vocabulary
an area of flat or rolling land covered with grass and wildflowers
prairie
two Native American tribes in the midwest
Sioux and Lakota
describe the geography of the midwest (3 things)
this person developed the steamboat
Robert Fulton
the busiest railroad center is in Chicago
True
a rock that has one or more kinds of minerals
ore
how was the buffalo used by Native Americans?
food, clothing, tools, weapons, blankets, tepees
what formed when the glaciers melted?
the Great Lakes
who opened the largest stockyard?
Joseph McCoy
Mark Twain's pen name was Samuel Clemons and he wrote books about adventures on the Mississippi River
False (Samuel Clemens's pen name was Mark Twain)
a person who settles a place
pioneer
this was the area in the northern central plains; the rivers and Great Lakes formed the boundaries and the fertile land made settlers rush and argue over it
Northwest Territory
describe the midwest climate
cold winters (air from Canada)
hot summers (air from Mexico)
drier the more west you are
Henry Ford helped this industry grow...
automobile
an assembly line is when a product is made more cheaply using machines
false (mass production)
large rafts made from boards tied together
flatboats
How did the government control settlement of the Northwest Territory?
1. surveyed land
2. divided into townships
3. passed ordinances explaining how states can form
two nicknames in the midwest are
Corn Belt and Breadbasket
this term describes people who started businesses in towns
entrepreneurs
the Homestead Act of 1861 gave land to anyone who was 18 and older and who promised to live on that land for 5 years
False - 21 and older
a place where livestock is bought, sold and held before shipment
stockyard
this land was bought from France and doubled the size of the US
Louisiana Purchase
most of the land in the midwest is used for....
farming and ranching
describe the differences between flatboats and steamboats?
flatboats - smaller, no power, downstream
steamboats - faster, upstream and downstream
two famous ranching states was Missouri and North Dakota
False (Kansas and Nebraska)