Post on 17-Dec-2015
Agriculture Physical Characteristics
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Question 3Question 3
What are the 3 belts of the Midwest region?
Corn, wheat, and dairy
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Question 4Question 4
How have farming tools changed from the 1800s to the 1900s to the present?
Axes and scythes (hand tools), to reapers and combines (oxen driven), to tractors.
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Question 5Question 5
Describe the change in % of people living on farms from 1800 to 1900 to the present.
90% (1800), 40% (1900), 2% (now)
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Question 7Question 7
What are 3 physical features of the Midwest?
Plains, rolling hills, rivers, and lakes.
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Question 8Question 8
What happens when cold air from Canada meets damp air over the Great Lakes?
Lake effect snow occurs.
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Question 9Question 9
What are 3 natural resources of the Midwest?
Fertile soil, water, woods, natural gas, iron ore, coal, and prairies.
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Question Question 1010
How are the plains separated?
Great Plains to the west and Central Plains to the east.
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Question Question 1111
This group of people hunted buffalo and lived in teepees.
Plains Indians
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Question Question 1212
This group of settlers came in search of animal furs.
The French
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Question Question 1313
The Eastern Woodland Indians’ main problem was ______.
Fighting with other Indians over hunting grounds.
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Question Question 1414
This group of settlers moved west after the Lewis and Clark expedition.
European American
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Question Question 1515
What was the main difference between the Plains Indians and the Eastern Woodland Indians?
Plains were mobile society and the Eastern Woodland lived in permanent villages.
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Question Question 1616
Name 3 attractions of the Midwest.
Gateway Arch, Mt. Rushmore, Wrigley field, Crazy Horse Mem.
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Question Question 1717
What important industry of the Midwest began in Detroit?
Automobile industry
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Question Question 1818
Who started the automobile industry in Detroit? What year?
Henry Ford in 1908.
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Question Question 1919
What invention aided the automobile industry and helped with speed and lowering costs?
The assembly line
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