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True or False
Dry farming is a way to grow crops that do not need any water |
False. Dry farming depends on melting snow and rain to provide moisture.
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For what reason did industries in the midwest grow rapidly?
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Because good transportation was available-Great Lakes and Rivers
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What is the climate of the midwest?
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cold winters
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What is the "motor city"
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Detroit because cars are manufactured there.
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The midwest has what kind of soil?
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Fertile
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What is the nation's top steel producing state?
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Indiana
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An area where corn, soy beans, and wheat are grown.
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The corn belt
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Most of the people in the midwest live in urban or rural areas?
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Urban-which is the city
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The boundary of 5 Midwest states is made by what river?
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Mississippi
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Describe the land in the midwest
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It is flat
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The midwest mainly produces what three crops?
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Soy beans, corn and wheat.
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What is steel made from?
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Iron
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True or False?
Milwaukee was settled by the Germans |
True
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What is most of the land like in the midwest.
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flat
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