Name _________________________________________________________ # ________
Social Studies
DUE:
TEST:
Chapter 8
STUDY GUIDE
Chapter 1 covers pages 244-271 in the Harcourt Social Studies book. USE YOUR LESSON GUIDE AS A STUDY TOOL!!
**There will be multiple choice, fill in the blank, and short answer questions.**
Chapter Vocabulary
** You should be able to define these words and explain them in your own way.**
Lesson 1
prairie (247)
tornado (249)
drought (249)
ore (250)
Places
Interior Plains
Great Lakes
Central Plains
Great Plains
Corn Belt
Black Hills
Lesson 2
adapt (255)
survey (256)
township (256)
ordinance (256)
frontier (257)
pioneer (258)
self-sufficient (258)
sod (258)
Lesson 3
floatboat (264)
migration (265)
steamboat (265)
entrepreneur (266)
stockyard (266)
assembly line (267)
mass production (267)
industrial economy (268)
Places
Central Plains
Great Plains
Northwest Territory
Places
Topeka
Omaha
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Detroit
Kansas City
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
People in History
Jacques Marquette
Louis Joliet
Sieur de la Salle
Jean Baptiste Pointe du
Sable
Tecumeseh
Abraham Lincoln
Robert Fullton
Joseph McCoy
Henry Ford
Madam J.C. Walker
Lesson 1 – Notes on the Geography of the Midwest
 The Interior Plains are divided into two parts. The eastern part, the
_________________________, are wetter. The western part, the
_________________________, are drier.
 In the past, much of the Midwest was a grass-covered ________________.
 Powerful _____________________ are common in the spring and summer.
 In the 1930s, parts of the Midwest suffered a long, severe
_______________.
Lesson 2 — Notes on the Early History of the Midwest
 The United States government wanted to control settlement of the
Northwest Territory. First, workers were sent to ________________ the
territory. Next, the government divided the land into _________________.
In 1787, Congress passed an ___________________ describing how the
territory would be governed.
 The government also played a role in settlement of the Great Plains. The
Homestead Act of 1862 offered free land to ___________________ who
would settle there. Since there were few trees, settlers used ____________
to build houses.
Lesson 3 — Notes on the Transportation in the Midwest
 In the early 1800s, ___________________________ and others developed
the steamboat.
 In the late 1800s, railroads brought ___________________________ to
the Midwest. They started new businesses in many industries.
________________________ opened a large stockyard in Abilene.
 In the early 1900s, _______________________ began building cars in
Detroit.
 By the mid-1900s, an ______________________________________ had
grown along the Great Lakes.
Key Ideas
What caused the formation of the Great Lakes? ____________________________
What is the most plentiful mineral in the MW? _____________________________
How did the Native Americans adapt to living on the Great Plains?
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How did railroads effect the growth of the Great Plains? _____________________
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Which city became a hub for the major railroad lines in the Midwest? __________
What does the term “mass production” mean? ____________________________
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Essay – PRACTICE WRITING THESE IN COMPLETE SENTENCES!
In what ways do tornadoes affect the Midwest?_________________________________________
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What were three ways in which the Native Americans of the Great Plains used the
buffalo? _______________________________________________________________________________________
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How did the Midwest region change between 1800 and 1900? ________________________
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How did Henry Ford change the automobile industry? __________________________________
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Why did Detroit, Michigan become the center of the nation’s automobile industry?
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PRACTICE LABELING THE STATES AND LAKES IN THE MW!
**Bonus questions WILL be offered!!!!**
GOOD LUCK!!