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Changes on the Great Plains is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on how the Plains changed for the nations who lived there, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.Geo.5.3-5. It prints 6 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Changes on the Great Plains

D2.Geo.5.3-5

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Number the events in order. Then choose the best answers.

1.Number the steps a homestead family followed.
  • The family files a claim for land
  • The family receives ownership of the land
  • The family builds a sod house
  • The family lives on and farms the land for five years
2.Which nations lived on the Great Plains?
  • A.The Hopi and Zuni
  • B.The Lakota, Cheyenne, Comanche and Pawnee, among others
  • C.The Haida and Tlingit
3.How did barbed wire change the Plains?
  • A.It made the bison herds grow
  • B.It carried messages across the Plains
  • C.It let farmers fence land cheaply and closed the open range
4.What did the US government force many Plains nations to do?
  • A.Move onto reservations
  • B.Move to Europe
  • C.Become railroad owners
5.Why did the bison almost disappear from the Plains?
  • A.Hunters killed millions of them for their hides and for sport
  • B.The bison all moved to Europe
  • C.One long winter froze them all
6.Why did many settlers on the Plains build houses from sod?
  • A.Wood was too light
  • B.Sod was the law
  • C.There were few trees on the prairie for lumber

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Answer key — Changes on the Great Plains

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  1. 1.Correct order: 1, 3, 4, 2
  2. 2.The Lakota, Cheyenne, Comanche and Pawnee, among others
  3. 3.It let farmers fence land cheaply and closed the open range
  4. 4.Move onto reservations
  5. 5.Hunters killed millions of them for their hides and for sport
  6. 6.There were few trees on the prairie for lumber

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.Geo.5.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.