Route to the Sea
The Badlands
Midwest Farms
Vocabulary
States & capitals
100
these were created by the melting of Ice Age glaciers
What are the Great Lakes?
100
These words describe the badlands millions of years ago
What is lusch, green plains filled with dinosaurs?
100
Other than fruits and vegetables, what is raised on the farms of the midwest
What are cattle, hogs, or cows?
100
A flat bottomed boat used to ship goods
What is a barge?
100
This state capital is Bismarck
What is North Dakota?
200
These 2 waterways connect the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean
What are the St. Lawrence Seaway and St. Lawrence River?
200
Cattle, sheep, and grass are seen here but trees are not seen here
What is on a prairie?
200
This is an important product to Wisconsin
What is dairy products (or cheese)?
200
A waterway dug across land for ships to go through
What is a canal?
200
The number of states in the Midwest Region
What is twelve?
300
This connects to the Illinois Waterway to transport goods through to the Gulf of Mexico
What is the Mississippi River?
300
This National Park is in southwestern South Dakota
What is Badlands National Park?
300
These are 3 main crops that are produced in the Midwest Region
What are corn, soybeans, wheat, berries?
300
The process by which wind and water wear away at rock
What is erosion?
300
these are the states of the midwest that start with an "M"
What are Minnesota, Missouri, and Michigan?
400
These are 2 advantages to shipping goods by sea
What is costs less and can move greater amounts of goods at a time?
400
Describe the climate and geography of the badlands today
What is hilly, dry regions with rocky cliffs?
400
The area of the Central Plains that gets enough rain to sustain the growth of a popular vegetable
What is the Corn Belt?
400
Bringing water from rivers and other water sources to crops
What is irrigation?
400
These are the states of the midwest that start with vowels?
What are Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio?
500
to connect Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River
What is the reason that engineers changed the flow of the Chicago River?
500
This is the reason why the climate of the badlands became cooler and less humid
What is that the mountains rose and blocked rain that once fell?
500
Give 2 reasons why the Midwest is an important agricultural region
What are long growing season, warm summers, and rich soil?
500
The planting of different crops in different years on the same land
What is crop rotation?
500
The state and capital that start with the same letter
What is Indianapolis, Indiana?
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