According to paragraph 1, which of the following statements about the High Plains is true?

• Until farmers and ranchers settled there in the 1880s, the High Plains had never been inhabited.
• The climate of the High Plains is characterized by higher-than-average temperatures.
• The large aquifer that lies underneath the High Plains was discovered by the Ogallala Sioux Indians.
• Before the early 1900's there was only a small amount of farming and ranching in the High Plains.

This is a multiple choice.