Describe the summers in the Midwest and how animals have adapted to this particular climate.
Summers in the Midwest are extremely hot. Prairie dogs live underground to protect/shelter themselves from the extreme heat.
100
This is the location for the Gateway Arch.
What is St. Louis?
100
Livestock is raised on farms and feedlots for this purpose.
What is food?
100
These are three foods that are popular in the Midwest.
What are barbecue, cereal, pot roast, coney dogs, cornbread, Cincinnati chili, baked beans, and popcorn?
200
Springfield is the capital of this state.
What is Illinois?
200
These are three forms of severe weather that are common in the Midwest.
What are tornadoes. blizzards, and hailstorms?
200
What is the function/purpose of waterway locks, and what two lakes are connected by the Soo Locks.
What is connect bodies of water that are at different elevations, and Lake Huron and Lake Superior?
200
The top producer of corn in the U.S.
What is Iowa?
200
The name, city, and state of the second oldest baseball field in the country.
What is Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois?
300
The capital of Michigan
What is Lansing?
300
How are the Great Plains different than the Central Plains?
What is the Great Plains are drier and rockier than the Central Plains?
300
The four presidents that are carved at Mt. Rushmore.
What is George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln?
300
Kansas is the largest producer of this crop.
What is wheat?
300
The sport that was invented in the Midwest.
What is water skiing?
400
It's capital is Des Moines.
What is Iowa?
400
Where are the Black Hills located? (state and specific Plain)
What is South Dakota in the Great Plains?
400
The Gateway Arch was built to honor these people.
Who are the pioneers who were beginning their adventure out west?
400
This is an abundant mineral in the Midwest, and a reason why it is so important in the Midwest?
What is Iron ore and because it is made into steel that used to make automobiles in Detroit.
400
Motown Sound was invented in this city and state.
What is Detroit, Michigan?
500
The capital of North Dakota.
What is Bismarck?
500
Describe the Badlands, and what covers the Central Plains that helps keep it fertile.
What is: The Badlands are areas in the Great Plains that are so hot and dry, farming is impossible. Prairie grasses cover most of the Central Plains and help keep the soil fertile?
500
What is a transportation hub. Where is the largest transportation hub in the Midwest?
What is a center for moving people and goods in various modes : railways, highways, airports, and water.
Chicago is the largest city and transportation hub in the Midwest.
500
This city and state contains the largest meatpacking plant in the Midwest.
What is Dodge City, Kansas
500
This type of music was invented in Cleveland, Ohio.