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Midwest Vocab
100
These are two of the Midwest's biggest sources of economy.
What is shipping and farming?
100
This major body of water flows through much of the Midwest and has its source in Minnesota.
What is the Mississippi River?
100
These violent wind storms happen in the Midwest during the summer.
What are tornadoes?
100
This person was the first to build automobiles on an assembly line.
Who is Henry Ford?
100
This is a dry, grassland found in the Midwest.
What is a prairie?
200
Major cities are located by bodies of water for this reason.
What is transportation of products?
200
This landform is found in South Dakota and displays the faces of four presidents.
What is Mt. Rushmore?
200
Describe the climate of the Midwest during the winter.
What is cold and snowy?
200
This was a large area of land bought by Thomas Jefferson.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
200
This is a river or stream that flows into another river.
What is a tributary?
300
These three products are a major part of the Midwest's economy.
What are dairy, corn, and wheat?
300
These bodies of water border Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan.
What are The Great Lakes?
300
These summer events are a common gathering place during Midwest summers, and involve food, rides, and farm animals.
What are state fairs?
300
These individuals were sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore the land west of the Mississippi.
Who are Meriwether Lewis and William Clark?
300
This is an area of land set aside by the government for Native Americans.
What is a reservation?
400
This is an example of a natural resource found in the Midwest.
What is coal, limestone, gold, and iron ore?
400
North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, and Missouri are known as this.
What are the Plains States?
400
List some common winter activities in the Midwest.
What is snow sports: ice fishing, skiing, sledding?
400
This person was a Lakota chief who will soon have a monument in the Black Hills made in his honor.
Who is Crazy Horse?
400
This is a part of a waterway that is closed off by gates.
What is a lock?
500
This is the biggest part of the economy in the Plains States.
What is agriculture?
500
These five bodies of water are known as the Great Lakes.
What are Lake Huron, Lake Ontario, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, and Lake Superior?
500
This is an activity some Midwesterners do in the summer, which takes them floating through the sky.
What is hot air ballooning?
500
These presidents are from the Midwest.
Who are Harry Truman and Ronald Reagan?
500
This is a way of making products in which each worker does one small part of the job as a product moves along the line.
What is an assembly line?
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