Chapter 8 Flashcards
Engineers changed the flow of the Chicago river to connect to ____________ to _______________.
Lake Michigan, Mississippi River
The melting of the glaciers created the ___________________
Great Lakes
The ____________________and the _________________ connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
St. Lawrence seaway, St. Lawrence River
Name an advantage of shipping goods bye barge.
One advantage is that they carry heavier things for lower costs,they also carry more stuff.
Describe the badlands millions of years ago.
It had lush green plains, had a warm climate, had a lot of animals and one of them was bison. They also had broad rivers.
Why did the climate of the badlands become cooler and less humid?
It became that way because the Black Hills blocked the rain from coming to the Badlands.
Describe what you might see on a prairie.
It would look like it has a lot of grass but not very many trees.
Why is the Midwest region an important agriculture region?
It is important because it has a temperate climate which means it is hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It has good growing season and enough rain to grow corn.
Why is the Central Plains known as the Corn Belt.
It is known as the Corn Belt because it has just the right stuff to grow corn.
Name some of the crops in the Midwest.
Corn,wheat,soybeans, strawberries,apples,barley and sunflowers. They even raise hogs and cattle.
How does irrigation help farmers?
It helps because it gets farmers water to help with theirs crops.
Why are so many fossils found in the Badlands?
So many fossils are found there because water and sand erodes at the soft rock so it ravels all the fossils that are underneath. Also there were a lot of dinosaurs living there in prehistoric times.
Tell how the St. Lawrence seaway and the Illinois waterway are alike. How are they different?
Alike: they both link the Great Lakes to a river that flows in the ocean.
Different: The Illinois waterway links the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico.
Describe a canal.
A canal is one of a kind of waterway for ships that are dug out of land.
