SS Unit 4 Quiz 2

Limestone from Indiana’s _____ is used to build important buildings.

• Hoosier Quarry

• Long Cave

• Limestone Belt

• Valley Mine

Ice Age glaciers deposited sand along the shore of Lake Michigan to create the_____.

• Great Black Swamp

• Chicago Beach

• Indiana Dunes

• Michigan Banks

_____ are useful as feed for animals, snack bars, plastics, rubber, fuel, oil to prepare food, and as a type of milk.

• Soybeans

• Livestock

• Pumpkins

• Prairie grasses

Which climate has four distinct seasons: fall, winter, spring, and summer?

• tropical climate

• dry climate

• continental climate

• polar climate

Match the statements with the historical events.

• Marquette and Jolliet's expedition

• The city of Chicago had to be rebuilt with new, improved materials.

• 1893 Chicago Worlds Fair

• Control of the Great Lakes Region passed from the French to the British.

• Great Chicago Fire of 1871

• Many African Americans moved to northern cities, including Chicago, seeking better jobs to improve their lives.

• French and Indian War

• The “White City” introduced Americans to the benefits of electricity.

• Great Migration

• The French claimed Great Lakes land and built trading posts along the Mississippi River.

Which TWO metals are found in large deposits near Lake Superior?

• copper

• gold

• iron ore

• nickel

What is full of minerals, absorbs and holds water, and is easy to plow?

• bedrock

• sandstone

• limestone

• loess

Which Mississippian culture community had the largest mound and a large population?

• Miamisburg

• Adena

• Cahokia

• Hopewell

Wisconsin’s state animal, the _____, has white stripes and digs in the ground.

• skunk

• opossum

• badger

• raccoon

Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio have the same state bird that is brown if female and red if male.

• northern cardinal

• Baltimore oriole

• American goldfinch

• house finch