Famous People
Land
Climate
Transportation
Pioneer Life
100
Wrote of her childhood on the prairie.
Who is Laura Ingalls Wilder
100
The dominant landform of the Midwest.
What is plains.
100
Where the warm, moist air comes from in the summer.
What is The Gulf of Mexico.
100
the first way they transported goods on the river that could only go downstream
What is flatboat.
100
laws developed to describe how the territory's government would work
What is an ordinance.
200
Wrote of his childhood along the Mississippi River.
Who is Mark Twain.
200
Two major agricultural products grown in the Midwest.
What is corn and wheat.
200
Where the snow and hailstorms come from in the winter.
What is Canada.
200
method of transporting goods on rivers that could travel up and down the river.
What is steamboat.
200
A way to measure land
What is survey.
300
Had a very good work ethic as a child that carried over into his adult life.
Who is Abe Lincoln.
300
formed by glaciers
What is The Great Lakes.
300
When cold winds pick up moisture from the Great Lakes.
What is Lake Effect.
300
the form of transportation that helped the Midwest grow.
What is railroads.
300
land given if you agreed to stay for five years
What is The Homestead Act.
400
Invented the assembly line.
Who is Henry Ford.
400
FREE
What is FREE
400
the dominant storm of the Midwest
What is tornado.
400
the city that had become one of the world's busiest railroad centers
What is Chicago.
400
land beyond the settlement
What is the frontier.
500
Started a scholarship for children to help with their college education.
Who is Ben Carson.
500
area covered by grass or flowers with flat or rolling land.
What is prairie.
500
this occurred in the 1930s and effected the raising of crops
What is the drought.
500
the name of people who were attracted to the railroad towns to start new businesses.
Who are entrepreneurs.
500
people who had to do everything themselves.
What is self-sufficient.
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