3-4 Social Studies Chapter 7 Review Question Preview (ID: 12098)


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What did Spanish explorers first bring to the Midwest?
a) farming
b) hunting
c) trading
d) horses

In the late 1800s, why did people move to cities?
a) to get jobs on farms.
b) to see the Mississippi river.
c) to grow wheat for flour.
d) to get jobs in factories.

What happened after the Homestead Act was passed?
a) Settlers from the East went to the Midwest to farm.
b) The American Indians sold their land in the Midwest to settlers.
c) People stayed in the East.
d) The government sold land in the Midwest to soldiers.

What is an important natural resource for the Midwest?
a) jam
b) tractors
c) water
d) computers

What is supply?
a) It is the amount of a product producers will make at different prices.
b) It is the amount of a product that consumers will buy at different prices.
c) It is a way to keep prices from falling too low.
d) It is what a product costs to make.

What is demand?
a) It is the use of factories.
b) It is the amount of a product consumers will buy at different prices.
c) It is the amount of a product producers will make at different prices.
d) It is the use of natural resources to make products.

Why did the Midwest become a center for farming and manufacturing?
a) The soil is poor and there's very little rain.
b) Farmers raised hogs and diary cows.
c) It is near the ocean.
d) It has many natural resources.

Why have manufacturers built factories in the Midwest?
a) There are no natural resources.
b) There are many skilled workers.
c) It is near the ocean.
d) There are few workers there.

The Great Plains States of the Midwest
a) are covered with dense forest.
b) are close to the ocean.
c) get more rainfall than the Great Lakes States.
d) are drier than the Great Lakes States.

Waterways connect the Great Lakes to
a) the Appalachian Mountains and the Atlantic Ocean.
b) the Pacific Ocean and the Appalachian Mountains.
c) the Gulf of Mexico and the Great Plains.
d) the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.

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