A large, powerful storm in which winds spin around very quickly, creating a funnel-shaped cloud.
A Tornado
100
Lake Superior, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, and Lake Ontario
Great Lakes
100
He was born in Kentucky, but ended up moving to Indiana when he was seven years old. When he was older he became a lawyer and eventually became the president!
Abraham Lincoln
100
The first _______ was built in Chicago in 1885.
Skyscraper
200
What is the capital of Ohio?
Columbus
200
A slow-moving, flat bottomed boat used to transport nonperisable goods
A barge
200
Prairie lands located partly in North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas, and Nebraska
Great Plains
200
Jean Baptiste Point du Sable founded what city?
Chicago
200
Snow produced by air temperatures around large lakes.
Lake-effect snow
300
What is the capital of South Dakota?
Pierre
300
A long period of time with little or no rain
A drought
300
Prairie lands located in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Missouri River
Central Plains
300
He settled in Grand Detour, Illinois, where he invented the steel plow. His products are still often used today.
John Deere
300
An ecological disaster of the 1930s caused by poor agricultural practices on the Great Plains
Dust Bowl
400
Jefferson City is the capital of what state?
Missouri
400
System of using water pumped through pipes to water crops
Irrigation
400
The second-longest river in the U.S. that flows from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico.
Mississippi River
400
Army captains who first explored the Louisiana Territory in 1804
Lewis and Clark
400
Americans who settled the frontier in the mid to late 19th century.
Pioneers
500
What is the capital of North Dakota?
Bismarck
500
River or lake water with very little salt
freshwater
500
Water route connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean
St. Lawrence Seaway
500
Shoshone woman who accompanied Lewis and Clark and acted as a translator