Maps
what are the four cardinal directions
North, South, East, and West
What continent is America apart of
North American content
why does the Midwest have good soil?
glaciers
What created the Great Lakes?
glaciers
what does farming do for people individually
strong work ethic
which way doe the equator go
east to west, horizontally
how many regions are their in the United States. do not include Alaska and Hawaii
how are people from the Midwest often viewed
nice, polite people and values hard-work
How many fish are kept in the Great Lakes
50 million fish
what does farming do for communities
helps them grow closer
the lines that go from North to South
Longitude
what are stereotypes
are widely held belief about a group of people or places
How many states are commonly in the Midwest
12
How many cubic miles is the Great Lakes
5,400 cubic miles of water
what is a cash crop
a crop produced for its commercial value rather than for use
latitude
How old is the United States
450 years old
what does the Midwest farm 75% in the US
corn and soybeans
how many tons of shipping does the Great Lakes get
35 to 40 million tons
what does Wisconsin mainly farm
Corn
Prime Meridian is what
center divide of the Earth going vertically
Landmarks-
an object or feature of a landscape or town that is easily seen and recognized from a distance, especially one that enables someone to establish their location.
who were the immigrants that first travel to the Midwest
Germans and Scandinavians
what was the ship name that sank
Edmund Fitzgerald
why is corn so valuable
it can be put into almost anything