This is a mostly dry, flat grassland with few trees.
What is a prairie
100
These are natural substances that lie deep underground.
What are minerals.
100
Identify the three regions is the West is divided into.
What are the Southwest, Mountain, and Pacific states.
100
An area that is set aside by the national government for recreation and other uses is called a ______________.
What is a national park.
100
Supplying land with water is known as ______________.
What is irrigation.
200
These are three major landforms of the Midwest.
What are hills, plains, valleys.
200
Describe one way that soil is an important resource in the Midwest.
What is it supports forests that provide lumber and wood products, and is used to grow many types of crops.
200
Describe the climate of the West.
What is it varies/differs greatly; it has the country's warmest and coldest temperatures.
200
Name three industries, or businesses, that depend on the West's climate.
What are the aircraft, movie, and tourist industries.
200
__________________ power is electricity produced from flowing water.
What is hydroelectric.
300
A river or stream that flows into another river is known as ________.
What is a tributary.
300
Name three minerals that are found in the Midwest.
What are lead, iron ore, and coal.
300
This refers to the heat from beneath the earth's crust.
What is geothermal.
300
Explain how natural resources of the West are used. Give 2 reasons.
What are: 1) farmers use the fertile soil and warm climate to raise many crops; 2)wood from trees in forests are used to build homes, make paper, and make other products; 3)bodies of water are used for fishing.
300
Describe how people in the West use water.
What is for irrigation of their farmland or crops, and use dams to produce hydroelectric power.
400
The Midwest has two main waterways, rivers/canals and these fresh bodies of water.
What are the Great Lakes.
400
Name three farming industries, or businesses, of the Midwest.
What are farming crops, dairy farming, building tractors, and shipping food.
400
Describe and name the major landforms of the West. Give 5 examples.
What are mountains, valleys, deserts, glaciers, volcanoes, tropical forests.
400
Explain how companies specialize.
What is by producing one specific good or part, rather than a whole product.
400
Name 3 national parks that can be found in the West.
What are Glacier, Grand Canyon, and Yellowstone.
500
Give two tributaries, or branches, of the Mississippi River in the Midwest.
What are the Misssouri, Ohio, and Arkansas Rivers.
500
Explain why iron ore is such an important resource to the Midwest.
What is it is used to make steel, which makes products such as tools, planes, boats, and cars.
500
Explain how the Cascade Mountains in Washington and Oregon were formed.
What is they were formed by volcanoes.
500
What are 3 industries, or businesses, in the West that do not use natural resources.
What are communications, technology, banking, transportation, and health care.
500
Explain the difference between a primary and secondary source of information.
What is a primary source some from a person who witnessed an event; however a secondary source is written by someone who did not see the event.