Social Studies Ch8 Notes

Question 0

What is the largest group of freshwater lakes in the world?

Answer 0

The Great Lakes

Question 1

What are the names of the 5 Great Lakes?

Answer 1

Lake Ontario 
Lake Eire 
Lake Huron 
Lake Michigan 
Lake Superior

Question 2

When were the Great Lakes formed?

Answer 2

Th Great Lakes were formed during the last ice age.

Question 3

How were the Great Lakes formed?

Answer 3

Movement of glaciers caused deep pits to form in the earth. As the ice age ended, the glaciers melted. The melting waters filled with the peaks forming the Great Lakes.

Question 4

What is a waterway?

Answer 4

A system of rivers, lakes, and canals through which many ships travel.

Question 5

Part of a waterway with gates that are used to raise and lower ships.

Answer 5

Lock

Question 6

What helps ships pass through rivers or canals that are at different levels

Answer 6

A lock system

Question 7

What transports goods through the Great Lakes and on rivers that eventually flow into the Atlantic Ocean?

Answer 7

Barges or boats

Question 8

What is one disadvantage of shipping by water?

Answer 8

It’s slow, food may spoil.

Question 9

The Great Lakes are linked to the Mississippi River through the_________

Answer 9

Illinois waterway

Question 10

The Great Lakes are linked to the Atlantic Ocean through the_________

Answer 10

St Lawrence seaway

Question 11

Where are the badlands located?

Answer 11

In the Midwest in the Great Plains

Question 12

How did the climate of the badlands change over time?

Answer 12

It became cooler and less humid

Question 13

What two elements cause erosion?

Answer 13

Wind and water

Question 14

How does erosion help uncover fossils in the badlands?

Answer 14

Water and wind wear away the rock exposing the fossils buried in it.

Question 15

What surrounds the badlands?

Answer 15

A prairie

Question 16

Corn palace was built to show _______

Answer 16

The importance of agriculture in the Midwest

Question 17

Why do farms on the great planes and on the central plains grow different types of crops?

Answer 17

Because they received different types of rain influencing what types of crops grow best

Question 18

Farmers on the great planes get water for their crops using______

Answer 18

Irrigation with water from rainfall rivers or from deep underground

Question 19

Because of irrigation, many types of ________ can be grown in the Midwest.

Answer 19

Crops

Question 20

Rich soil and a long growing season help make the Midwest an important_________

Answer 20

Agricultural region

Question 21

Two main crops grown in the central plains are ________

Answer 21

Corn and soybeans

Question 22

The main crops grown in the Great Plains _______

Answer 22

Weats