Midwest Unit Test Review

Which natural resource was mined in Indiana and covers part of New York City’s Empire State Building?

• soil

• lumber

• iron

• limestone

Which answer choice BEST explains how the Great Lakes were formed?

• Asteroids crashed into the Midwest and created large craters. The Great Lakes were formed when rainwater filled those craters.

• Ancient earthquakes formed the Great Lakes.

• The erosion of the land by powerful ocean waves formed the Great Lakes.

• Long ago, glaciers moving across the land formed deep pits. When the glaciers melted, water filled the pits and formed the Great Lakes.

What is in the western part of the Midwest?

• Great Plains

• Central Plains

• Lake Erie

• Ohio River

Which is true of farmland compared to total land in the United States?

• Nearly half of the total land in the Midwest is farmland.

• Farmland makes up about four-fifths of the total land in the Midwest.

• More than half of the total land in the Midwest is farmland.

• Farmland makes up about one-fifth of total land in the Midwest.

According to the map, which state produces the most dairy products in the Midwest?

• Michigan

• Iowa

• Wisconsin

• Minnesota

Along with enough rainfall to raise crops, rich soil, and level ground, what else helps make the Midwest on of the most productive farming regions in the world?

• Cool summer temperatures

• A long growing season

• Inexpensive labor

• A large amount of extra land

1. Where did cities and towns often develop in the Midwest during the 1800's and 1900's?

• high in the mountainous areas of the region

• along waterways, where they began as small trading posts

• in very large areas of the plains, where farming was the most important industry

• along the Atlantic coast, where natural harbors became the sites of important cities

What waterway system connected the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean, leading to a large increase in trade in the Midwest’s shipping cities?

• The Panama Canal

• The Erie Canal

• The St. Lawrence Seaway

• The Mississippi River

What was one effect of the migration of large numbers of settlers to the Midwest in the 1800s?

• The eastern USA suffered a large decrease in its population as people left there for the Midwest.

• A great increase in the number of factories in the Midwest led to pollution that killed thousands of settlers.

• Slavery was adopted in all of the states of the area that had been in the Northwest Territory.

• Native Americans were forced to leave their lands due to the USA government and settle on reservations.

Freedom of speech and freedom of religion are rights that are guaranteed by this document:

• Preamble in the Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Bill of Rights in the Constitution