Vocabulary
Midwest
History
Transportation
Famous People
100
An area of flat or rolling land covered with grasses and wildflowers.
prairie
100
This is the main agricultural crop grown in the Central Plains.
corn
100
Native Americans depended on this animal for food, clothing, tools, and shelter.
buffalo
100
How were steamboats different from flatboats?
Steamboats were powered by steam instead of currents and the steamboats could go upstream.
100
This man was President when the U.S. bought the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803.
Thomas Jefferson
200
a long period of little or no rain
drought
200
These lakes were carved and filled by glaciers
Great Lakes
200
Because of a shortage of trees, settlers on the Great Plains often built this type of home.
sod house
200
What Midwest city became one of the world's busiest railroad centers?
Chicago, Illinois
200
This man helped develop the steamboat in the early 1800s.
Robert Fulton
300
a rock with one or more kinds of minerals
ore
300
This plain covers the entire Midwest region
Interior Plains
300
In what ways were pioneers "self-sufficient"?
Pioneers grew their own food, built their own homes, made their own soap, candles, and clothing.
300
What was started by Henry Ford that increased mass production?
assembly lines
300
This man set up an assembly line in his Detroit automobile factory.
Henry Ford
400
to change in order to survive in a new environment
adapt
400
Because the Great Plains raises wheat, was is this region sometimes called?
America's breadbasket
400
What was the Homestead Act of 1862?
The government gave land to any head of a family who was 21 years old and who lived on the land for 5 years and built a home on the land.
400
How did boats and trains help Midwest cities grow?
Transportation from boats and trains could be used to ship products to buyers around the country and the world.
400
This man opened one of the regions largest stockyards in Abilene, Kansas.
Joseph McCoy
500
lands beyond settlement
frontier
500
These lakes contain nearly one-fifth of the world' fresh surface water.
Great Lakes
500
When the Central Plains first became part of the United States, what was the territory called?
the Northwest Territory
500
What is an industrial economy?
An industrial economy is when goods are made by machines in factories.
500
This famous Midwest author, Samuel Clemens, wrote his books using what name?
Mark Twain
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