Why did breeders value mustangs?

They could develop new American breeds.

What was Wild Horse Annie's strategy to save the Mustangs?

Speaking to ranchers and government officials

How did school children help save mustangs?

School children wrote letters to congress.

Someone who raises a certain kind of animal

Why do people worry about mustangs today?

Companies use their land to drill for oil.

Used to be tame, but is wild now

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1
When did horses arrive in the west?
In 1950
1971
In the 1500s
In the late 1800s
2
Why did breeders value mustangs?
They were feral animals.
They could develop new American breeds.
The mustangs were nimble.
Mustangs could carry their possessions.
3
Why did Native Americans capture the mustangs
To travel more easily
To help carry their possessions
All of these answers
To help with hunting
4
Where do mustangs live?
Minnesota
Mississippi
In harsh country
Swamps
5
Why did cowboys like the mustangs?
They were quick and nimble
They were friendly
They understood Spanish commands
They were little so cowboys could get on them easily
6
In 1971, congress ___ The Wild and Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act.
established
banned
captured
recovered
7
What was Wild Horse Annie's strategy to save the Mustangs?
Rounding them up using planes
Capturing them for soldiers
Rounding them up using trucks
Speaking to ranchers and government officials
8
Who saved the mustangs?
The Spanish explorers
Soldiers in WWI
Native Americans
Wild Horse Annie
9
How did school children help save mustangs?
School children wrote letters to congress.
School children fed the mustangs.
School children talked to business men about mustangs.
School children captured mustangs.
10
A breeder is
Someone who trains horses
Someone who raises a certain kind of animal
A horse that was captured by Native Americans
A Horse used in WWI
11
The word "mustang" comes from
The Spanish word for "mosquito"
The name of a fast car
The Spanish word "mestengo"
The French word for "feral"
12
Why do people worry about mustangs today?
Too many people want to breed them.
Wild Horse Annie died and no one else wants to protect them.
Too many mustangs are used in wars.
Companies use their land to drill for oil.
13
What did the Spanish explorers bring to the west?
Horses
Possessions
Pick-up trucks
cattle
14
A feral animal...
Used to be tame, but is wild now
Is an animal that has been captured
Is another name for appaloosa
Is an animal used by Native Americans
15
Why did people kill the mustangs?
Mustangs were dangerous animals
To make room for their ranches
They wanted the land to drill for oil
They didn't like feral animals

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