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1. PEOPLE OF THE MIDWEST REGION
Mr. Ball’s 4th grade class

2. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DOES NOT
DESCRIBE THE EARLY OJIBWA WAY OF LIFE?
 a. They lived on fertile land and grew most of
their vegetables.
 b. Birchbark canoes were their main method
of transportation.
 c. They traveled through the northern Great
Lakes region to gather food.
 d. They grew only a small amount of
vegetables.

3. WHAT DO THE OJIBWA OF TODAY HAVE IN
COMMON WITH THE EARLY OJIBWA?
 A. They still live on reservations and travel
mainly by birchbark canoe.
 b. Many have left the northern Great Lakes
region to live in cities.
 c. They still live in Minneapolis, Minnesota,
and teach others how to work in the cities.
 d. They still live, hunt, and fish in the
northern Great Lakes region.

4. FUR TRADING POSTS WERE SET UP ALONG MIDWEST RIVERS
AND LAKES FOLLOWING THE ROUTE OF WHICH TWO
EXPLORERS?
 a. Podlasek and Jolliet
 b. Marquette and Chicago
 c. Sault St. Marie and Wisconsin
 d. Jolliet and Marquette

5. WHICH TWO MAJOR MIDWESTERN CITIES
BEGAN AS FORTS OR TRADING POSTS?
 A. Chicago and Sault St. Marie
 b. Mackinaw and Green Bay
 c. Marquette and Jolliet
 d. Minneapolis and Duluth

6. WHICH IS NOT AN EFFECT OF FUR TRADING
ON THE MIDWEST?
 a. Trading posts were set up where fur
traders settled.
 b. People left the Midwest in search of
furs.
 c. Native Americans settled at the forts to
farm and sell crops.
 d. Communities and major cities grew
around the forts.

7. WHICH IS NOT SOMETHING THE MIDWESTERN
PIONEERS DID WHEN THEY FIRST ARRIVED IN
THE MIDWEST?
 A. started farms
 b. rushed in to claim the land
 c. built houses
 d. lived peacefully with the Native
American groups in the region

8. WHAT WAS ONE DISADVANTAGE OF HOMES
BUILT OUT OF SOD?
 A. They were hard to keep clean.
 b. They were warm in the winter.
 c. They were cool in the summer.
 d. They were made of trees.

9. WHICH PROBLEM DID JOHN DEERE HELP
MIDWEST FARMERS SOLVE?
 A. There was little water on the prairie.
 b. The tough prairie sod was hard to plow.
 c. The people had limited access to
railroads.
 d. There were many tree stumps on the
land.

10. WHAT CAN HAPPEN TO FARMLAND DURING
TIMES OF DROUGHT?
 A It can become richer and more fertile.
 b. It can produce many different crops.
 c. It can turn to dust and blow away.
 d. It can wash away with the rainfall.

11. WHICH DOES NOT DESCRIBE CAHOKIA, THE
ANCIENT MIDWEST TRADING CENTER?
 A. Mounds were used for burial sites and
ceremonies.
 b. Trade goods could not be shipped to and
from there.
 c. It was close to the junction of three rivers.
 d. It was a meeting place of many cultures.

12. WHY DID PRESIDENT THOMAS JEFFERSON
WANT TO FIND A WATER ROUTE TO THE WEST?
 A. to force Native American groups to leave
 b. to swim to the Pacific
 c. to sail to the Atlantic
 d. to expand trade

13. WHAT IS ONE THING THAT LEWIS AND CLARK
DID NOT DO?
 A. They went in search of a water route
from the Midwest to the Pacific Ocean.
 b. They discovered an easy water route
from the Midwest to the Pacific Ocean.
 c. They asked Native Americans to trade
with pioneers.
 d. They set out on their expedition from
an area near St. Louis.

14. HOW DID STEAMBOATS HELP FARMERS IN THE
EARLY 1800S?
 A. They could ship their grain by boat to
markets in St. Louis.
 b. They could raise their cattle on huge
steamboats.
 c. They could irrigate their land with water
from the boats.
 d. They could grow crops near the ports
where the boats stopped.

15. WHAT WAS ONE ADVANTAGE OF SHIPPING BY
RAIL INSTEAD OF BY STEAMBOAT??
 A. Trains could not run along the rails in cold
weather.
 b. Trains were only built along a waterway.
 c. Rail lines could be built almost anywhere.
 d. Shipping by rail was slower than by
steamboat.
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16. WHAT DID THE U.S. GOVERNMENT BEGIN TO
BUILD IN THE 1950S?
 A. Illinois Waterway
 b. transcontinental railroad
 c. interstate highway system
 d. two-lane country roads

17. HOW DID THE FUR TRADE CHANGE OJIBWA
CULTURE?
 The Ojibwa began to spend more time
trapping and trading. They no longer
produced everything they wanted or
needed. They were able to trade skins for
items they wanted from the Europeans.

18. WHAT INVENTIONS AND DEVELOPMENTS
HELPED THE MIDWEST TO BECOME A HUB OF
TRANSPORTATION AND TRADE? EXPLAIN.
 Because the Midwest is centrally located, its
waterways, rail lines, and highways made it a
hub for transportation and trade. The
steamboat could carry tons of cargo, turning
rivers into major highways. Rail lines
connected the Midwest to the entire country.
The interstate highway system linked all the
states.