Iowa is the #1 state for production of this resource.
What is corn?
100
Name 2 manufactured goods you can make from corn.
What is corn syrup, popcorn, canned corn, bread, etc?
100
This landmark is found in the capital city of Indiana. Vroom Vroom!
What is the Indianapolis Motor Speedway?
100
Which important Midwestern river begins in Montana and then flows into the Mississippi River in St. Louis, Missouri.
What is the Missouri River?
100
What kind of house would you have had to build if you were one of the first white settlers on the open Iowa prairie?
A sod house.
200
Name a resource that farming provides, other than crops.
What is livestock?
200
Name 2 manufactured goods made from animal products.
Answers could include beef, bacon, milk, etc.
200
This landmark is found in St. Louis. You can ride an elevator to the top!
What is the St. Louis Arch?
200
Which ocean borders the Midwest region?
There are no oceans that border the Midwest region!
200
What did some of the first farmers have to do to claim land in the Midwest?
Some of the first farmers had to rush the land, claim it by placing stakes in the four corners of their plot, and then plow the ground to prepare it for planting.
300
Which natural resource makes Iowa a great place to farm crops?
fertile soil
300
What manufactured good is produced in Detroit, Michigan, the "motor city"?
cars/vehicles
300
This landmark is found in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It has 3 stories and lots of activities to choose from!
What is the Mall of America?
300
Which two rivers border Iowa on either side?
What are the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers?
300
Name 3 of the Great Lakes.
Answers can include Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, Lake Huron
400
Kansas' flowery nickname comes from this natural resource that is planted in fields. It symbolizes a golden future.
What are sunflowers?
400
Name the pasta factory found in Ames that turns wheat and grains into yummy spaghetti!
What is Barilla pasta factory?
400
Which sport's Hall of Fame is found in Ohio?
What is football?
400
Name the 4 presidents found on the face of Mount Rushmore.
Who are Abe Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington?
400
Which Midwestern state is split in half by a Great Lake?
What is Michigan?
500
Name 3 natural resources found here in Iowa.
Answers could include milk, beef, bacon, corn, wheat, soybeans, etc.
500
This is an important dairy factory found in Des Moines, Iowa. You can buy their products such as yogurt, ice cream, and milk at stores here in Ames.
What is Anderson Erickson Dairy?
500
Name two landmarks in the Midwest that are also considered landforms.
What are the Black Hills and Mount Rushmore?
500
The immense stretch of land that was once grazed by buffalo, found in many Midwestern states, including Kansas and Nebraska.
What is the Great Plains?
500
Whose invention changed farming for the better in 1837? What was that invention?