Landforms
The word we use to remember the great lakes
HOMES
This products is very important in WI
Dairy
Another name for the central plans is
the Corn Belt
A flat bottom boat
Barge
Barges are a slow method of transportation
Disadvantage
A prairie looks like this
grassy area with few trees
John Deere invented the steel plow because
the tough prairie was had to plow
Receives little rain
Great Plains
A time period with little rain
Drought
Barges use less fuel than trucks or Trains
Advantage
The Great Lakes were formed by this
melting glaciers
The exchange of animal skins for other goods like cloth, guns, and knives between the Native Americans and the Europeans
the Fur Trade
Uses Crop Rotation
both plains
A kind of waterway that has been dug across for ships to pass through
Canal
Sod homes stay cool in the summer
Advantage
The Badlands were formed by water and wind wearing away at rock which is know as
erosion
The Central Plains is also called the corn belt because
it gets a lot of rain which is good for the corn
Has the most need for irrigation
Great Plains
A type of house built out of grass, roots, and dirt when trees are not available
Sod House
Sod homes are hard to clean
Disadvantage
The five Great Lakes are
Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior
The three main crops in the crop rotation of the Midwest
wheat, soybeans, and corn
Recieves more rain
Central Plains
Process of bringing water to the crops
Irrigation
Barges can move large amounts of heavy goods
Advantage