MyWorld Chapter 7 - The Midwest

Define great plains

• a destructive column of spinning air with winds that can reach up to 300 miles per hour

• a heavy snowstorm with powerful winds

• a vast area of plains east of the Rocky Mountains

• an area of rough land in western South Dakota

Define blizzard

• a heavy snowstorm with powerful winds

• a destructive column of spinning air with winds that can reach up to 300 miles per hour

• an area of rough land in western South Dakota

• a vast area of plains east of the Rocky Mountains

Define tornado

• a vast area of plains east of the Rocky Mountains

• a destructive column of spinning air with winds that can reach up to 300 miles per hour

• an area of rough land in western South Dakota

• a heavy snowstorm with powerful winds

Define badlands

• a destructive column of spinning air with winds that can reach up to 300 miles per hour

• a heavy snowstorm with powerful winds

• a vast area of plains east of the Rocky Mountains

• an area of rough land in western South Dakota

True or False: The Mississippi River is the greatest river in the nation because it carries the most water.

• True

• False

The _________ River is the longest River in the Nation

• Missouri

• Amazon

• Nile

• Susupe

Lake ______ is the deepest lake in the Midwest

• Huron

• Michigan

• Superior

• Ontario

Winters are very cold in North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and ______.

• California

• Texas

• Michigan

• Saipan

The Great Lakes were formed long ago by

• Typhoons

• Glaciers

• Ice

• Stone

Blizzards, tornadoes, and thunderstorms arer found in the Midwest

• True

• False