Midwest Vocab Flashcards
Learn the vocabulary from the Midwest region.
A ______ is a flat or rolling land covered with grass.
prairie
______ describes land that is able to produce crops and plants easily and plentifully.
fertile
______ is the process of making large numbers of one product quickly.
mass production
______ is a method of removing ore deposits close to the surface of the ground using power shovels.
open-pit mining
______ is a hard metal mainly used to make steel.
iron
An ______ is a line of workers and machines used for putting together a product step by step in a factory.
assembly line
______ is a mineral or rock that is mined for the metal or other substance it contains.
ore
An ______ is a large farm owned by a company.
agribusiness
A ______ is a large movement of people or animals from one place to another.
migration
A ______ is a custom that is passed down from parents to their children.
tradition
A ______ is a person who leads the way or settles a new part of a country.
pioneer
A ______ is a person who is related to a particular person or group of people who lived long ago.
descendant
