Agribusiness- Large Farm Owned by a Company

Unit 5, The Midwest

Studyguide

Vocabulary

Agribusiness- large farm owned by a company

Assembly line- a line of workers and machines that are used to make a product in steps

Descendants- a person who is related to a particular group of people from long ago. Many Midwesterners can say that they are descendants of Native Americans or immigrants from another country

Fertile- soil filled with vitamins and minerals that help plants grow

Iron- a hard metal that can be turned into steel, which is used for making cars, tools, and strong buildings

Mass Production- the manufacturing of many products at one time

Migration- the great migration (large movement of people or animals) is when African Americans moved to the Midwest to find jobs and equality

Open-Pit Mining- the process of digging a pit, removing the top layer of soil, and taking the ore beneath the surface

Ore- a rock or mineral with iron or another mineral inside

Pioneer- a settler who traveled west to the new frontier

Prairie- a plain covered by grasses

Tradition- a custom passed down, (example: the people of Holland, Michigan, have a tradition to sweep the streets before the festival parade

Be able to interpret a bar graph.

·  Kansas City, Missouri, is best known for jazz music.

·  By 1900, the Midwest was a leader in steel production.

·  Some natural resources found in the Midwest that are important to its economy are iron, copper, coal, oil, natural gas, farm land, and wind.

·  The water resources of the Midwest region are used to ship goods across the country.

·  The United States Grand Prix is held in Indianapolis, Indiana.

·  African Americans headed to the Midwest to escape slavery. Some of these people came through the Underground Railroad. Some African Americans moved to the Midwest from the south to work in factories during the great migration between 1914 and 1950.

·  The area near the Great Lakes experience lake effect weather.

·  Glaciers carved holes and then filled them with water.

·  The Missouri River is known as the “Big Muddy”.

·  Midwestern farms are still vital to the region’s economy. Some farms now are owned by large companies.

·  Many lakes in the Midwest region were formed by glaciers.

·  The Great Lakes are: Lake Huron, Lake Ontario, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, and Lake Superior.