The Land and People of the Midwest.

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The Land and People of the Midwest.

• Presented By Bridget Buesgens

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The Land

• The Midwest is covered with plains and grasslands
  and has many important lakes and rivers.
• A huge underground collection of water is called
  aquifer.
• As you can see in the diagram above,huge,swirling
  windstorms called tornadoes.
• These grasslands are called prairies.

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Weather

• Winds play a big part in this regions weather.
• When cold,dry winds from Canada mix with
  warm,moist winds from the Gulf of Mexico,big
  storms can form on the plains and prairies of the
  Midwest.
• The climate in the Midwest is hot summers and
  cold winters.

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Settling in the Midwest

• The land of the Midwest supported many different
  groups of people.
• The Europeans,Africans,and Asians lived here.

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Industries and Resources.

• In the Midwest we have many resources like rivers
  and lakes.We have many trees and different
  birds,deer,wolfs,foxes,coyotes,and moose.
• We made bowls,knifes,Bowen arrows,and tools.

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State Websites

• Minnesota
• Iowa
• Wisconsin
• North Dakota
• South Dakota