Social Studies Middle West Chapter 7 Jeopardy Template

Lesson 1 - Across the Plains	Lesson 2 - An Inland Climate	Lesson 3 - Into the Hills	Mixed Lessons 1-3	Lessones 1-3 Mixed
100 What is livestock Farm animals such as chickens, cattle, hogs.	100 What is Lake Effect The effect of the Great Lakes on the climate of parts of the Middle West - when cold, dry air from Canada meets warmer, damp air over the Great Lakes.	100 What is ore A rock that contains a metal, such as iron.	100 tornado A dangerous storm that forms into a fast-moving funnel of wind.	100 Wisconsin and Minnesota What 2 states in the Middle West is iron mined?
200 What is prairie A flat area covered with tall grasses and wildflowers.	200 No ocean breezes to cool the land in the summer and warm it in the winter What is the reason the Middle West can reach extreme highs and lows?	200 What is open-pit mining A method of removing ore deposits close to the surface of the ground using power shovels or explosives.	200 taconite A flint like rock that contains smaller iron materials.	200 Short Describe the growing season of the Middle West.
300 What is Central Plains and the Great Plains Name the 2 parts that made up the Interior Plains - the major landform of the Middle West.	300 June-September What months do Middle Westerners typically have to be concerned about tornadoes?	300 What is reclamation Restoring land to its previous state after it has been mined, some places made into parks/lakes.	300 West of the Mississippi River Where does the land change in the Middle West?	300 A circle/pie graph A graph that can show you how the parts of something make up or fit into the whole.
400 What are soybeans, corn, and wheat Name the 3 major crops of the Middle West region.	400 heavy snow, strong winds What 2 things have to happen for it to be catagorized as a blizzard.	400 Minnesota - Mesabi Range Where can the largest deposits of iron ore found?	400 Central Plains - low, not much higher than sea-level Great Plains - higher than 3,000 ft above sea level Describe the land of the 2 different Interior Plains.	400 A line graph A graph that shows how information chages over time.
500 What are: Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Lake Erie, Lake Huron Name the 4 Great Lakes that are in the Middle West regions.	500 drought destroys crops and they would have nothing to sell What economic effect would a drought have on a farmer?	500 Mount Rushmore Presidents - Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, and Lincoln What national monument was sculpted in in the Black Hills of South Dakota and what is on it?	500 What is Crazy Horse Which monument was started to honor leader of the Lakota group, was never finished due to lack of funds?	500 Fed to the farm animals What do farmers do with the majority of the corn that is harvested?

Social Studies - Middle West Chapter 7

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