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3. Landforms & Bodies of Water
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Cities & States
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4. An unusually long period of time with little or no rain.
A - sod
B - frontier
C - drought
D - migration
A 100

5. An unusually long period of time with little or no rain.
C - drought
A 100

6. A piece of grass-covered topsoil held together with twisting roots.
A - sod
B - frontier
C - drought
D - migration
A 200

7. A piece of grass-covered topsoil held together with twisting roots.
A - sod
A 200

8. The act of people moving from one place to another.
A - frontier
B - migration
C - stockyard
D – assembly line
A 300

9. The act of people moving from one place to another.
B - migration
A 300

10. What term means to measure and study an area of land?
A – urbanization
B – frontier
C - survey
D - sod
A 400

11. What term means to measure and study an area of land?
C - survey
A 400

12. Which term means the state or process of becoming city-like?
A - urbanization
B - migration
C - drought
D - frontier
A 500

13. Which term means the state or process of becoming city-like?
A – urbanization
A 500

14. Which of the following is a Great Lakes state? (CHOOSE 2!)
A - Iowa
B - Ohio
C - Kansas
D - Wisconsin
B 100

15. Which of the following is a Great Lakes state? (CHOOSE 2!)
B – Ohio
D – Wisconsin
B 100

16. All of the following are Great Plains states except which two states?
A - Wisconsin
B – South Dakota
C – Missouri
D - Indiana
B 200

17. All of the following are Great Plains states except which two states?
A - Wisconsin
D - Indiana
B 200

18. What is the capital of Illinois?
A – Chicago
B – Illinois City
C – Springfield
D – Indianapolis
B 300

19. What is the capital of Illinois?
C – Springfield
B 300

20. Which city became one of the world’s busiest railroad centers?
A – Chicago, IL
B – Abilene, KS
C – Omaha, NE
D – St. Louis, MO
B 400

21. Which city became one of the world’s busiest railroad centers?
A – Chicago, IL
B 400

22. In what city did Henry Ford build his automobile factory?
A – Omaha
B – Milwaukee
C – Detroit
D – Baltimore
B 500

23. In what city did Henry Ford build his automobile factory?
C – Detroit
B 500

24. How many Great Lakes are there?
B - 3
C – 4
D - 5
C 100

25. How many Great Lakes are there?
D - 5
C 100

26. Which is NOT one of the Great Lakes?
A - Huron
B - Mississippi
C - Ontario
D - Superior
C 200

27. Which is NOT one of the Great Lakes?
B - Mississippi
C 200

28. These plains are farther east, and more trees grow there.
A – Great Plains
B – Central Plains
C 300

29. These plains are farther east, and more trees grow there.
B – Central Plains
C 300

30. DAILY DOUBLE
DAILY DOUBLE
C 400

31. Why did many pioneers move to the Great Plains?
(no multiple choice answers)
C 400

32. Why did many pioneers move to the Great Plains?
To get land through the Homestead Act
C 400

33. These plains are farther west and are drier.
A – Great Plains
B – Central Plains
C 500

34. These plains are farther west and are drier.
A – Great Plains
C 500

35. What is the wild, unsettled land beyond or at the edge of settled cities and towns called?
A – frontier
B – stockyard
C – migration
D – urbanization
D 100

36. What is the wild, unsettled land beyond or at the edge of settled cities and towns called?
A – frontier
D 100

37. Which term describes factory workers, machines, and equipment arranged to put together a product step by step?
A – migration
B – stockyard
C – assembly line
D – urbanization
D 200

38. Which term describes factory workers, machines, and equipment arranged to put together a product step by step?
C – assembly line
D 200

39. What is a large, fenced in yard where herds of livestock are held before being sent somewhere else?
A – assembly line
B – drought
C – frontier
D – stockyard
D 300

40. What is a large, fenced in yard where herds of livestock are held before being sent somewhere else?
D – stockyard
D 300

41. What was a disadvantage of flatboats?
A – they were slower than steamboats
B – they were short
C – they could not carry heavy loads
D – they were hard to build
D 400

42. What was a disadvantage of flatboats?
A – they were slower than steamboats
D 400

43. How did Joseph McCoy help to develop the Midwest’s economy?

44. How did Joseph McCoy help to develop the Midwest’s economy?
He opened one of the region’s largest stockyards.
D 500

45. Which tribe moved from place to place on the Great Plains?
A – Cherokee
B – Iroquois
C – Sioux
D – Algonquian
E 100

46. Which tribe moved from place to place on the Great Plains?
C - Sioux
E 100

47. Which animal was brought to the Midwest by European explorers, which Native Americans learned to ride?
A – buffalo
B – horse
C – dog
D – mule
E 200

48. Which animal was brought to the Midwest by European explorers, which Native Americans learned to ride?
B – horse
E 200

49. A – to make it easier to buy land
Why did the U.S. government divide the Northwest Territory into townships and sections?
A – to make it easier to buy land
B – to stop people from bringing slaves there
C – so that they can farm
D – to end quarrels over land
E 300

50. D – to end quarrels over land
Why did the U.S. government divide the Northwest Territory into townships and sections?
D – to end quarrels over land
E 300

51. Once the settlers arrived, Native American groups moved west and started following herds of what?
A – buffalo
B – horses
C – dogs
D – mules
E 400

52. Once the settlers arrived, Native American groups moved west and started following herds of what?
A – buffalo
E 400

53. What are some things that were outlined in the laws of the Northwest Ordinance? Name at least two.

54. What are some things that were outlined in the laws of the Northwest Ordinance? Name at least two.
It outlawed slavery, it said that Native Americans would be treated fairly, and it promised that new states would be equal to older states.
E 500

55. B – The Louisiana Purchase C – The Northwest Ordinance D – New France
What is the name of the territory that Thomas Jefferson bought from France?
A – Florida
B – The Louisiana Purchase
C – The Northwest Ordinance
D – New France
F 100

56. What is the name of the territory that Thomas Jefferson bought from France?
B – The Louisiana Purchase
F 100

57. What is the capital of Ohio?
A – Columbus
B – Dayton
C – Cincinnati
D – Boardman
F 200

58. What is the capital of Ohio?
A – Columbus
F 200

59. What are the spinning, funnel-shaped storms called that form in the Midwest?
A – hurricanes
B – droughts
C – cloudbursts
D – tornadoes
F 300

60. What are the spinning, funnel-shaped storms called that form in the Midwest?
D – tornadoes
F 300

61. What did the Homestead Act do?
F 400
F 400

62. What did the Homestead Act do?
It gave land to any head of household who was 21 or older and would live on their land for five years.
F 400

63. Why did Detroit become the center of the U.S. automobile industry?
(no multiple choice answers)
F 500

64. Why did Detroit become the center of the U.S. automobile industry?
Its factories were close to the region’s steel industry
F 500