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States Of The Midwest USA (With Hints) - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 63 times
- The average score is 12 of 12
Answer Stats
| Answer | A bit of a hint | % Correct | |
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| West North Central | Iowa | The Ioway were a group of indigenous people that lived in this area. | 100%
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| Indiana | This name was given by US Congress in 1800 and somewhat unimaginatively means 'Land of the Indians'. | 98%
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| Michigan | This state is bounded by four of the five Great Lakes, and shares its name with one of them. In Ojibwe 'mishigami' means 'large lake'. | 98%
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| Nebraska | This name may be an Anglicisation of the Omaha language 'Ní Btháska', meaning 'flat water' (again, referring to a river). | 98%
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| South Dakota | The 'South' state that matches the one mentioned above, referring to a branch of the Sioux tribes that occupied the area. | 98%
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| Minnesota | This was the Dakota name for the major river: 'Mnísóta'. It means 'clear blue water' (or perhaps 'cloudy water'). | 96%
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| Missouri | The state is named after the major river (again), which may have been named after a local indigenous group - their neighbours called them 'Ouemessourita' (possibly). | 96%
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| North Dakota | The 'North' state named after the Sioux word for 'allies' (the word is a Native American tribe). | 96%
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| Ohio | It takes its name from a river, whose name derives from the Seneca word 'ohi:yo' ' meaning 'great' or 'good river'. | 96%
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| Wisconsin | The Algonquian word for the river here may have been 'Meskonsing', which was adapted by the French into 'Ouisconsin'. | 96%
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| East North Central | Illinois | This is a French name for the original inhabitants. It might be derived from the local phrase 'irenwe·wa', meaning 'he speaks the regular way'. | 94%
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| Kansas | Some of the local people called themselves 'Kką:ze'. | 94%
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