Land and Climate
Resources and Economy
The Great Lake States
Midwest Vocabulary
NE & SE States and Capitals
100
The Great Lakes and the Mississippi River
What are the two Main waterways in the Midwest?
100
Prices decrease on a product
What happens when the supply of a product is high?
100
Business and schools close, buildings and homes are abandoned, crime increases
What can happen when people out of the city to the suburbs?
100
Payment for work
What are wages
100
Albany
What is the capital of New York?
200
Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Indian, Illinois
What are the Great Lake States?
200
Rich Soil, Waterways near buy, Oil, Coal, Iron Ore, skilled labor
Why did the Midwest become center of Manufacturing and Farming?
200
Businesses located outside of the city, improved technology, better roads
Why people move out of the city?
200
Railway that runs above the ground on raised tracks
What is an elevated train?
200
Tallahassee
What is the capital of Florida?
300
Birds Migrate, Buffalo have thick coats of fur, Prairie dogs dig burrows
What are ways the animals in the Midwest adapt to the weather.
300
The price will go up on a product
What happens when the demand on a product is high?
300
Farms, low population, less pollution, less traffic, small family owned businesses
What is life like in a rural area?
300
A high riverbank that stops the river from overflowing.
What is a levee?
300
Richmond
What is the capital of Virginia?
400
100 degree ranges in temperature, tornados, blizzards
What kind of weather is typical in the Midwest
400
Water, Soil, minerals
What are 3 natural resources of the Midwest?
400
Two states that border Lake Superior?
What is Wisconsin and Minnesota?
400
Someone who buys goods and services
What is a consumer?
400
Litte Rock
What is the capital of Arkansas?
500
Flatter and Drier Land
What are the Great Plains States?
500
Large communication center and transportation Hub and busiest Airport
What is Chicago?
500
A state that has shores on four Great Lakes.
What is Michigan?
500
A river or stream that flows into another river
What is tributary?
500
Augusta
What is the capital of Maine?