Question 1

Which is NOT a Great lake?

Accepted Answer

Lake Illinois

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Lake Michigan

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Lake Ontario

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Lake Superior

Question 2

Why do so many people live around the Great lakes?

Accepted Answer

to be near the many businesses there

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to be close to Canada

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because of good weather

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to go water skiing and fishing

Question 3

How are people working to keep the Great Lakes clean?

Accepted Answer

The government has passed laws to help keep the lakes clean

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People have decided not to swim in the lakes anymore.

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Ships are not allowed to be on the lakes on day each week

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One day a month is "Great Lakes Clean-Up Day," and business people help

Question 4

Which is TRUE about the auto industry in the Midwest?

Accepted Answer

Henry Ford came up with the idea of the assembly line car.

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The inventors of the first car was born in Chicago

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A midwestern invented the steam engine

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The first car ever made was built there

Question 5

What is Detroit's nickname?

Accepted Answer

Motor City

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Car Country

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the Car belt

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the Great Lake Place

Question 6

Which BEST describes a farm family in the Midwest?

Accepted Answer

Everyone in a farm family works hard to do chores on the farm.

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Farm families build their own combines to save money.

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Many farm families join together to run a farm today.

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The children in a farm family go to school, and the adults do all the work.

Question 7

What is a combine?

Accepted Answer

a large machine that harvests and threshes grain

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a combination of fertilizers that help crops grow

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the knowledge that a group of farmers shares with each other

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a computer that keeps track of crops that are grown

Question 8

What is pesticide?

Accepted Answer

a chemical that kills insects

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bad weather that destroys crops

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the dirty work done on a farm

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something that prevents disease

Question 9

Which great American architect spent much of his life in the Midwest?

Accepted Answer

Frank Lloyd Wright

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Ronald Rosmann

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Henry Ford

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Henry Bessemer

Question 10

What event in 1871 in Chicago led to the building of many skyscrapers?

Accepted Answer

a terrible fire

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the invention of stained glass

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a series of tornadoes

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a building contest

Question 11

What state is NOT in the Midwest?

Accepted Answer

Oregon

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Michigan

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Ohio

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Iowa

Question 12

Which is the most important river in the Midwest?

Accepted Answer

the Mississippi River

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the Snake River

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the Arkansas River

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the Red River

Question 13

What is a tornado?

Accepted Answer

a huge, swirling windstorm

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a storm with heavy snowfall and high winds

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a windstorm that blows dust, following a long period of rain

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a very powerful storm with strong winds and heavy rain

Question 14

What is a pioneer?

Accepted Answer

a person who settles in a new area

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a person who traps and trades fur

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a farmer who grows corn and wheat

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someone who lives on the plains

Question 15

What is livestock?

Accepted Answer

animals, such as cattle or horses, that are raised and kept on a farm

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a machine invented and used for harvesting grain in the Midwest

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the place where grain is bought and sold every day

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another name for an open-pit mine where iron ore is dug

Question 16

What is a jury?

Accepted Answer

a group of people who listens to evidence in court to decide if a person is innocent or guilty of a crime.

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a group of people who tell their stories in court to help another person

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a group who gathers together to have a peaceful protest

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a group of people who work together to make laws

Question 17

What is responsibility?

Accepted Answer

something a person should do

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something that a person writes down on paper to remember

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something that protects a person's rights

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something a person wants to do

Question 18

What does cooperate mean?

Accepted Answer

to work together to achieve a goal

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to build something

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to give things to the needy people

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to make a difference

Question 19

In an election

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a person is chosen for a job by a vote

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someone is hired for a job

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someone is appointed to be on your team

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one person works for another

Question 20

What is an amendment?

Accepted Answer

a change

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a trial

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a freedom

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a law

Question 21

What is timber?

Accepted Answer

trees that are harvested for wood

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trees that are used for shade

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products that are made from trees

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a person who cuts down trees

Question 22

What is an employee?

