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2a: Physical features and climate of the Great Plains

2a: Physical features and climate of the Great Plains. Flatlands that rise gradually from east to west. 2a: Physical features and climate of the Great Plains. Land eroded by wind and water. 2a: Physical features and climate of the Great Plains. Low rainfall.

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2a: Physical features and climate of the Great Plains

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  1. 2a: Physical features and climate of the Great Plains • Flatlands that rise gradually from east to west

  2. 2a: Physical features and climate of the Great Plains • Land eroded by wind and water.

  3. 2a: Physical features and climate of the Great Plains • Low rainfall.

  4. 2a: Physical features and climate of the Great Plains • Frequent dust storms

  5. 2a Because of new technologies, people saw the Great Plains not as a “treeless wasteland” but as a vast area to be settled.

  6. 2a: Inventions and adaptations • Barbed wire

  7. 2a: Inventions and adaptations • Steel Plows

  8. 2a: Inventions and adaptations • Dry farming

  9. 2a: Inventions and adaptations • Sod houses

  10. 2a: Inventions and adaptations • Beef cattle raising

  11. 2a: Inventions and adaptations • Wheat farming

  12. 2a: Inventions and adaptations • Windmills

  13. 2a: Inventions and adaptations • Railroads

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