Chapter 8: Exploring the Midwest

This is a funnel-shaped, spinning windstorm.

• tornado

• hurricane

• blizzard

• monsoon

This is an area of flat or rolling land covered mostly with grasses and wildflowers.

• Mountain

• Lake

• Prairie

• Pennisula

A drought is a long period without ________.

• Rain

• Snow

• Sun

• Wind

This is a rock that has more than one kind of mineral

• Gold

• Coal

• Diamond

• Ore

The glaciers cause what TWO physical features of the Midwest?

• Mountains

• Prairies

• Lakes

• Canyons

Native Americans had to _______ to the Great Plains once the settlers moved onto their land.

• fish

• hunt

• adapt

• stay

This is the land beyond settlement

• tornado

• frontier

• Great Lakes

• township

There are _______ states in the Midwest

• 10

• 15

• 14

• 12

One important physical feature of the Midwest is the ____________ which provide the region with water.

• Great Lakes

• Atlantic Ocean

• Gulf of Mexico

• Sierra Nevada

How did the Native Americans use a buffalo? (pick all that apply)

• for food

• for clothing

• for tools

• for traveling