SOCIAL STUDIES CHAPTER 7 LESSON 1&2

Substances that help plants to grow

• Nutrients

• Arable

• Crop Rotation

• Midwest

Capable of growing crops

• Arable

• Nutrients

• Shaped

• Crop Rotation

Switching between two crops, for example planting corn one year and soybeans the next

• Arable

• Nutrients

• Crop Rotation

• Flatland

Which farming resources are particularly plentiful in the Midwest?

How does the Midwest contribute to the production of farm products?

About how much of the Midwest is made up of farmland?

Which states make up the corn belt?

Choose three resources that can be found in the Midwest.

• Coal

• Limestone

• Powder

• Steel

• Cattle

Which states in the Midwest use their land for hogs?

3 Great Rivers of the Midwest