Name: __________________________

Date: ______________________!

!
Lesson 11: The Geography of the MidWest Mini-Project!

!
!
In the lines below write the Lesson Mission.!
!

Lesson Mission 1:
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________!

!
!

Lesson Mission 2:
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________!

!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!

Page 1 of 9

Name: __________________________

Date: ______________________!

Midwest Geography Mini - Project!

!
Part 1: Midwest Geography Terms!
!
Directions: Define each term below.!
!
canal:!

irrigation:!

landform:!

droughts:!

eroded: !

fertile:!

climate:!

locks:!

!
!

!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!

!
!
!
Page 2 of 9

Name: __________________________

Date: ______________________!

Midwest Geography Mini - Project!

!
Part 2: Midwest Landforms!
!

Directions: Define each land form below in the small top box. Draw a picture of the landform
in the larger box underneath. Color the landform with colored pencils.!

Badlands:!

hill:

!
!
!
!

!
!
!

canyon:!

mountain:

!
!
!
!

!
!
!

cliff:!

plains:

!
!
!
!

!
!
!

Page 3 of 9

Name: __________________________

Date: ______________________!

glacier:!

prairie:!

!
!
!
!
!

!
!
!

lake:!

river:

!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
Page 4 of 9

Name: __________________________

Date: ______________________!

Midwest Geography Mini - Project!

!
Part 3: Political Regions!
!

Directions: Political regions are how the nation is divided into states. Label all of the
Midwestern States on the map below. Then use a colored pencil to color all of the East North
Central States - blue and all of the West North Central States - red.!

!
!
!
!
!
!

!
!

Illinois! !
!

Indiana!

Iowa! !

Kansas!

!
!

Michigan!
!

Minnesota!

Missouri!

Nebraska!

North Dakota! !

Ohio! !

South Dakota! !

Wisconsin

!
!

Page 5 of 9

Name: __________________________

Date: ______________________!

!
Midwest Geography Mini - Project!
!
Part 4: Geographical Regions!
!

Directions: Geographical regions are the way a nation is divided into regions that have the
same geography and climate. Label all of the Midwestern Regions, Waters, and Rivers on the
map below.!

!
! !!
Lake
Michigan!!
! !!
The Badlands!!

Interior Lowland!

Lake Huron!

Lake Superior!!

Lake Erie!

Lake Ontario! !

The Great Plains!

The Black Hills!

The Mississippi River!!

The Ohio River!

The Missouri River

!
Page 6 of 9

Name: __________________________

Date: ______________________!

Midwest Geography Mini - Project!

!
Part 5: Reading Maps of the Midwest!
!

Directions: In the following activity, you will use the maps provided to answer questions about
the Midwest Region of the United States. !

!
!
!
!
!
!
Page 7 of 9

Name: __________________________

Date: ______________________!

!
Midwest Geography Mini - Project!
!
!

Questions!

1.) What large river runs north to south through the Midwest, from Minnesota and Wisconsin !
to Missouri and Illinois (and eventually to the Gulf of Mexico)? !
!
______________________________!

2.) What large river runs northwest to southeast, through North Dakota, South Dakota, and !
other states until it flows into the Mississippi River? !
!
______________________________!

3.) What country borders the midwestern states on the North? !

!
______________________________!

4.) Which Midwest State is farthest east? !

!
_______________________________!

5.) Which Midwestern State is farthest Northwest? !

!
_______________________________ !

6.) Which Midwestern State is the farthest South? !

!
_______________________________ !
!
7.) Which State is just South of Nebraska? !
!
_______________________________!

8. Which is divided into two separate parts? !

!
_______________________________!

9. What state is just west of Indiana? !

!
_______________________________ !

10. What state is between Minnesota and Missouri? !

!
______________________________________!

Page 8 of 9

Name: __________________________

Date: ______________________!

!
Midwest Geography Mini - Project!

!
Part 6: Geographical Regions!
!

Directions: You have now learned about the Midwests geography and climate. Use what
you have learned to answer the following questions in PQA format. !

1.) Based on the geography and climate of the Midwest, why do you think people moved !
there in the 1800s and early 1900s?!

!
!
!
!
!
!

________________________________________________________________________!
________________________________________________________________________!
________________________________________________________________________!
________________________________________________________________________!

2.) How do you think the environment affected the everyday lives of the people who moved !
there? For example: What kinds of jobs did people have? What did they do for fun? How !
did they used the land to make things? !
!
________________________________________________________________________!

!
!
!
!
!

________________________________________________________________________!
________________________________________________________________________!
________________________________________________________________________!

3.) What hardships do you think settlers faced because of the environment, landscape, and !
climate? Why? !
!
________________________________________________________________________!

!
!
!

________________________________________________________________________!
________________________________________________________________________!
________________________________________________________________________!

Page 9 of 9