Agriculture
Three main cash crops
What are corn, soybeans, and wheat?
Iron ore is turned into this strong material
What is steel?
Two large rivers in the Midwest
What are Missouri and Mississippi Rivers?
Abbreviation for Iowa
What is IA?
Created a way to make cars quicker and cheaper
Who is Henry Ford?
Type of farming involving raising cows for milk
What is dairy farming?
Name four items steel is used to make
What are tall buildings, cars, planes, bridges, and railroad cars?
Missouri River is known as this nickname
What is Big Muddy?
Abbreviation for Kansas
What is KS?
Each person or machine does a specific step to put something together quickly and make many
What is an assembly line?
Two types of animals raised for profit
What are beef cattle and hogs?
Four natural resources found in this region
What are oil, coal, wind, iron ore, copper, rich soil, water, and natural gas?
Rolling or flat land covered in grass
What is a prairie?
Abbreviation for Michigan
What is MI?
Largest city in this region
What is Chicago?
Type of soil that is filled with nutrients and good for growing crops
What is fertile soil?
Three natural resources that must be drilled or mined to reach.
What are coal, oil, iron ore, and natural gas?
Four Great Lakes located in this region
What are Superior, Michigan, Erie, and Huron?
Abbreviation for Minnesota
What is MN?
Monument with 4 presidents faces carved in a mountain
What is Mt. Rushmore?
Two states our book mentioned as having many dairy farms
What are Michigan and Wisconsin?
Process that turns wind into energy
What is wind turbines turn and create electricity?
mountains located in South Dakota
What are the Black Hills?
Abbreviation for Missouri
What is MO?
Name three tourist attractions in this region (not including presidents' faces)
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