By: Isabelle Herdeman

Some Major cities in the Midwest are Chicago, Columbus and Indianapolis.

Some major landform in the Midwest are the great lakes, the Mississippi river, and the black hills some resources are coal, corn and soybeans

The relative location to a compass in the Midwest is northeast

The latitude of the largest city in the Midwest is 41 degrees 51’ 0” N the longitude is 39 degrees 87’ 0” W

Some customs of the Midwest are Shaking someone's hand when you greet them and addressing a couple by Mr. and Mrs. Also bringing someone a gift on a holiday or special day for example Christmas, or a birthday the religions are mostly united Methodist, Lutheran, and catholic some ethnic groups are Germans, Irish people, and English people

Some resources are also books, processed food and dairy product you can get book at a book store and you can get processed food and dairy products at grocery stores

Some major landforms are the black hills and the badlands the black hills are a mountain range in south Dakota the badlands are a region made of tiny steep hills and deep gullies made by erosion

There can be some pretty severe weather like heat waves and droughts

*The economy is very slow and not the best

*Some unique things about the Midwest is there is a lot of stereotyping

*a lot of people live in north Dakota because it is clean and safe also because you can have a really good life in north Dakota it is also not stressful at all

*goods are transported by cars, planes and trains

*Some major tourist attractions are wax museums, rivers and state capitols

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