Illinois Study Guide

Question 1

The earth is divided into seven:

Answer 1

Continent

Question 2

What are the three regions in Illinois

Answer 2

Northern central southern

Question 3

The name of the state that lives south of Wisconsin each of Iowa and west of Indiana is

Answer 3

Illinois

Question 4

The lake that borders Illinois on the north east corner is

Answer 4

Lake Michigan

Question 5

Huge sheet of ice that moves over the land is called

Answer 5

Glaciers

Question 6

A natural feature on earth surface is a

Answer 6

Landform

Question 7

A period of time when ice covered much of North America was called

Answer 7

Ice age

Question 8

What is a large area of flat or rolling grasslands with few or no trees

Answer 8

Prairie

Question 9

Name the region of Illinois where the Prairie end and you can see hills valleys canyons and forests

Answer 9

Southern

Question 10

Which state senator helped pass a law making Illinois the state song

Answer 10

Florence fifer bohrer

Question 11

The river that forms that entire western border of Illinois is

Answer 11

Mississippi River

Question 12

Rivers and canals and which goods and people travel are examples of

Answer 12

Waterways

Question 13

I Which major highway link Chicago with other cities such as Champaign Urbana and Cairo In Illinois

Answer 13

Interstate highway

Question 14

Name the airport located in Illinois that is one of the worlds busiest airports

Answer 14

O’Hare airport

Question 15

Illinois is located on which continent

Answer 15

North America

Question 16

Gravel heaps left behind after a glacier melts Is called

Answer 16

Terminal moraine

Question 17

Name two places that are covered with a sheet

Answer 17

Greenland and Antarctica

Question 18

Deep inlets that were carved out when glaciers melted and the seas rose and flooded valleys are called

Answer 18

Fjords ( fee ords )

Question 19

Ice that fluids cannot pass through is called

Answer 19

Impermeable ice

Question 20

Material left after a glacier melts and gardens is called

Answer 20

Boulder clay