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A-Z Midwest US Geography - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 46 times
- The average score is 16 of 26
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct | |
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| A | This iconic St. Louis landmark, called the "gateway" to the west, commemorates westward expansion. | Gateway Arch | 98%
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| F | North Dakota's largest city, the home of North Dakota State University, and a great movie. | Fargo | 93%
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| G | This Wisconsin city on Lake Michigan borders the Fox River and is home to the NFL's Packers. | Green Bay | 93%
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| O | The most populated city in Nebraska. | Omaha | 93%
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| B | These South Dakota hills are home to Mount Rushmore. | Black Hills | 88%
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| H | Great Lake that, together with Lake Michigan, forms the largest body of fresh water in the world. | Lake Huron | 88%
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| M | Minnesota "twin" city with 13 lakes and 50 miles of cycling and walking paths. | Minneapolis | 88%
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| J | Named for the third president, it's the Missouri capital. | Jefferson City | 83%
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| S | At least 10 Midwestern cities carry this name; in Illinois, it's the state capital. | Springfield | 83%
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| T | Storm with a rotating column of air that plagues the Midwest, frequently uprooting trees and destroying property. | tornado | 80%
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| U | While much of the Midwest is rural, Chicago, Cincinnati, Columbus, and Detroit are large _____ centers. | urban | 78%
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| D | Former Kansas cattle town and a good place to get out of if Wyatt Earp is on your trail. | Dodge | 73%
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| K | Despite its catchy name, there's no zoo in this Michigan town, home of the Checker Cab. | Kalamazoo | 73%
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| W | Located on the Arkansas River, this city is the most populated in Kansas. | Wichita | 65%
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| R | Chicago is a hub of this type of transportation which allowed early travel and fast shipment of farm goods to cities. | railroad | 60%
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| P | Much of Iowa is covered in a tall-grass plain, also called this. | prairie | 58%
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| L | Name for the system that raises and lowers boats to allow transit in the Great Lakes. | lock | 55%
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| Y | Once a coal town, this Ohio city is working hard to build a post-rust-belt economy. Bruce Springsteen wrote a song about it. | Youngstown | 48%
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| I | Endangered bat of the Midwest, it's named for the state whose caves are a favorite spot for winter hibernation. | Indiana | 43%
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| Q | Illinois riverboat town nicknamed "gem city." | Quincy | 38%
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| X | Ohio city whose name rhymes with Armenia. | Xenia | 38%
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| C | Sometimes called the sixth Great Lake, this Detroit-area lake moves water between two of the Great Lakes. | Lake St. Clair | 30%
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| Z | Nine Midwest cities begin with Z, including three in Michigan (two named Zeeland and one delightfully called Zilwaukee). The largest Z city of the Midwest is in Indiana. | Zionsville | 15%
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| N | This fault line in southern Missouri and Illinois is named for a town destroyed by severe earthquakes in 1812. | New Madrid Fault | 13%
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| V | Indiana's oldest city, named by French fur traders, was once the territorial capital. | Vincennes | 5%
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| E | Human-built mounds throughout the Midwest are signs of ancient native peoples. The mounds are sometimes called this. | earthworks | 3%
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