Geography
Vocabulary
Landmarks
Potpourri
Mystery
100
The number of states in the midwest region.
What is 12?
100
the beginning of unexplored lands
What is a frontier?
100
reason the Gateway Arch was built
What is to honor the pioneers who were the first people to settle the west?
100
land set aside for Native Americans
What is a reservation?
100
storms that bring heavy snow and freezing winds
What are blizzards?
200
the location of the Gateway Arch
What is St. Louis, Missouri?
200
a prairie
What is flat or gently rolling land that is covered with tall grasses and wildflowers?
200
the presidents honored in Mt. Rushmore National Memorial
Who are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln?
200
a process in which each worker does one part of a job before passing it on to the next worker
What is an assembly line?
200
nickname for the Midwest and reason for the nickname
What is "America's Breadbasket" and midwestern farmers raise a lot of grain?
300
the name of the state well known for growing corn because of its fertile soil
What is Iowa?
300
fertile
What is soil able to produce good crops?
300
the Crazy Horse Memorial honors and is carved into
What is Sioux Indian chief Crazy Horse and the Black Hills?
300
a city that serves as a center for moving goods and people
What is a transportation hub?
300
Dairy farming is important in this midwestern state.
What is Wisconsin?
400
a city and state famous for cowboys and wheat
What is Dodge City, Kansas?
400
animals raised on farms such as cattle
What is livestock?
400
lifts ships from Lake Huron up 21 feet to Lake Superior
What are Soo Locks?
400
crop dusters
What is a small plane used to spray chemicals over crops?
400
benefit to Ford using the assembly line
What is kept cost down and could produce cars more quickly?
500
The state in which Mt. Rushmore National Memorial and Crazy Horse Memorial are located.
What is South Dakota?
500

meatpacking

What is the preparing of meat for sale?

500
home of the Chicago Cubs
What is Wrigley Field?
500
number of store and other features besides stores at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota
What is 520 store, 50 restaurants, 14 movie theaters, and an amusement park?
500
reason why the midwest is nicknamed "America's Heartland"
What is it lies at the heart or center of the United States?
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