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Jeopardy Game

• Midwest Region

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Agriculture
Physical Characteristics
Early Settlers
Industry/ Attractions
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Question 1
Corn, soybeans, wheat
Name 3 crops that are grown in the Midwest.
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Question 2
soil
What does crop rotation help to protect?
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Question 3
Corn, wheat, and dairy
What are the 3 belts of the Midwest region?
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Question 4
Axes and scythes (hand tools), to reapers and
combines (oxen driven), to tractors.
How have farming tools changed from the 1800s to
the 1900s to the present?
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Question 5
90 (1800), 40 (1900), 2 (now)
Describe the change in of people living on
farms from 1800 to 1900 to the present.
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Question 6
plains
What are flat grasslands used for farming known
as?
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Question 7
Plains, rolling hills, rivers, and lakes.
What are 3 physical features of the Midwest?
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Question 8
Lake effect snow occurs.
What happens when cold air from Canada meets damp
air over the Great Lakes?
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Question 9
Fertile soil, water, woods, natural gas, iron
ore, coal, and prairies.
What are 3 natural resources of the Midwest?
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Question 10
Great Plains to the west and Central Plains to
the east.
How are the plains separated?
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Question 11
Plains Indians
This group of people hunted buffalo and lived in
teepees.
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Question 12
The French
This group of settlers came in search of animal
furs.
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Question 13
Fighting with other Indians over hunting grounds.
The Eastern Woodland Indians main problem was
______.
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Question 14
European American
This group of settlers moved west after the Lewis
and Clark expedition.
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Question 15
Plains were mobile society and the Eastern
Woodland lived in permanent villages.
What was the main difference between the Plains
Indians and the Eastern Woodland Indians?
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Question 16
Gateway Arch, Mt. Rushmore, Wrigley field, Crazy
Horse Mem.
Name 3 attractions of the Midwest.
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Question 17
Automobile industry
What important industry of the Midwest began in
Detroit?
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Question 18
Henry Ford in 1908.
Who started the automobile industry in Detroit?
What year?
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Question 19
The assembly line
What invention aided the automobile industry and
helped with speed and lowering costs?
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Question 20
States are far inland and there are no ocean
breezes.
Name 2 reasons why temperatures in the Midwest
reach extreme highs and lows.
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