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Because it looked like a giant desert
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How did people in the 1840s view the American west?
As a new beginning to start business and farming.
What are the deserts of the American Southwest?
Great Basin Desert Chihuahuan Desert Sonoran Desert (includes the Colorado Desert) Colorado Plateau Desert (includes the Painted Desert) Mojave Desert (includes Death Valley)
What is the name given to the Indian desert?
There is no official desert called the "Great Australian Desert". This is just a generic name given to the deserts and outback regions on the continent of Australia. The so-called Great Australian Desert is actually made up of the following separate deserts:Great Victoria DesertGreat Sandy DesertTanami DesertSimpson DesertGibson DesertLittle Sandy DesertStrzelecki DesertSturt Stony DesertTirari DesertPedirka Desert
Which desert lies between the Great Sandy Desert and the Great Victoria Desert in WA?
The Gibson Desert is located between the Great Sandy Desert and the Great Victoria Desert.
What is desert that starts with a g?
Arabian Desert Antarctic Desert Atacama Desert
Where was the location of the Great American Desert of the 1800's?
Tennessee or Nebraska area
Is Asia is entirely covered by desert?
No more then the Great American Desert of Kansas, Nebraska, the Dakotas, Colorado and Wyoming were once thought to be.
What did settlers call the great plains?
It was called the Great American Desert.
Land between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mountains was nicknamed the?
It was nicknamed The Great Plains or the Great American Desert.
Why did the region known as the great American desert become known as America's breadbasket?
The region known as the Great American Desert became known as America's Breadbasket because as people settled in the area they realized it was great farm land. The area was called a desert because it had no trees but it wasn't really a desert.
What is the area of flat land between the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi River called?
Once known as the Great American Desert it is known today as the Great Plains.
What country is the great desert in?
There are "Great" deserts in:Australia - Great Victoria Desert, Great Sandy DesertIndia - Great Indian Desert (also called the Thar Desert)United States - The Great Basin Desert
What was west of the Mississippi River?
The Great American Desert.
What countries are in the Great Indian Desert?
The Great Indian Desert, also called the Thar Desert, covers parts of India and Pakistan.
Which name for the great plains help caused the hesitation?
the great american desert
Name for the great plains helped cause this hesitation?
the great american desert
Which name for the great plains helped cause this hesition?
the great american desert
