Vocabulary
Climate and Weather
Physical Features
Capitals
More Capitals
100
This is the largest river in North America.
What is the Mississippi River
100
These are long and hot.
What are summers?
100
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota
What are the Great Lakes States?
100
Indianapolis
What is Indiana?
100
Bismark
What is North Dakota?
200
This is one type of storm that can damage crops in the Mid West.
What is a blizzard ? (hailstorm, drought, tornado)
200
Stones of ice
What are hailstones?
200
Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior
What are the Great Lakes?
200
Des Moins
What is Iowa?
200
Jefferson City
What is Missouri?
300
These lakes are so large that ocean-going ships can travel on them.
What are the Great Lakes?
300
During spring and early summer a clear sky turns suddenly dark due to this swirling funnel cloud storm.
What is a tornado?
300
Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas
What are the Plains States?
300
Lansing
What is Michigan?
300
Columbus
What is Ohio?
400
The land of the Central Plains, covered with tall grasses and wildflowers.
What is the prairie?
400
The climate of the Middle West does this from season to season.
What is changes?
400
Begins in the Rocky Mountains then moves across the Great Plains to join the Mississippi River
What is The Missouri River?
400
Pierre
What is South Dakota?
400
Madison
What is Wisconsin?
500
A way of changing the level of water in canals.
What is a lock?
500
A long period without rain that may severely damage a farmer's crops.
What is a drought?
500
Flatter and drier than the Central Plains
What are the Great Plains?
500
Lincoln
What is Nebraska?
500
St. Paul
What is Minnesota?
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