Great Lakes
Badlands
Bountiful Farms
Transportation
Wonderful Words
100
Lake Huron, Lake Ontario, Lake Michigan, Lake Superior
What are the Great Lakes?
100
regions of dry hills and crumbling rock
What are badlands?
100
corn, soybeans, and wheat
What are the main crops grown in the Midwest?
100
A system of rivers, lakes, and canals where ships travel.
What is a waterway?
100
A wearing away of rock by water and wind.
What is erosion?
200
St. Lawerence Seaway and the St. Lawerence River
What are the waterways that connect the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean?
200
During the age of the dinosaurs ______________ was the climate of the Badlands of South Dakota.
What is wamer and more humid than it is today?
200
It was built to show how important agriculture is to the Midwest?
What is the Corn Palace in Mitchell, South Dakota?
200
flat-bottomed boat
What is a barge?
200
Cattle and sheep graze on this land outside the Badlands.
What is the prairie?
300
Illinois Waterway and the Mississippi River
What connects Lake Michigan to the Gulf of Mexico?
300
Millions of years ago __________ describes the geography of the bandlands.
What is a lush, green plain with broad rivers?
300
1. the soil is rich and deep 2. rainfall is plentiful 3. growing season is long 4. summers are warm
What are the reasons the Midwest is an important agricultural region?
300
slow but good for transporting heavy products
What is a barge?
300
one kind of waterway that has been dug across land for ships to go through
What is a canal?
400
__________ changed the flow of the Chicago River to help transport goods south from Lake Michigan.
Who are engineers?
400
Fossils are uncovered in the Badlands by this.
What is erosion?
400
This area gets plenty of rain, which is ideal for growing corn.
What is the Corn Belt in the Central Plains?
400
If your product will spoil or is needed quickly and you can afford the feul costs, then this is a good way to ship.
What is by truck or train?
400
Part 1: A ____________ graph shows how something changes over time. Part 2: A _________ graph is used more often to compare amounts.
What is a line graph? What is a bar graph?
500
Part of a waterway with gates that are used to raise and lower ships.
What is a lock?
500
The climate of the badlands changed to become cooler and less humid as a result of this?
What is the Black Hills and Rocky Mountains rising up and blocking the rain?
500
More trains and trucks transport more freight through this city in the our nation
What is Chicago, Illonois?
500
The process used by farmers to bring water to their farms and spray their fields.
What is irrigation?
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