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24 Cards in this Set
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Which 12 states make up the Midwest?
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North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio
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Where is the Mall of the Americas?
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Minnesota
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Where is Mt. Rushmore?
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South Dakota
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Where do you find a frontier town (where wild country begins)?
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St. Louis, Missouri
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Which is a good farm state?
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Iowa (prairie, fertile soil, livestock)
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Flat or gently rolling land that is covered with tall grasses and wildflowers
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PRAIRIE
Iowa |
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Soil able to produce good crops.
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FERTILE
Iowa |
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Animals raised on farms, such as cattle
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LIVESTOCK
Iowa |
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The beginning of unexplored land
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FRONTIER
St. Louis, MS |
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The preparing of meat for sale
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MEATPACKING
Dodge City, Kansas |
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VAQUERO
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Cowboy (Kansas)
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Land set aside for Native Americans
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RESERVATIONS
South Dakota |
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SOO LOCKS
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MICHIGAN: Great LAkes
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America's Motor City
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DETROIT, Michigan
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A process in which each worker does one part of a job before passing it on to the next worker
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ASSEMBLY LINE
Detroit, Michigan |
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Motown
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Motor City aka Detroit
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A city that serves as a center for moving goods and people
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TRANSPORTATION HUB
Chicago |
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Chicago's Wrigley Field
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Home of the Cubs
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Mall of the Americas
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More than 520 stores, 50 restaurants, 14 movie theaters, amusement park
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Why is the Midwest called "America's breadbasket"?
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B/C Midwest farmers grow a lot of the wheat we use to make bread
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Which Midwest state grows the most wheat?
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Kansas
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Why do we call the Midwest "America's Heartland"?
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The Midwest lies at the heart or the center of the US
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Where did professional baseball begin?
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MIDWEST
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Crazy Horse monument
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South Dakota
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