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The Northwest territory included lands north of the _____________ River and south of the ____________________.
- * Ohio (River)
- * Great Lakes
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____________ caused the Great Lakes to form.
Glaciers
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Steel mills were built along the Great Lakes because both ______ ________
and _________ were found in nearby states.
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Most manufactured goods today are made on an _________ __________.
assembly line
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A _________ cannot travel upstream against a river's current.
flatboat
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Marquete and Joliet explored the Great Lake region to find and explore the _________ region.
Mississippi
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Fightin over who owned the Ohio River Valley led to the __________ and ________ War.
French and Indian
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After the ________ __________ War, the United States gained control of most of the Great Lakes Region.
American Revolutionary
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The Northwest Territory includes lands west of __________ and east of the __________ River.
- * Pennsylvania
- * Mississippi
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The Northwest Territory was divided into __________ and sold to settlers.
townships
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Goods shipped on rivers are often called __________.
freight
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A flat-bottomed boat used mostly on rivers and other inland waterways.
barge
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In the Northwest territory, one section in each ________ was set aside for a school.
township
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Settlers on the ______ were often surrounded by wilderness.
frontier
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rock that contains one or more kinds of materials.
Ore
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The world's first _______________ was built in Chicago in 1885.
skyscraper
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Automobile manufacturers decided to use ___________ _______________
in their factories because cars can be made quicker and cheaper.
mass production
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a partner in an alliance, a friend, especially in times of war
ally
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a flat-bottomed boat with pointed ends and sometimes a sail, which can be pulled or sailed up a river against the current.
keelboat
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boat powered by a steam engine that turns a paddle wheel
steamboat
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to measure, especially land
survey
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name the major uses of the Mississippi River.
- * migration route for settlers traveling west
- * transportation
- * trade
- * shipping
- * site of many large cities and industries
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