Middle West
Middle West
Middle West
Middle West
Poland
100
The Middle west is a group of states taht lie between what two mountains?
Appalachian and Rocky
100
What are the three F words that describe the region?
flat, fertile, farmland
100
Two ways to divide the Middle west. The ________________states and the ______________states.
The Great Lake States and the Plains States. The Central Plains States and the Great Plains States.
100
Name 2 crops of the Central Plains where they get more rain.
Corn and Soybeans
100
Poland is on what continent?
Europe
200
Name the main crop of the Great Plains, where it is drier.
wheat
200
What is a Prairie?
Flat area covered with tall grasses and flowers
200
How did the middle west soil get so rich?
From the roots of the grasses and wildflowers
200
Give two examples of livestock
cow, pig, chicken
200
Capitol of Poland
Warsaw
300
Climate: __________summer ___________winter
cold summer hot winter
300
Why is the climate the way it is?
The region is far from the ocean
300
What can the Lake Effect cause?
heavy snow
300
What state does the lake effect allow to grow fruit?
Michigan
300
Large port in poland large body of water north of Poland
Gdansk Baltic Sea
400
What is a drought?
Long period of little or no rain
400
Name a way people have adapted to the cold climate?
clothes, heaters, air conditioners, indoor malls
400
Name 3 industries of the middle west
cars, iron ore, steel
400
A rock that is needed to make steel. What state is much of it mined in the Mesabi Range?
iron ore Minnesota
400
two crops grown in Poland
oats, rye, barley, wheat
500
1. Port where ore carriers load 2. Steel mills are located in ____________, Indiana 3. 2 things steel was used to make after 1880
1. Duluth 2. Gary 3. railroads and trains
500
Busiest airport USA's tallest building
Chicago O'Hare Chicago Willis Tower
500
Name three of the five Great Lakes
Huron, Erie, Michigan
500
Who will you miss for the next 3 weeks because she is having surgery?
Mrs. B.
500
Explain Communism
type of government that controls everything; no freedom for the people
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