This area of mostly flat land is covered with grasses and wildflowers. (Page 247)
What is the prairie?
100
Their names are Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario. (Page 237 map; one name isn't visible)
What are The Great Lakes?
100
Many American Indian tribes used this kind of meat for food, to make clothing and blankets, to build tee-pees and tools - before this animal was nearly killed off by many pioneer sportmen and the U.S. military. (Page 250)
What are buffalo?
100
This is known to be good for growing food crops and is plentiful in such states as Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Michigan, Ohio, and parts of Wisconsin. (Page 250 map)
What is soil?
100
During this season, there is hot and rainy weather. (Page 248)
What is the summer?
200
On this particular kind of prairie, the grass grows fairly short because of its drier climate. (Page 247)
What are The Great Plains?
200
This major river begins in the state of Minnesota (Mrs. Zepf has walked across its very beginning trickle in her bare feet!!!), and many barges use this river to transport several kinds of products. (Pages 236-237 map, Page 239)
What is the Mississippi River?
200
This landmark is carved in whitish-colored rocks in South Dakota and has the faces of four American presidents. (Page 236 map)
What is Mt. Rushmore?
200
This kind of animal is raised by ranchers in Kansas and then sold at a stockyard. (Page 266)
What is livestock?
200
The surface of these massive bodies of water may freeze in the winter, even though they are so large. (Page 248)
What are the Great Lakes?
300
These colored rock formations are in South Dakota, were once home to many American Indians, and are now a popular tourist attraction. (Pages 236 map and 238)
What are The Badlands?
300
This smaller stream flows in to a larger river. (Children's Dictionary, page 804)
What is a tributary?
300
This carving in the Black Hills honors a Lakota Sioux American Indian leader who lived during the 1800s and led Sioux warriors at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. (Page 235 timeline and Page 288)
What is the Crazy Horse Memorial?
300
Farmers in Wisconsin and Minnesota raise these kinds of cows that are used to help produce milk and cheese. (Page 250, text and map)
What are dairy cows?
300
This is a time when there is little or no rain, and in the 1930s it was devastating for American farmers. (Page 249)
What is a drought?
400
On this particular kind of prairie, the grass grows very tall because of its wetter climate. (Page 247)
What are The Central Plains?
400
This helps contains a river from flowing out of its banks. (Children's Dictionary, page 424)
What is a levee?
400
This silver-colored, geometrical-shaped landmark represents expansion of America west. (Page 285, photo)
What is the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri?
400
The area of the Central Plains is known as an area that produces much of this kind of vegetable that may white or yellow. (Page 250)
What is corn?
400
This weather phenomenon results when warm and cold air meet. (Page 249)
What is a tornado?
500
Much timber from forests is cut from this area, whose name may suggest "dark" or "shadows." (Page 250 and Page 236 map)
What are the Black Hills?
500
Through this system in Sault Saint Marie, Michigan, ships may travel from the higher Lake Superior to other Great Lakes that are much lower. (take a guess)
What are the Soo Locks?
500
This particular style of music was created by African Americans and is honored in Detroit, Michigan. (Page 275)
What is Motown?
500
This kind of material is made of many minerals, is mined out of the ground, and then is combined with other products to make such objects as strong beams and rods for buildings, roads, bridges; paper clips; tools; and cars. (Page 250 text and map)
What is iron ore?
500
This weather phenomenon causes hailstorms and snowstorms in parts of the Midwest during the winter. (Page 248)