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Vocabulary
Climate
First People
Lewis and Clark
100
What country is directly north of the Midwest?
Canada
100
What is a prairie?
Dry flat land with few trees
100
Describe the climate of the Midwest
Very got in the summer and cold in the winter
100
What did the American Indians live in?
Tepees
100
Why did president Jefferson send Louis and Clark out west?
He sent them to discover the new land
200
Name the two mountain ranges that lie on either side of the Midwest.
The Rocky and Appalachian Mountains
200
What is a tributary?
A river or stream that flows into another river or stream
200
How do animals adapt to the weather?
Bears hibernate Birds migrate Prairie dogs dig dens
200
Why did people come to the Midwest. 3 reasons
Religious freedom Land Resources Better life
200
What were 2 animals Lewis and Clark discovered?
Prairie dogs, buffalo, coyotes, pronghorn antelopes
300
Tell me the Great Lakes states
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio
300
A high river bank that stops the river from overflowing is what?
Levee
300
How do plants adapt to the weather?
Deep roots to keep their moisture and pine trees keep their needles
300
Why did the nomadic Indians need to move from place to place
To hunt buffalo
300
How many years were Louis and Clark on their journey?
2
400
Name the plains States
North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa
400
What is a lock
A part of a waterway that is closed off by gates
400
How do people adapt to the weather? 2 ways
Bundle up and walk in covered walkways
400
Why did towns along the waterways become trading centers?
Near water so it is easy to trade and travel
400
What was the most important thing that president Jefferson told them to take along with them?
A journal
500
Name the 5 Great Lakes
Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior
500
What is the word for moving from place to place?
Nomadic
500
Why does the location of the Midwest effect the climate?
No ocean to cool it down in the summer and heat it up in the winter. But the Great Lakes give moisture to the air.
500
What were the 3 different types of Indians who lived in the Midwest
Mound building, woodland, nomadic plains
500
What was their journey called?
Corps of discovery
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