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Iowa Prairie Adventure

It's time for a great Iowa prairie adventure story. You have been taken back in time to Iowa during the 1800s. You are an early settler with some important decisions to make as you set up your homestead. Answer the questions as you go and have fun!

Welcome
You've just crossed over the eastern Iowa border with your horse-drawn covered wagon. You've passed the eastern Iowa forests and are traveling to the western Iowa prairie. How many acres of prairie were in Iowa during the early 1800s?

a. 29.3 million acres (that's the same as 29.3 million football fields)
b. 2.3 acres (that's the same as 2.3 football fields)

 


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