Midwest Tour Test

Where would you go in the Midwest to see cowboys?

• Wrigley Field
• Crazy Horse Memorial
• Soo Locks
• Dodge City

The Midwest is called "America's Breadbasket" because

• midwest farmers raise large amounts of grain
• many bread bakeries are located in this region
• Native Americans once grew corn on the prairies
• people in the Midwest eat a lot of bread

Which city is known as the "Gateway to the West"?

• Detroit, Michigan
• St. Louis, Missouri
• Chicago, Illinois
• Dodge City, Kansas

What kinds of storms bring heavy snowfall and freezing winds to the Midwest?

• hurricanes
• hailstorms
• blizzards
• tornadoes

Which city has become a major transportation hub?

• Detroit, Michigan
• St. Louis, Missouri
• Chicago, Illinois
• Dodge City, Kansas

The statues carved into the Black Hills at Mt. Rushmore National Memorial honor

• Native American warriors
• great American presidents
• pioneers who settled the Midwest
• famous American sports heroes

In which state is dairy farming an important industry? 

• Wisconsin
• Indiana
• Nebraska
• South Dakota

North Dakota farmers grow large amounts of 

• Corn
• Fruit
• Cotton
• Wheat

Which state raises so much corn that it is nicknamed the "Corn State"?

• South Dakota
• Missouri
• Iowa
• Michigan

In 1908, Ford started an automobile factory in Detroit, Michigan. He needed a way to keep his costs down. First he found a way to produce, all at once, the hundreds of parts that would go into his cars. This is the process called mass production. Still, it took many hours to assemble these parts into automobiles.
Ford solved that problem by installing a moving assembly line. A moving belt carried unfinished cars past workers. Each worker did one task. One might install a windshield. Another might screw on a door handle. The time needed to assemble a car dropped from 12 hours to just 93 minutes.
According to the passage, what problem did Ford face in 1908?

• how to lower the cost of making his cars
• how to persuade people to buy his cars
• where to build his first automobile factory
• where to find workers for his new factory