Accepted Answer

a person that is paid to work for another person

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one who makes a plan

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someone who saves money

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someone who lives in a large city

Question 23

What is a cash crop?

Accepted Answer

crops that grown to be sold

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a craop that comes back on its own every year

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a crop grown to save money

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a crop shared by neighbors

Question 24

What is a reservoir?

Accepted Answer

lakes of stored water created by dams

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tulips growing in a nearby field

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large rivers

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damaging storms

Question 25

A forty-niner is

Accepted Answer

a person who went to California in 1849 to look for gold

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someone who who moved 49 states to get to the West

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an old lady who moved to the West with son who was 49

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someone who moved to the West from Japan

Question 26

What is lumber?

Accepted Answer

wood cut into boards

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a person who cuts wood

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the time when animals sleep in the winter

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a place where they make wooded chairs

Question 27

What does clear-cutting mean?

Accepted Answer

cutting down all the trees in one area of the forest

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cutting off only the tops of trees in one area

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using an electric saw to quickly cut the trees

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cut only a little of each kind of trees from an area

Question 28

What is a refugee?

Accepted Answer

a person who is forced to leave his or her land to find safety in another land

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a person who moves from one place to another frequently

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a person who refused to work

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someone who enters a country illegally

Question 29

What is aerospace?

Accepted Answer

the branch of science concerned with flight

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the study of the moon

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an art exhibit about the solar system

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learning about planets

Question 30

Most rodeo events come from

Accepted Answer

ranch task

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cooking different kinds of food

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harvesting crops

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using a variety of instruments

Question 31

What is a habitat?

Accepted Answer

a place where a plant or animal lives

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a group of birds that in the West

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another name for the weather

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a way to pollution

Question 32

What is that state pictured above?

Accepted Answer

Idaho

Answer

Michigan

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Indiana

Answer

Minnesota

Question 33

What is that state pictured above?

Accepted Answer

Kansas

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North Dakota

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South Dakota

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Nebraska

Question 34

North Dakota

Accepted Answer

Pennsylvania

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Nebraska

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South Dakota

Answer

Kansas

Question 35

What is that state pictured above?

Accepted Answer

Illinois

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Iowa

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Michigan

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Maine

Question 36

What is that state pictured above?

Accepted Answer

Missouri

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Nebraska

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Minnesota

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Iowa

Question 37

What is that state pictured above?

Accepted Answer

North Dakota

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South Dakota

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Colorado

Question 38

What is the landform in the picture?

Accepted Answer

canyon

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mountains

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valley

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hills

Question 39

What is the landform in the picture above?

Accepted Answer

mountains

Answer

canyon

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valley

Answer

hills

Question 40

What is that state pictured above?

Accepted Answer

Montana

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South Dakota

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North Dakota

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Nebraska

Question 41

What is that state pictured above?

Accepted Answer

Arizona

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Wisconsin

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Utah

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Iowa

Question 42

What is that state pictured above?

Accepted Answer

Wyoming

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South Dakota

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New Mexico

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Montana

Question 43

What is the landform pictured above?

Accepted Answer

river

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valley

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lake

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ocean

Question 44

What is that state pictured above?

Accepted Answer

South Dakota

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Wyoming

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Oregon

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North Dakota

Question 45

What is the landform pictured above?

Accepted Answer

ocean

Answer

pond

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river

Answer

lake

Question 46

What is that state pictured above?

Accepted Answer

Nevada

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Arizona

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Utah

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Idaho

Question 47

What is that state pictured above?

Accepted Answer

Texas

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California

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Maine

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Michigan

Question 48

What is that state pictured above?

Accepted Answer

South Carolina

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Tennessee

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Kentucky

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North Carolina

Question 49

What is that state pictured above?

Accepted Answer

Ohio

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New York

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Maine

Answer

Utah

Question 50

What is the landform pictured above?

Accepted Answer

lake

Answer

pond

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river

Answer

ocean

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