The Great Lakes
States and Capitals (Spelling Counts)
Midwest History
Nicknames
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100
The term for water that contains very little salt.
What is freshwater?
100
The capital of Iowa.
What Des Moines?
100
This was discovered in the Badlands located in South Dakota.
What is a Tyrannosaurus rex?
100
The nickname for the state of Nebraska.
What is the Cornhusker State?
100
Wisconsin is known for producing these types of products.
What are dairy products?
200
The number of Great Lakes.
What is 5?
200
St. Paul is the capital of this state.
What is Minnesota?
200
This was considered a man-made ecological disaster.
What is the Dust Bowl?
200
The Hawkeye State.
What is Iowa?
200
Many Midwest States are known for farming and agriculture. Farmers will often sell products by this unit of measure.
What is a bushel?
300
The water in the Great Lakes originally came from these.
What are glaciers?
300
What is Columbus, Ohio?
300
One of the missions of these explorers included finding a water route to the Pacific Ocean.
Who are Lewis and Clark?
300
The North Star State.
What is Minnesota?
300
This trade helped establish the Midwest Region.
What is fur?
400
It connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the St. Lawrence Seaway?
400
The capital of South Dakota.
What is Pierre?
400
A method farmers now employ to avoid damaging the soil and creating another Dust Bowl during a drought.
What is crop rotation?
400
Also known as the Show Me State.
What is Missouri?
400
States around the Great Lakes often get lots of snow, especially Michigan where many tourists go to ski. This is what causes the upper peninsula of Michigan to get so much snow.
What is the lake effect?
500
Michigan is the only state that borders four of the Great Lakes, while the other Great Lakes also touch Canada. This Great Lake is the only one that is entirely located within the United States.
What is Lake Michigan?
500
What is Bismarck, North Dakota?
500
The three major native tribes mentioned in our briefs that lived in the Midwest Region.
What are the Ojibwa, the Sioux, and the Ottawa tribes?
500
The nickname for the state whose capital is Topeka.
What is the Sunflower State?
500
Music plays a huge role in the history of the Midwest. From Chicago Blues to the influential record company started by Barry Gordy in Detroit. This is the name of that record label and the two words that were combined to make that name.
What is Motown, which is a combination of motor and town?