The Midwest

Lakes were formed by ______ flattening hills & valleys.

• Lakes

• Plains

• Tornadoes

• Glaciers

When early settlers saw the central plains they described as a...

• Big mess

• Sea of grass

• Blue ocean

• Prairie covered with flowers

Where does the Midwest's hot air come from?

• China

• Canada

• Mexico

• England

What is a tornado?

• Funnel Shaped Spinning Windstorm

• Triangular Shaped Rotating Cyclone

• Large gust of wind

• A dust cloud

What do droughts cause?

• Starvation

• Dry soil

• Destroyed crops/farms

• Mice

The Central Plains is also known as the ______ because of its importance of _______.

• America's Bread Basket, Wheat

• Wheat, America's Bread Basket

• Corn Belt, Corn

• Corn, Corn Belt

What is an Example of a water resource?

• Rivers

• Baths

• Lakes

• Fish

What bodies of water were the boundaries of the northwestern territory?

• Ohio River

• Illinois River

• Mississippi River

• Great Lake

Settlers hunted Deer & ________ In the forest for survival.

• Chicken

• Allagators

• Rabbits

• Cows

Because settlers took land from the Native Americans...

• Fights between the native Americans & British Broke out

• Fights between the Native Americans and Settlers broke out

• The settlers surrendered

• Native Americans took their land back