Midwest region

What state is letter A on the map?

• North Dakota
• South Dakota
• Iowa
• Wisconsin

Which of these states does NOT border a Great Lake?

• Illinois
• Michigan
• Nebraska
• Ohio

In what ways do businesses in the Midwest use rivers and waterways?

• for transportation
• for making tools and planes
• for mining stone
• for banking and health services

What was the conflict that happened when thousands of pioneers began coming to the Midwest to farm in the early 1800s?

• The pioneers realized there was not enough farmland for everyone to buy.
• The pioneers thought that the land would be much cheaper than it was.
• The pioneers discovered that much of the Midwest was not good for farming.
• The pioneers found Native Americans were already living on much of the land.

Fill in the blank:
Soil that is __________ is full of vitamins and minerals.

• fertile
• healthy
• toxic
• muddy

Choose the best answer that identifies cash crops in the Midwest Region.

• wheat, corn, soybeans and dairy products
• oranges, apples and beef
• wind, coal, copper and iron ore
• grain, flour and butter

Which state is this?

• Michigan
• Iowa
• Minnesota
• Missouri

Why did Henry Ford install a moving assembly line in his car factory?

• to make cars safer for drivers
• to create a brand of luxury cars
• to lower the cost of making cars
• to build cars for farming purposes

The _______ raise or lower ships between Lake Huron and Lake Superior.

• Gateway Arch
• Great Lakes
• Motor City
• Soo Locks

The O'Hare International Airport in Chicago is one of the

• only airports in the Midwest.
• busiest airports in the United States.
• smallest airports in the United States.
• only international airports in the Midwest.