Vocabulary
to measure
survey
a funnel-shaped, spinning windstorm
tornado
Which mineral is plentiful in the Midwest region?
-- coal
-- sulfur
-- iron ore
-- gold
iron ore
Which is a landform covered mostly with grasses and flowers?
-- a township
-- a prairie
-- a glacier
-- a mountain
Which event happened first?
-- Henry Ford sets up an automobile factory in Detroit
-- The Sioux live in villages along the rivers and lakes of the Central Plains
-- Railroads are built across the Midwest
The Sioux live in villages along the rivers and lakes of the Central Plains
a set of laws
ordinance
a long period of little to no rain
drought
What did most early settlers of the Great Plains use to build their homes?
-- bricks
-- wood
-- sod
-- stone
sod
What does the term drought mean?
-- a time when rivers overflow their banks
-- a fast-spreading disease
-- a funnel-shaped, spinning windstorm
-- a long period of little or no rain
a long period of little or no rain
Which one of these events happened last?
-- Henry Ford sets up an automobile factory in Detroit
-- The Sioux live in villages along the rivers and lakes of the Central Plains
-- Railroads are built across the Midwest
Henry Ford sets up an automobile factory in Detroit
the movement of people from one place to another
migration
an area of flat or rolling land covered with grasses and wildflowers
prairie
What does the term migration mean?
-- a way to change a river's flow to bring water to crops
-- a movement of people from one place to another
-- the building of new communities and businesses
-- a method for trading goods and services
a movement of people from one place to another
What is a person who starts a new business called?
-- an artist
-- a rancher
-- a farmer
-- an entrepreneur
an entrepreneur
In what ways do tornadoes affect the Midwest region?
The Midwest averages over 300 tornadoes each year. They often destroy everything in their path.
to change in order to survive in a new environment
adapt
Which process formed the Great Lakes thousands of years ago?
-- the flooding of the Mississippi River system
-- the meeting of warm and cold air masses
-- the moving and melting of glaciers
-- the spreading of prairies
the moving and melting of glaciers
Which inventor helped set up an assembly line in Detroit?
-- Joseph McCoy
-- Henry Ford
-- Robert Fulton
-- Thomas Edison
Henry Ford
Which Midwest city connected ten major railroad lines in the mid-1800s?
-- Chicago, Illinois
-- Omaha, Nebraska
-- Topeka, Kansas
-- Kansas City, Missouri
Chicago, Illinois
What were three ways in which Native Americans of the Great Plains used the buffalo?
They used buffalo for food, clothing, tools, shelter, etc.
a person who starts a new business
entrepreneur
What was one way that the Sioux adapted to living on the Great Plains?
-- They moved from place to place, following herds of buffalo
-- They used sod to build their homes
-- They traveled in canoes instead of on horses
-- They settled in permanent villages and farms
They moved from place to place, following herds of buffalo
Which is the process in which a product is made more quickly and cheaply by using machines?
-- supply and demand
-- mass production
-- interdependence
-- factors of production
mass production
Why were railroads important to the growth of the Great Plains?
-- They provided protected areas in the prairies
-- They helped control the settling of the Northwest Territory
-- They provided an easier way for settlers to reach the Midwest
-- They provided a way for products to be made more cheaply
They provided an easier way for settlers to reach the Midwest
Why did Detroit, Michigan become the center of the nation's automobile industry?
Its location on the Great Lakes made shipping raw materials and finished automobiles easier. It had steel mills nearby to supply the steel needed to make cars. Auto manufacturers started using assembly lines to produce cars more quickly and cheaply.