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SS Chap. 7 Vocab
SS Chapter 7 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| skyscrapers | very high buildings |
| Poland | a flat country in Eastern Europe |
| Great Lakes | make up the largest body of fresh water in the world |
| prairie | a flat area thickly covered with tall grasses and wildflowers |
| Interior Plains | the flat land located between the mountain ranges |
| livestock | farm animals such as cattle, pigs, and chickens |
| Great Plains | land that is mostly dry grassland. It slopes upward toward the west |
| drought | a period of little or no rain |
| World Trade Center | the tallest skyscraper in the United States |
| tornado | a tunnel of wind that can move at speeds over 200 miles per hour |
| iron | a metal used to make steel |
| Mesabi Range | an area in Minnesota where large amounts of iron ore were found |
| lake effect | creates a gentler climate in southern Michigan |
| steel | used to build the first skyscrapers |
| corn | the major crop of the Central Plains |
| wheat | the major crop of the Great Plains |
| reclamation | restoring mined land into such things as farms or parks |
| open-pit mining | a method in which huge power shovels are used to dig out ore. It is also called strip mining. |
| Central Plains | has land that is low. Gentle hills cover much of this land. This area gets plenty of rain. |
| 5 Great Lakes | Lake Huron, Lake Onterio, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, Lake Superior |
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