A Route to the Sea
The Badlands
Midwestern Farms
Vocabulary
State & Lake Trivia
100
When the glaciers of the Ice Age melted, they created these
What are the Great Lakes
100
Millions of years ago, the Badlands would be described as
What is wet, green, lush
100
The reason the Central Plains are known as the Corn Belt
What is the Central Plains get plenty of rain, which helps corn grow well
100
The system of rivers, lakes, and canals through which many ships travel
What is a waterway
100
This is the largest of the Great Lakes
What is Lake Superior
200
These were dug in order to create waterways through which ships can travel
What is a canal
200
The reason the climate of the Badlands changed over time
What is the rising of mountains to the west
200
These are three of the main crops that grow in the Midwest
What is corn, soybeans and wheat
200
A gated part of a canal or river, which opens and closed to raise and lower water levels
What is a lock
200
This state is the location of the Badlands
What is South Dakota
300
The Illinois Waterway connects this lake to this river
What is Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River
300
The two main factors of erosion
What are water and wind
300
This is the purpose of irrigation
What is to provide water to fields where crops require lots of hydration
300
A flat-bottomed boat used for shipping goods
What is a barge
300
The eastern most Great Lake
What is Lake Ontario
400
What is the purpose of changing the flow of the Chicago River?
What is to form a connection between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River
400
Though the prairie is green, it does not have these
What are trees
400
The main product of Wisconsin
What is dairy products
400
Regions of dry hills and sharp cliffs of crumbling rocks
What is the Badlands
400
This state is home to one of the biggest port cities on the Mississippi River
What is Missouri
500
Name one advantage of shipping by water; Name one advantage of shipping by land
Answers may vary
500
Three animals that live in the Badlands
What are birds, prairie dogs, and porcupines
500
The reason farmers rotate between growing corn and soybeans
What is soybean plants add materials to the soil that corn plants need in order to grow well
500
This shaped the Badlands by using water and wind to wear away rocks
What is erosion
500
These 6 states boarder at least one of the Great Lakes
What is Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio
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