Chapter 7 Social Studies

Look at the graphic organizer. Then answer the question.

Which best completes the graphic organizer?

• A: hurricanes;

  B: tornadoes

• A: drier air;

  B: rain and snow

• A: rain and snow;

  B: drier air

• 
  A: ocean breezes;

  B: strong winds

Which statement is true, based on this map?

• All of the Great Lakes are located in the Midwest.

• Long ago, the Great Lakes were formed by glaciers.

• The Great Lakes create some of the region's state borders.

• 
  The Great Lakes connect to the Atlantic Ocean via the St. Lawrence River.

Drag the answers into the correct spot.

Groups:

(a) Mississippi River

,

(b) Missouri River

,

(c) Ohio River

• runs east and south

  through the Dakotas

• 2,315 miles long

• flows west out of

  Pennsylvania

• 2,350 miles long

• 981 miles long

• drains into the Gulf of

  Mexico

Which idea is supported by this map?

• Corn is not grown in the Great Plains.

• The Great Plains are better for growing corn than the Central Plains.

• The Central Plains are better for growing corn than the Great Plains.

• Irrigation is needed to support the growing of corn in the Central Plains.

Drag the answers into the correct spot.

Groups:

(a) Illinois

,

(b) Minnesota

,

(c) Indiana

• limestone

• iron

• coal

Which best completes the graphic organizer?

• Iowa

• Illinois

• Michigan

• Wisconsin

What made the Ojibwa different from other American Indian groups of the Midwest region?

• They lived on the Great Plains.

• They did little farming and instead hunted in forests.

• They were located in present-day Nebraska and Kansas.

• They were nomads and followed bison wherever the bison roamed.

Which best completes the graphic organizer?

• Midwestern cities grow as migrants and immigrants arrive looking for jobs.

• Midwestern cities shrink as people move to rural areas to start big, successful farms.

• Midwestern cities shrink as immigrants arrive and push out people already living in the region.

• Midwestern cities see little change as the number of new arrivals equals the number of people who move away.

Founded as a trading post by Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, (a)   is the largest city in the Midwest and the third-largest city in the United States.

Reorder the following- Rearrange the methods of transportation in the Midwest into the correct sequence. Place the earliest mode of transportation on the left and the most modern mode of transportation on right.

• steamboats

• trains

• canoes and flatboats

• trucks on interstate

  highways