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Midwest Flashcards

1
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What city is called the “Gateway to the West?”

A

St. Louis, Missouri

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2
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The settlement of the west and Midwest began here

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St. Louis, Missouri

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French traders first settled here

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St. Louis, Missouri

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4
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What city is near the Mississippi and Missouri rivers?

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St. Louis, Missouri

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5
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What city has an arch built in it to honor the pioneers who began their journeys west there?

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St. Louis, Missouri

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6
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What state is called “The Farm State?

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Iowa

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7
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This state is a flat piece of land with fertile soil to grow crops

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Iowa

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8
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Before trains existed, farmers would use the Mississippi and Missouri rivers to send their crops to market. What state lied between them?

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Iowa

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9
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This state produces huge crops of corn, soybeans, oats and hay that is mostly fed to livestock

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Iowa

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10
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What city is known as the place “where cattle still roam?”

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Dodge City, Kansas

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11
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This state produces more wheat than any other state

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Kansas

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12
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In the 1870s, cowboys would drive cattle here. It took weeks to months.

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Dodge City, Kansas

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13
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What city was called the “wickedest little city in America?”

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Dodge City, Kansas

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What is the name of the national memorial where the faces of four American presidents are carved into the side of a mountain in South Dakota?

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Mount Rushmore National Memorial

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Who are the four presidents in Mount Rushmore in South Dakota?

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George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln

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What monument is still being carved into the Black Hills of South Dakota?

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The Sioux Indian chief Crazy Horse monument

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17
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The Black Hills are sacred to what people?

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The Sioux and other Native Americans

18
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The Sioux Indians of South Dakota won a war against what General?

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General George Custer who tried to attack them in the middle of the night

19
Q

Where are the Soo locks located?

A

Michigan

20
Q

What locks are the longest in the world?

A

Michigan’s Soo Locks

21
Q

What Locks lift ships from Lake Huron up 21 feet to Lake Superior?

A

Michigan’s Soo Locks

22
Q

Ships that come from the Atlantic Ocean are called what?

A

Salties

23
Q

What city is called America’s Motor City?

A

Detroit City, Michigan

24
Q

What year did Henry Ford build his first car?

A

1896

25
Q

People thought cars were toys for the rich. Why?

A

Because cars were very expensive

26
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Ford wanted to make cars that everyone could afford. How did he do that?

A

By starting an automobile factory in 1908 in Detroit, Michigan

27
Q

What did Henry Ford use to keep the costs of automobile production low?

A

Mass production but it still took a long time to assemble the parts into cars.

28
Q

Ford created what to make the assembly go faster?

A

The assembly line. Car production went from 12 hours per car to 1 hour and 33 minutes

29
Q

What city was called Motor City or Motown?

A

Detroit, Michigan

30
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What is the Midwest’s Transportation hub?

A

Chicago, Illinois

31
Q

I am one of the world’s busiest airports. About 200,000 people travel through me every day and about 50,000 work here. What am I?

A

Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport

32
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What city is a center for moving goods and people on railroads, highways, airports, rivers and lakes?

A

Chicago, Illinois

33
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What stadium is the home of the Chicago Cubs?

A

Chicago’s Wrigley Field

34
Q

Where did the fiorst professional baseball team play?

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Cincinnati, Ohio

35
Q

What stadium is the second oldest baseball park in the United States?

A

Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois

36
Q

Babe Ruth pointed to the bleachers during Game 3 of the 1932 World Series in baseball and hit a home run there. Where did this happen?

A

Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois

37
Q

Where is the Mall of America?

A

Bloomington, Minnesota

38
Q

What is the largest shopping mall in the United States?

A

The Mall of America in Minnesota

39
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Why did they build the Mall of America as a covered mall?

A

Minnesota has very cold winters and hot summers so they covered the mall and walkways so that shopping could be pleasant no matter what the weather.

40
Q

This mall has more than 520 stores, 50 restaurants, 14 theaters and an amusement park.

A

The Mall of America in Minnesota

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