The Native American group that gave the Mississippi River its name.
Who are the Ojibwa?
100
A word that means 'transported goods'
What is freight?
100
The part of a steamboat that pushes it through the water.
What is the paddle wheel?
200
As the French trading posts grew in size they became...
What are towns and cities?
200
The Great Lakes region is known for having very rich...
What is farmland?
200
The Mississippi River has been used as this for hundreds of years.
What is a water highway?
200
A word that means 'measuring land'
What is surveying?
200
The translation of 'misi sipi' into English.
What is "big water?"
300
The war the English fought against the French over the Great Lakes region...
What is the French and Indian War?
300
Milk, cheese, butter...
What are dairy products?
300
A large raft made of boards that travels downstream only.
What is a flatboat?
300
Six mile squares of land.
What are townships?
300
The names of two cities in the Great Lakes region.
What are Chicago, Green Bay, Cleveland, Detroit, Milwaukee, Madison, Minneapolis, St Paul, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, South Bend, Duluth, Gary, Sheboygan..?
400
A former trading post that became the biggest city in the Great Lakes region.
What is Chicago?
400
The river that connects the Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico.
What is the Mississippi River?
400
Large boats used to carry freight that need to be pushed or towed.
What are barges?
400
Another word for "friends"
What are allies?
400
The name of the man who started an important automobile company in Michigan and his company.
Who is Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company?
500
The order of who owned the land in the Great Lakes region.
Who are the Native Americans, the French, the English, and the Americans?
500
Parts that can be switched in and out of different machines.
What are interchangeable parts?
500
Name four rivers in New York.
Black, Mohawk, Hudson, St. Lawrence
500
Boats with pointed ends and sails.
What are keelboats?
500
The names of three of the Great Lakes.
What are Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior?