Mrs. Baker's 4th Grade



Chapter 8 Outline66675267335Lesson 1: Geography of the Midwest What to Know: How do the geography and climate of the Midwest affect the ways people use the land?Vocabularydrought, p. 249 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ore, p. 250 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________prairie, p. 247 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________tornado, p. 249 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Great Lakes to Great Plains (Page 246)Shaping the PlainsGlaciers flattened _______________ and filled in ____________________.____________________ formed the region’s Great Lakes.A Sea of GrassA ____________________ is an area of flat or rolling land covered mostly with ______________________ and wildflowers.The Central Plains are on the ____________________ part of the Interior Plains.The Great Plains to the west are _______________ so the prairie grasses do not grow as tall.ClimateWinds from the North and SouthIn summer, warm, moist air flows north from the _______________ ______ ____________________.Cold air moves south from ____________________ in the winter.The Lake Effect Moisture from the lakes causes snowfall to be _________________ in some nearby areas.Earth’s Strongest Winds How do tornados affect the Midwest?Dry TimesA long period of little or no rain is known as a ____________________.Natural ResourcesLand ResourcesFarmers grow corn and soy beans in the __________ __________.The drier Great Plains region is better for growing _______________ which is made into flour which is why the Great Plains are sometimes called America’s ________________.Much of the nation’s _______________ __________ comes from the Midwest.Water Resources People fish in and use water from the region’s rivers including the Mississippi, ____________________, and ____________________ rivers.The Great Lakes contain nearly __________ - ____________ of the world’s fresh surface water. ................
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