North Dakota Armstrong kids puzzle

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  1. 3. 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
  2. 4. 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.
  3. 7. 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.
  4. 8. Fort _______, which is today a national historic site, used to be an important stop for traders who were on stretches of Mississippi 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.
  5. 9. The J.R. Simplot potato processing plant in Grand Forks, ND, produces over 400 million pounds of French fries per year. _______ is its main customer.
  6. 13. Most of the pasta in America is made from North Dakota ______ wheat. Grand Forks holds a huge pasta party each year in honor of the crop.
  7. 15. . . . 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).
  8. 17. North Dakota is the only state that owns one of these financial businesses.
  9. 19. The state bird is the western _______. (Hint the part of the name is related to the fact that the state is mostly grassland)
  10. 20. This is the tallest building in the state at 242 feet
  11. 25. 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. According to the 2010 census, its population is 112 people.
  12. 27. North Dakota has more _____ per capita than any other state
  13. 29. This type of flower is filled with seeds that are used to make oil for use in the kitchen.
  14. 31. The North Dakota Motto is "Liberty and union, now and forever: one and __________"
  15. 33. The western parts of both Dakotas are also the _______ area of the United States
  16. 34. North Dakota holds the dubious distinction of being the ________-visited state in America.
  17. 36. There are approximately three times more _____ than people in North Dakota.
  18. 37. North Dakota is the nation’s 3rd-top ______ producer
  19. 38. On February 17, 2007, 8,962 people made snow _____at the state capitol grounds. They beat the earlier record of 3,784 set at Michigan Technological University the previous year.
  20. 39. 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 Kodak camera to George Eastman.
  21. 40. Rhode Island, the smallest state in the US, could fit inside North Dakota _____ times
  22. 44. The Norsk _______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.
  23. 45. The North Dakota town of Balta is the geographical center of North America.
  24. 46. 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.
  25. 47. Less than one ______ of North Dakota is forest, the smalles amount of any state.
  26. 48. The International Peace _______ is a beautiful symbol of peace and friendship straddling the U.S. and Canadian border of North Dakota and Manitoba.
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  1. 1. By 2000, 99.5% of North Dakota’s original _______ had been turned into farms and ranches.
  2. 2. This town boasts the world's largest hamburger (it weighed in at 3,591 pounds)
  3. 5. This north flowing river forms the eastern boundary of the state that it shares with Minnesota
  4. 6. North Dakota has more national ______ refuges (62) than any other state
  5. 10. 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)
  6. 11. 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.
  7. 12. North Dakota shares a border with three states and two _____.
  8. 14. Lake _______ has more shoreline than the California Pacific Coast.
  9. 16. North Dakota is the _____ of the 38 contiguous states.
  10. 18. The number of floors (stories) in the State Capital Building.
  11. 21. Teddy Roosevelt once said about the state “I would never have been _______ if it had not been for my experiences in North Dakota.”
  12. 22. 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 in the state.
  13. 23. 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 _____ production.
  14. 24. 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.
  15. 26. _______ Canadian explorer Pierre Gaultier de La Vérendrye led the first group of Europeans to explore what is now North Dakota.
  16. 28. This type of coal is so plentiful that it could supply the region's need for over 800 years.
  17. 30. In 2008, ______, North Dakota, hosted the largest pancake feed in the world
  18. 32. The smallest city in North Dakota has only 5 residents. It's name is ____.
  19. 35. 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.
  20. 37. The Comedian Red ______ once quipped that North Dakota is “the only place I’ve been where I didn’t have to look up to see the sky.”
  21. 41. North Dakota is the home to the largest state-owned _____ research center in the United States.
  22. 42. Dakota is the Sioux word for ______.
  23. 43. 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 _______. It is also illegal in North Dakota to take a nap with your shoes on.
  24. 46. Farmers there produce enough wheat each year to make 12.6 billion loaves of _______.