Vocabulary
Geography
Climate
Landmarks
Landforms
100
The weather in a certain area over a period of time.
What is climate?
100
The Midwest Region is also known as this.
What is the Breadbasket of the United States?
100
This is the average pattern of weather for a particular region.
What is climate?
100
This landmark is located not far from our school. It the world's largest spectator sport.
What is The Indianapolis 500 or the The Indianapolis Motor Speedway?
100
The Midwest region is made up of mostly this type of land.
What is flat land or plains?
200
An area on Earth with common features that set it apart from other areas.
What is a region?
200
One of two regions in the Midwest it consists of the following states, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.
What are the Plains states?
200
This type of weather has heavy snow and freezing winds.
What is a blizzard?
200
This is a huge granite sculpture carved into the side of a mountain. It has the faces of 4 US presidents carved into it.
What is Mount Rushmore?
200
This river runs through the Midwest region and is an important waterway.
What is the Mississippi River?
300
These are important places or objects that can be natural or man-made.
What is a landmark?
300
One of the two regions of the Midwest. These states are in this region of the Midwest, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin.
What are the Great Lakes States?
300
This type of weather has violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel shape, and it can cause much destruction.
What is a tornado?
300
This is a giant metal arch in Missouri. It is one of the tallest national monuments in the US.
What is the Gateway Arch?
300
The Great Lakes have this many lakes.
What is five?
400
The kind of plants that grow in an area?
What is the vegetation?
400
The Midwest Region consists of this many states.
What is twelve?
400
This season can bring scorching, or very hot temperatures.
What is summer?
400
This is the tallest building in America which used to be known as the Sears Tower.
What is the Willis Tower?
400
Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio are all part of this.
What are states in the Great Lakes Region?
500
This is a material found in nature that people use.
What is a natural resource?
500
This river runs through the Midwest region.
What is the Mississippi River?
500
This season can be harshly cold and bring lots of snow.
What is winter?
500
This is an important place or object that can be natural or man-made.
What is a landmark?
500
These are a series of small mountains. Because they are covered in trees, they appear, dark or "black" in color when looked at from a distance.
What are the Black Hills?
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