A center for an activity, such as the transportation industry.
What is a hub.
100
This person is famous for his work in architecture.
Who is Frank Lloyd Wright.
100
Which part of the Plains States is mountainous?
What is the Ozark plateau
100
Which state has the largest Arab American community in the United States?
What is Michigan.
100
Describe today's economy in the Great Lakes States?
What is many factories have closed down in the region in recent years. Service industries are now an important part of the area's economy. Tourism is also growing in the region because of sporting events and the entertainment industry.
200
What is the main way that people use barges?
What is to transport goods on rivers and lakes
200
In what year did many African Americans begin to migrate to cities in the Midwest?
What is 1910
200
Name two major cities located in the Great Lakes States?
What is Chicago, Indianapolis, Detroit, Minneapolis, Cleveland
200
What is one way that farms in the Plains states are different today than they were 100 years ago?
What is farms are larger.
200
How did immigrants affect culture in the Midwest?
What is they brought different religions, languages, food, music, holidays, and other traditions to the region.
300
Which term describes the shift of people to cities from rural areas?
What is urbanization
300
Which person is known for painting the rural areas of the Midwest?
Who is Thomas Hart Benton
300
Name two major cities in the Plains States?
What is Des Moines, Kansas City, St. Louis, Omaha, Fargo
300
What are three kinds of transportation that make many cities in the Great lakes Region hubs?
What is land, air, and water transportation
300
How have service industries in the Great lakes states changed over time?
What is Banking and real estate have long been important. Entertainment and tourism are more recent.
400
What is an industry that depends on the Midwests farms and ranches?
What is food processing
400
This was a doctor known for having "gifted hands." He has helped children with brain injuries from all around the world.
Who is Benjamin S. Carson
400
How has technology changed agriculture in the past 100 years?
What is Farmers now use modern farm machines to harvest and grow more crops in less time. They also use computers to help them plan their farmwork. Technology also allows farms to be larger and to need fewer workers.
400
How are the Pampas (South American plains region) and the Plains states alike?
What is farmers in both regions grow wheat and corn. Cattle ranching and meat packing are major industries in both places.
400
Why do you think state fairs are important events to many people in the Plains states?
Because cities and towns are far apart, so state fairs provide people with an opportunity to gather.
500
What is preparing cattle from ranches for market?
What is meatpacking
500
This person lived in the Midwest region during her long life. She wrote about growing up on the frontier, and the hardships her family faced in the much loved Little House series of children's books.
Who is Laura Ingalls Wilder
500
What is transported goods?
What is freight
500
Name 2 different service industries in the Great lakes states today?
What is banking, real estate, entertainment, and tourism.
500
Why are the Great Lakes states diverse?
Because people from Europe, Latin America, and Asia have moved to the region