Question | Answer |
What are the three ways that people traveled to the Middle West? | By foot, flatboat and Conestoga wagon. |
What is the nickname for the Middle West? | America's Breadbasket |
What is providing for all of your own needs called? | Self-sufficient |
Who brought horses to North America? | Spanish |
What type of home did the Lakota live in? | Tipis |
Name some uses of the buffalo. | Flyswatter, meat, clothing, spoons, rope |
What is the name of the battle between Custer and Sitting Bull? | Battle of Little Big Horn, Custer's Last Stand |
Where is Motor, City USA? | Detroit, MI |
What is the nickname for the Midwest? | America's Breadbasket |
Name the three main crops grown in the Midwest? | Corn, Wheat, and Soybeans |
What are large farms owned by companies? | Agribusiness |
What is a huge storage bin for grain? | Grain elevator |
What is the machine that removes graine from the stalk? | Combine |
What is a moving belt the carries parts past a worker called? | Assembly Line |
What is manufacturing large numbers of goods using identical parts called? | Mass Production |
What was the movement of African Americans to the Midwest in search of jobs called? | Great Migration |
Who built the Model T car? | Henry Ford |
What is another name for the Model T? | Tin Lizzie |
Who was the Lieutenant Colonel who fought against Sitting Bull? | George Custer |
Who was the other Lakota chief who helped Sitting Bull in the fight against Custer? | Crazy Horse |
Who won the Battle of Little Bighorn? | Lakota |
What is the land set aside by the government for the Native Americans? | Reservation |
Who was the President whose family moved to Indiana when he was 7 years old? | Abraham Lincoln |
What is the edge of a settled area called? | Frontier |
Who are people who settle on land that is new to them? | Pioneers |
Who built the first steel plow? | John Deere |