, could fit inside North Dakota 46 times
  16. 27. North Dakota state law requires that most ________ are owned by local licensed medical professionals who dispense medicine so there are no national chain stores of this type (like Walgreens) in the state.
  17. 30. North Dakota shares a border with three states and two _____..
  18. 33. This type of coal (also known as brown coal-is considered the poorest form of coal because it produces the least heat when burned) is so plentiful that it could supply the region's need for over 800 years.
  19. 34. Most of the _____ (a type of food typically made from an unleavened dough of wheat flour mixed with water or eggs, and formed into sheets or other shapes, then cooked by boiling or baking)in America is made from North Dakota durum wheat. Grand Forks holds a huge pasta party each year in honor of the crop.
  20. 35. Huge herds of _____ once roamed the plains of North Dakota. By 1900, fewer than 600 were left. President Roosevelt spearheaded efforts to save the _______, and today about 90,000 live in North Dakota.
  21. 38. The J.R. Simplot potato processing plant in Grand Forks, ND, produces over 400 million pounds of French fries per year. _______ is its main golden arched customer with an apostrophe in its name.
  22. 39. The Comedian Red Skelton once quipped that North Dakota is “the only place I’ve been where I didn’t have to look up to see the ____.”
  23. 42. This north flowing river forms the eastern boundary of the state that it shares with Minnesota
  24. 43. The North Dakota Motto is "Liberty and union, now and forever: one and __________"( a word meaning unable to be separated or treated separately)
  25. 46. Lake _______ (alternate spelling of the famous Lemhi Shoshone woman who, at age 16, helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition in achieving their chartered mission objectives by exploring the Louisiana Territory) has more shoreline than the California Pacific Coast.
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  1. 1. On February 17, 2007, 8,962 people made snow _____ (celestial beings with wings) at the state capitol grounds. They beat the earlier record of 3,784 set at Michigan Technological University the previous year.
  2. 3. The International Peace _______ is a beautiful symbol of peace and friendship straddling the U.S. and Canadian border of North Dakota and Manitoba.
  3. 5. The North Dakota town of Balta is the geographical center of North America.
  4. 6. There are approximately three times more _____ (plural for cows) than people in North Dakota.
  5. 7. This is the tallest (at 242 feet) habitable building in the state is located at 600 E Boulevard Ave, Bismarck, ND 58505
  6. 10. In 2012, North Dakota was the fastest-growing state in the United States. The growth was largely due to an ____ boom in the Bakken fields in the western part of the state. The state became the 2nd-highest ____producing state behind Texas. Alaska has a well-known pipeline to move this product from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez where it is loaded on tanker ships.
  7. 11. North Dakota has more _____ (places Christians typically meet worship on Sunday) per capita than any other state which is likely the reason why people in this state are the happiest of any state in the country.
  8. 12. The Norsk _______ (Norwegian language: "Norwegian Autumn Festival") is attended by tens of thousands of people in Minot, North Dakota each year to mark the state’s Nordic Heritage. Immigrants from Nordic countries such as Iceland, Sweden, and Denmark trooped to the state in the late 19th century. In 1914, the land owned by Norwegians and their descendants stood at 20% of all the land in the state.
  9. 16. This type of flower is filled with seeds that are used to make oil for use in the kitchen. Some varieties of this flower grow over 10 feet tall. Your grandpa alow says that these will not grow well in Alaska because the head/flower turns to follow the sun and since the sun is up so long during the summer growing season, it just twists the head right off.
  10. 17. . . . West of the Drift Prairie is the Missouri Plateau, the state’s highest region. It includes the _________, a harsh stone valley that wind and water have sculpted into pyramids, domes, and buttes (steep, flat-topped hills). Located north of Interstate 94 and to the east of the Little Missouri River.
  11. 19. This town (located 10 miles NW of the Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge) boasts the world's largest hamburger (it weighed in at 3,591 pounds-that would have been enough for each resident of this tiny town to have a 22 lb. hamburger!)
  12. 22. North Dakota has more national ______ refuges (62) than any other state (to protect birds and other animals)
  13. 25. _______ Canadian explorer Pierre Gaultier de La Vérendrye led the first group of Europeans to explore what is now North Dakota. His name makes the european country of this name a fairly easy guess.
  14. 28. North Dakota is the home to the largest state-owned _____ (quadrupedal, ruminant mammals whose hair is shorn for clothing ) research center in the United States.
  15. 29. Fort _______, which is today a national historic site, used to be an important stop for traders who were on stretches of Missouri River. Tribes from the Northern Plains also traveled to Fort _____ each spring for trading furs and buffalo for other goods. Between 1828 and 1867, it was reported that the Fort’s turnover in trade amounted to $100,000 each year. It is located 7 miles southwest of the community of hardscrabble (a term meaning involving hard work and struggle) on the Missouri River.
  16. 30. Less than one ______ of North Dakota is forest, the smalles amount of any state. (That is no doubt due to the fact that there is much more grass than there are trees.)
  17. 31. North Dakota holds a yearly _______Bowl. The event dates back to the year 1966 when the football coach of the University of North Dakota team organized a competition between them and Idaho State, a state which rivals North Dakota in _____ (slag: spud) production.
  18. 32. Lakota means "allies, _____s (A person other than a family member, spouse or lover whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection) or those who are united." Dakota comes from the word Da meaning "considered" and Koda or "_____". Most Lakota, Dakota and Nakota people live on South Dakota's nine reservations. There are also Sioux reservations in North Dakota, Nebraska, Montana, Minnesota and Canada.
  19. 36. The most popular tourist spot in North Dakota is the Wild West town of _____, which was founded in 1883 by the Marquis de Mores, a French nobleman. It is located just south of Interstate 94 on the Pacific Avenue next to the little Missouri river (that also flows past the Busenitz farm in Wyoming). According to the 2010 census, its population is 112 people.
  20. 37. In 1887, North Dakotan David Henderson Houston invented a camera. He named it by scrambling the first four letters of Dakota and adding a “K” to make _____. He later sold the rights of the ______ camera to George Eastman.
  21. 38. The state bird is the western _______. (Hint the part of the name is related to the fact that the state is mostly grassland)
  22. 40. Teddy Roosevelt once said about the state “I would never have been _______ if it had not been for my experiences in North Dakota.”
  23. 41. One of the quirkiest sports in North Dakota is lawn _____ racing. By the time mowers are customized, they can reach speeds of 60 mph, compared to the 5 mph they might do in the backyard.
  24. 44. North Dakota is the only state that owns one of these financial businesses where people normally have accounts on which they can write checks or have debit/credit cards. These businesses also loan money for car.
  25. 45. This was once the smallest city in North Dakota has only 5 residents, but the city was dissolved in 2002. It's name is ____ and it shares a zip code of 58324 with the city of Cando 7 miles to the north on US 281