Key term for Edexcel GCSE History, used in Development of the Plains.
The thick layer of tangled grass roots and earth found on the Great Plains, used by early settlers to build houses (sod houses) when timber was unavailable.
Sod appears in Edexcel GCSE History revision content for The American West, especially Development of the Plains and Development of Settlement.
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