Jeopardy Game Midwest Region Characteristics Early Settlers Industry

Jeopardy Game Midwest Region

Characteristics Early Settlers Industry/ Attractions 10 pts 20 pts 30 pts 40 pts 50 pts Agriculture Physical

Question 1 Corn, soybeans, wheat Name 3 crops that are grown in the Midwest. Check Answer

Question 2 soil What does crop rotation help to protect? Check Answer

Question 3 Corn, wheat, and dairy What are the 3 belts of the Midwest region? Check Answer

Question 4 Axes and scythes (hand tools), to reapers and combines (oxen driven), to tractors. How have farming tools changed from the 1800 s to the 1900 s to the present? Check Answer

Question 5 90% (1800), 40% (1900), 2% (now) Describe the change in % of people living on farms from 1800 to 1900 to the present. Check Answer

Question 6 plains What are flat grasslands used for farming known as? Check Answer

Question 7 Plains, rolling hills, rivers, and lakes. What are 3 physical features of the Midwest? Check Answer

Question 8 Lake effect snow occurs. What happens when cold air from Canada meets damp air over the Great Lakes? Check Answer

Question 9 Fertile soil, water, woods, natural gas, iron ore, coal, and prairies. What are 3 natural resources of the Midwest? Check Answer

Question 10 Great Plains to the west and Central Plains to the east. How are the plains separated? Check Answer

Question 11 Plains Indians This group of people hunted buffalo and lived in teepees. Check Answer

Question 12 The French This group of settlers came in search of animal furs. Check Answer

Question 13 Fighting with other Indians over hunting grounds. The Eastern Woodland Indians’ main problem was ______. Check Answer

Question 14 European American This group of settlers moved west after the Lewis and Clark expedition. Check Answer

Question 15 Plains were mobile society and the Eastern Woodland lived in permanent villages. What was the main difference between the Plains Indians and the Eastern Woodland Indians? Check Answer

Question 16 Gateway Arch, Mt. Rushmore, Wrigley field, Crazy Horse Mem. Name 3 attractions of the Midwest. Check Answer

Question 17 Automobile industry What important industry of the Midwest began in Detroit? Check Answer

Question 18 Henry Ford in 1908. Who started the automobile industry in Detroit? What year? Check Answer

Question 19 The assembly line What invention aided the automobile industry and helped with speed and lowering costs? Check Answer

Question 20 States are far inland there are no ocean breezes. Name 2 reasons why temperatures in the Midwest reach extreme highs and lows. Check Answer