unit 4 The midwest

What major Midwestern city began as Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable's trading post?

• a. Green Bay

• b. Sault St. Marie

• c. Chicago

• d. Detroit

How were the Great Lakes formed?

• a. by volcano eruptions

• b. by melting glaciers

• c. by wind and water erosion

• d. by engineers who designed them

Which city did President Jefferson hope would become the Gateway to the West?

• a. Green Bay

• b. Chicago

• c. Minneapolis

• d. St. Louis

Which of these is NOT a reason why Great Plains farmers are able to grow corn and soybeans?

• a. The growing season is long.

• b. Farmers irrigate the land.

• c. It rains often there.

• d. The soil is rich and deep.

Why did the fur trade develop in the Midwest?

• a. Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette were born there.

• b. Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette explored there.

• c. Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable was born there.

• d. The Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Huron tribes explored there.

Which present-day city is Not one at which the Ojibwa settled?

• a. Chicago, Illinois

• b. Duluth, Minnesota

• c. Milwaukee, Wisconsin

• d. Mt. Pleasant, Michigan

How are to today's badlands different from the same area millions of years ago?

• a. Today rivers flow through a lush, green plain near the badlands.

• b. Today the climate of the badlands is warm and humid.

• c. Today badlands are made up of dry hills and sharp cliffs.

• d. Today the region is surrounded by praises full of trees.

What did engineers build to make a smooth passageway from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean?

• a. barges and waterways on the Lawrence River

• b. locks and canals on the Illinois River

• c. bridges on the Chicago River

• d. canals and locks on the Lawrence River

Which of these was a positive development of early farming in the Midwest?

• a. Because of drought and the overused of the land, the soil turned to dust and many farms failed.

• b. Many farmers live in homes made of sod, or grass, roots, and dirt from the ground's top layer.

• c. John Deere made a new steel plow to make turning the prairies into farmland much easier.

• d. Settlers had to chop down trees and dig up stumps to clear fields for farming.

Which form of transportation did NOT help Midwest become the hub of the nation?

• a. airplanes

• b. interstate highway

• c. steamboats

• d. railroad