UNIT 16 The Bison on the plains of America

Who were the first settlers on the plains of America? And how did they live? Native Americans. They lived by gathering roots, nuts and wild fruit and hunting wild animals. Para1

Para2 Physical description of bison weigh 1,100 kilogrammes A type of wild animal Grow to a shoulder- height of 1.5 meters

How did Native Americans make use of the bison? Meat_______________________________ Fur________________________________ Skins______________________________ Bones_____________________________ Teeth______________________________ food warm clothing tents and water containers tools necklaces

Para3-4 What happened to the bison when the European settlers moved westwards? More bison were killed The bison skins were sent by rail to cities to be sold. They killed the bison, cut off the skins and left the bodies behind to rot.

Para 5 1. What was the result of the killing of the bison? It changed the whole wildlife chain of the plains. 2. How did it change the whole wildlife chain of the plains?

Fewer_____ fewer prairie dogs Fewer ______ Fewer ______ Fewer plants No __________ fell on the grass. The ______ became poorer. __________ stopped eating the grass. The ________ grew less well. killed wastesoil The bisongrass insects birds, wolves Settlers _______ bison.

( ) The first settlers arrived more than 30,000years ago by water. ( ) The first settlers were farmers. ( ) Native Americans lived in harmony with nature. ( ) Native Americans willingly gave up land to the settlers. ( ) The settlers didn’t deal honestly with the native Americans. ( ) Later settlers ended up with better land than the native Americans. ( ) Later settlers made use of the bison in the same way as the native Americans. ( ) The sharp decrease of bison had a serious effect on the nature balance on the plains of America. T or F; F T T F T T F T