Ch. 8 Exploring the Midwest
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| A huge, slow moving mass of ice | glacier
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| Flat land covered in wildflowers and grasses | prairie
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| Movement of people from one place to another | migration
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| A funnel shaped, moving wind storm that causes great damage | tornado
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| A line of workers that put together a product one step at a time | assembly line
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| A layer of soil, held together by the roots of grasses | sod
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| Quickly and cheaply manufacturing many products at once. | mass production
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| A long time with little or no rain | drought
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| A person who sets up a new business | entrepreneur
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| Inventor of the assembly line | Henry Ford
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| Where did the Sioux live | Central Plains
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| What formed the Great Lakes? | moving glaciers
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| What are two natural resources found in the Midwest? | iron ore and natural gas
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| What animal did the Souix follow! | buffalo
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| What did railroads carry? | people, mail, cattle
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| What city connected 10 major railroad lines in the 1800s? | Chicago
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| Three ways Native Americans used the buffalo? | food, clothing, tools
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| Why was Detroit so important to the automobile industry? | location on the Great Lakes for shipping, and nearby steel mills.
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| Why did the Souix move place to place | settlers took over their land.
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