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Midwest Region

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a prairie?

a)

Wet area with trees

b)

Wet area with small plants

c)

flat grassland that doesn't receive a lot of rain

d)

flat grassland that receives a lot of rain

2.

What is a tributary

a)

Large river that feeds into smaller rivers

b)

Manmade river

c)

ocean that feeds into a river

d)

a river that flows into a larger body of water.

3.

a reserve of water under rich soil

a)

prairie

b)

tributary

c)

canal

d)

aquifer

4.

trees that lose their leaves once a year

a)

non-deciduous

b)

diciduous

c)

arable

d)

non-arable

5.

extraction

a)

obtaining rich soil from the ground

b)

obtaining water from an aquifer

c)

obtaining oil from the ground

d)

getting a tooth taken out

6.

land where farmers can grow crops

a)

arable

b)

prairie

c)

piedmont

d)

plains

7.

mountain range in South Dakota where Mt. Rushmore is located

a)

Ozark

b)

Great Smoky

c)

Appalachian

d)

Black Hills

8.

Largest city in the Midwest

a)

Chicago

b)

Detroit

c)

St. Paul

d)

Cincinnati

9.

Which is NOT a river in the midwest?

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Kentucky River

c)

Ohio River

d)

Missouri River

10.

Which is NOT a President on Mt. Rushmore?

a)

George Washington

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Abraham Lincoln

11.

Writer who wrote about life in the midwest during the 1800's

a)

Louisa May Alcott

b)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

c)

Laura Ingles Wilder

d)

EB Webb

12.

Two nicknames given to the midwest.

a)

Heartland

b)

Handbasket

c)

Breadbasket

d)

Heartstates

13.

First republican president. He was from the midwest.

a)

George Washington

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

John Adams

14.

What is NOT a reason for extreme weather in the midwest?

a)

Few Hills

b)

Far from the Oceans

c)

Cold air from Canada and Warm air from the Gulf of Mexico mixes

d)

A lot of hills

15.

What state is marked with the red X?

a)

South Dakota

b)

North Dakota

c)

Nebraska

d)

Illinois

16.

What state is marked with the red X?

a)

South Dakota

b)

North Dakota

c)

Kansas

d)

Nebraska

17.

What state is marked with the red X?

a)

Kansas

b)

South Dakota

c)

Nebraska

d)

Missouri

18.

What state is marked with the red X?

a)

Missouri

b)

Iowa

c)

Nebraska

d)

Kansas

19.

What state is marked with the red X?

a)

Iowa

b)

Minnesota

c)

Michigan

d)

Indiana

20.

What state is marked with the red X?

a)

Missouri

b)

Ohio

c)

Iowa

d)

Indiana

21.

What state is marked with the red X?

a)

Ohio

b)

Illinois

c)

Iowa

d)

Missouri

22.

What state is marked with the red X?

a)

Wisconsin

b)

Michigan

c)

Ohio

d)

Indiana

23.

What state is marked with the red X?

a)

Michigan

b)

Illinois

c)

Ohio

d)

Missouri

24.

What state is marked with the red X?

a)

Wisconsin

b)

Ohio

c)

Michigan

d)

Missouri

25.

What state is marked with the red X?

a)

Indiana

b)

Ohio

c)

Missouri

d)

Iowa

26.

What state is marked with the red X?

a)

Wisconsin

b)

Indiana

c)

Illinois

d)

Ohio

27.

The Midwest is often referred to as America's what?

a)

"Breadbasket"

b)

"Food region"

c)

"Middle area"

d)

"Picnic basket"

28.

What is the name of the largest group of freshwater lakes that is found in the Midwest?

a)

Huge Lakes

b)

Okay Lakes

c)

Great Lakes

d)

Big Lakes

29.

The act of obtaining with some effort or difficulty, as in obtaining oil from the ground, is called __________.

a)

extraction

b)

aquifer

c)

deciduous

d)

arable

30.

A reserve of water deep under rich soil is called an __________.

a)

extraction

b)

aquifer

c)

deciduous

d)

arable

31.

Land where farmers can grow crops is called _________.

a)

extraction

b)

aquifer

c)

deciduous

d)

arable

32.

________ trees have leaves that fall once each year.

a)

aquifer

b)

tributary

c)

deciduous

d)

arable

33.

A Muslim's place of worship is called a ________.

a)

mosque

b)

tributary

c)

aquifer

d)

prairie

34.

What landform is a flat grassland that receives little rain and has few trees?

a)

tributary

b)

aquifer

c)

mosque

d)

prairie

35.

What is a river that flows into a larger body of water?

a)

tributary

b)

aquifer

c)

mosque

d)

prairie

36.

True or False?


An area of land set aside by the government for wild animals and plants to live in protection is called a wildlife refuge.

a)

True

b)

False

37.

True or False?


States whose voting swings back and forth between Republican and Democrat are called sway states.

a)

True

b)

False

38.

Immigration brought many different religions to the Midwest.

a)

True

b)

False

39.

The lack of oceans and hills affect the weather in the Midwest.

a)

True

b)

False

40.

Irish and Hispanics immigrants were often Catholics.

a)

True

b)

False

41.

Check all that apply:


The Midwest is often called America's heartland because

a)

it is located in the center of the nation.

b)

it is the center of agriculture.

c)

the people love more than others.

d)

it is a catchy nickname.

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