Transcript plains states - Northside Middle School

Plains States
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Iowa
North Dakota
South Dakota
Regions of the United States
PLAINS STATES
Climate: Continental
PLAINS STATES
Climate
 Climate
is the prevailing weather
conditions of a region over a period of
time.
 The Plains States all have a Continental
climate
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Warm to hot summers (50 - 90)
Cold winters (-10 - 45)
Tends to be found above 40 degree North
latitude
Kansas (KS)
• Capital: Topeka
• Largest City: Wichita
• Resources:Agriculture:
beef cattle, wheat
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Industries: agriculture,
manufacturing, and
mining (oil and gas)
34th state
January 29, 1861
KS Flag
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The state seal on the flag tells the history
of Kansas:
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The official flag of Kansas has a dark
background with the state seal in the
center.
Above the seal is a sunflower above a bar
of gold and light blue.
Below the seal is printed the name of the
state "KANSAS"
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The figures symbolize pioneer life
Landscape with a rising sun
River and steamboat
Settler's cabin and a man plowing a field
Wagon train heading west (American
expansion)
Indians hunting American Bison(the
buffalo are fleeing from the Indians)
Cluster of 34 stars (top of the seal)
State motto "Ad Astra per Aspera" -: "To
the Stars through Difficulties" (above the
stars)
The thirty-four stars clustered at the top of
the seal identify Kansas as the 34th state
to be accepted into the Union of the
United States
Kansas National Monuments
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In Gove County, Kansas, erosion has
carved these chalk pyramids from
what was once the floor of a vast
inland sea.
Also called Monument Rocks
These limestone formations, originally
formed 80 million years ago, stretch to
70 feet in height.
This site is a pueblo ruin thought to
have been built by Taos Indians who
sought refuge with the Apache during
times of trouble with the Spanish. It is
the north-easternmost example of a
pueblo in the country. The site also
illustrates Spanish explorations in the
Great Plain sthat predates those of the
United States.
Missouri (MO)
 Capital:
Jefferson City
 Largest City: Kansas
City
 Resources: Minerals: oil,
gas, lead, iron, coal
 Industries: Service
industries,
transportation
equipment, food
processing
 24th state
 August 10, 1821
MO Flag
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• The flag of the State of
Missouri was adopted on
March 22, 1913.
The flag consists of three
horizontal stripes of red, white
and blue.
These represent valor, purity,
vigilance, and justice. The
colors also reflect the state's
historic status as part of the
French Louisiana (Louisiana
Purchase).
In the center white stripe is the
Seal of Missouri circled by a
blue band containing 24 stars,
symbolizing Missouri's admission
as the 24th state.
Missouri National Monuments
George Washington Carver
Monument – Diamond, MO
American Preserves his childhood
home
• American scientist, botanist, educator,
and inventor
• First
monument
to a black
American
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Gateway Arch – St. Louis, MO
• Tallest man-made monument in US
• Built as monument to the westward
expansion of the United States
Iowa (IA)
 Capital:
Des Moines
 Largest City: Des
Moines
 Resources: Agriculture,
corn-based ethanol
 Industries: agriculture,
insurance, home
appliances, air-flight
control
 29th state
 December 28, 1846
IA Flag
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3 vertical stripes of blue, white and
red, reflecting Iowa's history as
part of the French Louisiana
Territory. (Louisiana Purchase.)
The image of a bald eagle with a
long ribbon reading "Our liberties
we prize and our rights we will
maintain", taken from the Seal of
Iowa, is centered in the middle
white stripe.
The word "Iowa" is placed directly
below it in red, letters.
The flag was adopted in 1921
Iowa National Monuments
Effigy Moundbuilders
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During tThe Late Woodland Period
(1400-750 B.P.) along the Upper
Mississippi River and extending east to
Lake Michigan is associated lived a
culture known today as the Effigy
Moundbuilders.
The construction of effigy mounds was a
regional cultural phenomenon. Mounds
of earth in the shapes of birds, bear,
deer, bison, lynx, turtle, panther or water
spirit are the most common images.
The Effigy Moundbuilders continued to
build conical mounds for burial purposes,
but their burial sites lacked the trade
goods of the preceding Middle Woodland
Culture.
The Effigy Moundbuilders also built linear
or long rectangular mounds that were
used for ceremonial purposes that
remain a mystery
The animal-shaped mounds remain the
symbol of the Effigy Mounds Culture.
Nebraska (NE)
 Capital:
Lincoln
 Largest City: Omaha
 Resources: Agriculture:
fertile soil, cattle, corn,
hogs, soybean
 Industries: Food
processing, machinery,
electrical equipment
 37th state
 March 1, 1867
NE Flag
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A field of national blue.
Centered in field of blue – is great
seal of state.
Adopted March 28, 1925
Nebraska National
Monuments
Ash Hollow
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Agate Fossil Beds
Home of 4 distinct Native
American cultures over
1,500 years.
o Fossils of animals that lived
in area 19-21 million years
ago.
South Dakota (SD)
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Capital: Pierre
Largest City: Sioux Falls
Resources: Mining,
Agriculture
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Industries: Mining: gold,
silver, Food packing and
processing,
Machinery manufacturing
40th state
November 2, 1889
SD Flag
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The South Dakota flag
features the state seal
surrounded by a golden
blazing sun in a field of
sky blue.
Letters reading "South
Dakota, The Mount
Rushmore State“ the
official state nickname,
are arranged in a circle
around the sun.
Adopted in 1909.
Updated in 1963
South Dakota National Monuments
Jewel Caves – Custer, SD
 2nd longest cave in world
 Over 160 miles of mapped,
surveyed passages
Mount Rushmore – Keystone, SD:
• Sculpture of Presidents
Washington, Theodore Roosevelt,
and Abraham Lincoln.
North Dakota (ND)
 Capital:
Bismarck
 Largest City: Fargo
 Resources: Fertile soil
for agriculture, mineral
deposits
 Industries: Food
processing, agriculture,
mining
 39th state
 November 2, 1889
ND Flag
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A dark blue field displays a Bald
Eagle grasping an olive branch
and a bundle of arrows in its
claws.
The eagle carries a ribbon with the
words "One nation made up of
many states."
On its breast is a shield with
thirteen stripes representing the
original thirteen states.
Fan-shaped design above the
eagle represents the birth of the
United States and included
thirteen stars echoing the thirteen
stripes on the shield.
The red scroll below the eagle
displays the state name, North
Dakota.
Adopted on March 3,1911
North Dakota National
Monuments
Fort Mandan
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Wheat Monument
Site where Lewis & Clark
wintered over in 1804-1805
o Commemorates area’s
agricultural heritage and
honors farmer’s hard work.