Making Goods
How did farming create factories?
The need to process livestock and crops (food processing)
digging for minerals in the ground is
mining
business of growing crops and raising livestock?
agriculture
Which region (northeast, southwest or southeast) in Ohio is known for forestry?
southeast
2 main crops grown in Ohio
corn and soybeans
All the kinds of businesses that make one kind of product or provide one kind of service
industry
The most imporant mineral mined in Ohio
coal
Why do farmers prefer Ohio to grow crops? (tell about weather and soil)
rich till soil and wet climate
How does forestry create jobs?
cutting down of trees or logging and then the wood can be used to make furniture, paper etc.
a person who comes to a new country to live
immigrant
making large amounts of goods in factories
manufacturing
Ohio is the leader in mining this mineral and could supply the USA with it for the next 150,000 years
salt
The organization developed or created to help farmers in need?
Farm Aid
Name the 4 economic regions of Ohio
mining, manufacturing, agriculture, forestry
cold air blowing in from Canad picks up water and is warmed when it crosses Lake Erie
lake effect
How are manufacturing in northeastern Ohio and southeastern Ohio different?
steel, plastics, autos, syrup not manufactured in southeastern Ohio
southeastern: mostly ceramics
Name 3 other minerals mined in Ohio that are used in making glass and or to build highways and buildings
sand, gravel, limestone
Turning crops and animal products into the foods that you find in stores is called?
food processing
What are hardwood and softwood trees used to make?
hardwood: furniture (evergreens: fir, pine)
softwood: paper, doors
line of hills running from east to west across our state and those rivers north drain into Lake Erie and those south drain into the Ohio River
Ohio Divide
1. create jobs
2. food process (they rely on each other)
What produces most of Ohio's electricity?
coal burning power plants
Name 3 ways that farming and agriculture create jobs ( name 3 kinds of jobs)
factory workers turning crops into canned or frozen goods
someone makes the tractors and farm equipment
trucks taking the animal products and crops to the stores
True or False:
Ohio is ranked 7th in the number of manufacturing jobs in the United States?
true
Name the 5 landform regions shaped by the glaciers long ago (think colorful map)
Till Plains, Lake Plains, Unglaciated Appalachian Plateau, Glaciated Appalachian Plateau, Lexington Plains