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Midwest

Question: In order from biggest to smallest, what are the names of the Great Lakes?
Answer: Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.

Question: On a common map, what would be the symbol for an important city?
Answer: It would be a black dot.

Question: This is a chart. City Population
Casper 49,644
Cheyenne 53,011
Cody 8,835
Evanston 11,507
Gillette 19,646
Green River 11,808
Laramie 27,204
Riverton 9,310
Rock Springs 18,708
Sheridan 15,304
What does the chart show?
Answer: The names and populations of the 10 largest cities in Wyoming.

Question: Explain how the Great Lakes were formed.
Answer: Movement of the glaciers caused deep pits to form. As the Ice Age ended the glaciers melted. The melting water of the pits, formed the Great Lakes.

Question: Which one of the Great Lakes borders Illinois?
Answer: Lake Michigan

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Question: Which of the Great Lakes separates the lower peninsula of Michigan from most of the upper peninsula?
Answer: Lake MIchigan

Question: Do you think there could have been a better way to work with the Native Americans? What would you have done?
Answer: Yes, I think there could have been a better way to work with the Native Americans. I would have asked to borrow their land and take the gold from it.

Question: Describe what a Midwestern farmhouse looked like.
Answer: A Midwestern farmhouse was small and simple. Most were made of logs. Most were the size of a modern living room.

Question: Which of the Great Lakes forms the eastern border of the lower peninsula of Michigan?
Answer: Lake Huron and Lake Erie.

Question: What large Illinois city is on the shore of this lake?
Answer: Chicago

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Question: Name two important waterways found in the Midwest.
Answer: Illinois Waterway and St. Lawrence Seaway.

Question: What is the capital of Wyoming?
Answer: Cheyenne

Question: On a common map, what would a state boundary sign look like?
Answer: It would be a black line.

Question: What country is north of the Great Lakes region?
Answer: Canda.

Question: What is elevation the height above?
Answer: Sea level.

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Question: How many U.S. states border the Gulf of Mexico?
Answer: Five.

Question: Name four crops that are grown in the Midwest.
Answer: Soybeans, corn , wheat, and tomatoes.

Question: What was the land given by Maryland and Virginia called?
Answer: Washington D.C.

Question: After whom was the third capital city named?
Answer: George Washington.

Question: Why do farms from other regions grow different kinds of crops?
Answer: Because the other regions have different soil, climate, and weather.

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Question: What large U.S. river empties into the Gulf of Mexico.
Answer: The Mississippi River.

Question: A place that is at sea level is at the same _________ as the surface of the ocean's water.
Answer: Elevation.

Question: What is a river that flows south, forming part of Wisconsin's border and all of Illinois's western border? (It's source is in northwestern Minnesota?)
Answer: The Mississippi River.

Question: On a common map, what would a river symbol look like?
Answer: It would be a wavy line.

Question: Is the capital of Wyoming the largest or smallest city?
Answer: Largest