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100
The vocabulary word that describes the shift of people from rural areas to cities.
What is urbanization.
100
Early settlers used this to build their homes.
What is sod.
100
How did railroads improve the growth of the great plains?
What is made it easier for settlers to reach the Midwest.
100
A person who starts a new business.
What is an entrepreneur.
100
What is the capital of North Dakota
What is Bismarck.
200
This is the main physical feature in the Midwest.
What is plains
200
The movement of people from one place to another.
What is migration.
200
Goods are transported on rivers and lakes using this form of transportation.
What is barges.
200
The ability to make products cheaply and more quickly by using machines.
What is mass production.
200
This famous Midwesterner recently retired from her talk show.
Who is Oprah Winfrey.
300
This is a landform covered mostly with grasses and flowers.
What is a prairie.
300
This purchase from France doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase.
300
The implementation of assembly lines made the production of this product cheaper and manufactured more quickly.
What is the automobile.
300
The Ohio River and the Mississippi River formed the boundary of this territory.
What is the Northwest Territory.
300
The Plains States inspired artists because...
of their wide open spaces.
400
A long period with little or no rain.
What is a drought.
400
How did pioneers make their homes using materials found naturally?
What is using sod (because few trees existed).
400
These cities grew larger because of this transportation industry: Chicago, Topeka, Kansas City, and Omaha.
What is railroads.
400
These industries are the most recent growing industries in the Midwest.
What are tourism and entertainment.
400
The capital of Minnesota
What is St. Paul
500
What are the two regions of the Midwest
What is the Great Lakes states and the Plains States.
500
What attracted pioneers to the Midwest?
What is the Homestead Act.
500
How did transportation effect the expansion of the Midwest?
What is allowed access to different cities and states through rail, boat, and automobile.
500
This allows farmers to harvest crops in less time.
What is modern farm machines.
500
The Mississippi starts in this state and ends in this state.
What is Minnesota and Louisiana.