Midwest Region

Midwest Region

Assessment Review

Midwest Region has 2 sub-regions

• Plain States: North Dakota     South Dakota     Nebraska     Kansas     Iowa     Missouri

• Great Lake States: Ohio     Michigan     Indiana     Illinois     Wisconsin     Minnesota

Location of Midwest

The Midwest region of the United States is bordered by the Ohio River and the Great Lakes to the east and the Rocky Mountains to the west.

It is bordered by Canada and the Great Lakes to the north and the Ohio River Valley, Arkansas, and Oklahoma to the south. 

Multiple Choice

Midwest Region is split into how many Sub-regions?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

The Great Lakes borders The Midwest to the North and to the East

• True

• False

The geography of the Midwest Region is covered by flat grasslands that gradually rise in the west. 

• Physical features include: Prairie, Badlands, Plains, Black Hills

• Water features include:

  Great Lakes, Ohio River, Mississippi River Missouri River, Illinois river

Physical Features of The Midwest Region

The Central Plains are gently rolling land with very few trees.

Prairie grass covers much of the Midwest and helps make the soil extremely fertile.

The Great Plains is land that is higher, drier, and rockier.

Multiple Choice

The _______ grass covers much of the Midwest and helps make the soil extremely fertile.

• Plains

• Prairie

• Central Plains

• Great Plains

Multiple Choice

Which is NOT a water feature of the Midwest region?

• Ohio River

• Great Lakes

• Southern Ocean

• Mississippi River

Climate of the Midwest Region

The Midwest is located far from the oceans, so winds off the oceans don’t make it to this part of the country. However, strong winds blow from the north and the south.

In the summer, the warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico causes hot, rainy weather. In the winter, cold air moves down from Canada, causing snowstorms.

The Great Lakes affect the areas around them. In the winter, cold winds pick up moisture off the surface of the Great Lakes and cause heavy snowfall in the areas around them. This is called “lake effect” snow.

Severe Weather in the Midwest Region

In the spring and summer, tornadoes a tornado in the are common in the Midwest. They are caused when masses of warm and cold air meet over the flat land. Tornadoes move over land quickly, often destroying everything in their paths.

Droughts, periods of little or no rain, are also a danger in the Midwest. One of the worst droughts in the Midwest happened in the 1930s. The drought caused the soil to dry up and blow away.

Multiple Choice

The Midwest is located far from the _____

• Oceans

• Gulf of Mexico

• Countries

Multiple Choice

Which Severe Weather did the Midwest face?

• Drought and Rainstorms

• Earthquakes and Tornados

• Tornados and Droughts

Multiple Choice

Cold air moves down from _____ causing snowstorms

• Greenland

• Iceland

• Canada