Geog of Midwest
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| prarie | an area of flat or rolling land covered mostly with grasses and wildflowers
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| tornado | funnel shaped windstorm
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| drought | long period of no rain
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| ore | rock that has one or more kinds of minerals
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| flowchart | diagram that shows the steps in a process
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| adapt | change their ways to survive in the new environment
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| survey | measure
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| township | land divided into squares
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| ordinance | set of laws
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| frontier | land beyond settlement
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| pioneer | person who first settles in a place
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| self-sufficient | has to do almost everything themself
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| sod | layer of soil held together by roots and grasses
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| historical map | shows information about a place at a certain time in history
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| flatboats | large rafts made of boards tied together`
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| migration | movement of people from one place to another
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| steamboat | boat powered by a steam engine
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| entrepreneurs | people who start businesses
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| stockyard | a place where livestock is bought and sold
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| assembly line | a line of workers along which a product moves as it is put togehter
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| mass production | a product is made more quickly and cheaply by using machines
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| industrial economy | most goods are made by machines
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| Which process formed the Great lakes thousands of years ago? | the moving and melting of glaciers
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| What mineral is plentiful in the Midwest region? | iron ore
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| What was one way the Sioux adapted to living on the Great Plains? | they moved from place to place following the buffalo
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| What did the early settlers of the Great Plains use to build their homes? | sod
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| Why were railroads important to the growth of the Great Plains? | They provided a quicker way for settlers to reach the Midwest
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| Which Midwest city connected ten major railroad lines in the mid-1800s? | Chicago, Illinois
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| Which inventor helped set up an assembly line in Detroit? | Henry Ford
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