Can you name the geographical facts about the Midwest (as defined by the US Census)? by Roxelana

Can you name the geographical facts about the Midwest (as defined by the US Census)?

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Sub-Regions
46,421,564
20,505,437

States
11,536,504
6,483,802
9,883,640
12,830,632
5,686,986
5,303,925
3,046,355
5,988,927
672,591
814,180
1,826,341
2,853,118

States Capitals
769,332
807,584
113,802
117,352
235,419
281,253
200,538
40,771
61,217
14,072
254,001
124,331

Twenty Five Largest Cities
2,851,268
910,921
807,584
769,332
605,013
482,299
454,731
431,369
385,378
372,186
356,587
333,012
316,179
281,253
255,890
254,001
235,419
207,209
200,538
193,710
174,907
172,950
158,008
157,630
157,280

Twenty Five Largest Metros
9,580,567
4,403,437
3,269,814
2,828,990
2,171,896
2,091,286
2,067,585
1,801,848
1,743,658
1,559,667
849,517
835,063
778,009
699,935
672,220
612,683
570,025
562,963
562,906
453,603
430,900
424,043
414,315
408,005
379,066

Emerging Megaregion of the Midwest
53,768,125

The Great Lakes
31,700 sq mi (82,000 sq km) These are the largest freshwater lakes on Earth
23,010 sq mi (59,600 sq km) They are sometimes collectively reffered to as the North or 3rd Coast
22,400 sq mi (58,000 sq km) They hold 21% of the world's freshwater
9,940 sq mi (25,700 sq km) The three largest cities on the Lakes are Chicago, Toronto, and Detroit
7,540 sq mi (19,500 sq km) They are more realistically seas than lakes, yes they have waves...

Longest Rivers running through the region
2,320 mi (3,734 km)
2,341 mi (3,767 km)

Tallest Mountain
7,244 ft (2,208 m)

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Midwest USA Geography Profile Quiz

by Roxelana

Created Jan 1, 2011 in Geography
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	Roxelana:	Jan 2nd, 2011 at 02:44 GMT		-1 points
	The Midwest is now live, the Western US quiz is coming soon to a computer screen near you!

	Roxelana:	Jan 2nd, 2011 at 04:51 GMT		-2 points
	The Western US quiz is now live, enjoy.

	sammyhain:	Jan 2nd, 2011 at 05:07 GMT		0 points
	Ft Wayne is accepted for the cities but not the metro. Tulsa?

	Roxelana:	Jan 2nd, 2011 at 05:17 GMT		-2 points
	It's not? I'll fix that.

	Roxelana:	Jan 2nd, 2011 at 05:19 GMT		-4 points
	I fixed Ft Wayne but what's wrong with Tulsa? No one seems to get it and I know I spelled it right.

	Roxelana:	Jan 2nd, 2011 at 05:32 GMT		-4 points
	Oh geez, I missed Tulsa on the cities list, sorry everybody, I'll fix that.

	Roxelana:	Jan 2nd, 2011 at 05:35 GMT		-2 points
	Oh oops, no I did that right. It shouldn't be on the metro list, lol. I'm really sorry about that, I'll fix it.

	Roxelana:	Jan 2nd, 2011 at 05:41 GMT		0 points
	All right, Tulsa's gone, Davenport is in.

	NotYou:	Jan 2nd, 2011 at 14:06 GMT		9 points
	East North Central and West North Central? Really, US Census? That aside, good quiz. Like with the West quiz, I'd play with the organization and see if there's a more economical way to use the screen space, and I'd do away with the extra bits of info about the Great Lakes (they're nice, but take up valuable vertical space in a quiz that, even in full screen mode, is already too long for my mid-size laptop screen). But overall, very nice.

	micah:	Jan 2nd, 2011 at 17:00 GMT		3 points
	Check the spelling of Indianapolis on the capitals list. Other than that, very nice!

	zifyoip:	Jan 2nd, 2011 at 18:05 GMT		3 points
	Waukesha and Council Bluffs are misspelled. And what is a megarion?

	jslewitz:	Jan 2nd, 2011 at 19:50 GMT		5 points
	How about "Quad Cities" for the "Davenport-Moline-Rock Island Metropolitan Area?" That is what it's called, after all.

	Roxelana:	Jan 2nd, 2011 at 19:50 GMT		-2 points
	Sorry about the spelling mistakes guys, I'll get on that. The emerging megaregions are like the equivalents of the Bos-Wash megalopolis in the Northeast, I know there's not as many people that pay attention to that kind of thing compared to the regular geography, but there's nothing wrong with learning new stuff right? Actually, it's kinda a similar concept to the Nine of Nations of North America in some ways if anyone is familiar with that, I even take Chi Pitts and The Foundry as alternates for the Great Lakes megaregion.

	gqb:	Jan 2nd, 2011 at 19:50 GMT		-3 points
	Grand Rapids - Wyoming? When did a whole state become part of a metro area? Good quiz, though.

	Roxelana:	Jan 2nd, 2011 at 19:52 GMT		0 points
	Ok, I'll take Quad Cities. I know it's weird but that's how the census classifies it gqb, so I just took it lol.

	Roxelana:	Jan 2nd, 2011 at 19:57 GMT		-4 points
	@NotYou, if people really don't think I need the extra info on the Lakes I might just get rid of it, but I tried adding a few little facts to each quiz. It's not that bad is it? If you know the names you only have to scroll all the way down only a few times.

	ras0723:	Jan 2nd, 2011 at 20:08 GMT		2 points
	i'm from aurora, IL, and one of my best friends is from overland park, KS. can't believe i missed those two!

	NotYou:	Jan 2nd, 2011 at 22:14 GMT		4 points
	@gqb (and anyone else who is confused), Wyoming is, in addition to being a state, the name of a city in the Grand Rapids area. @Roxelana, the extra facts are less of a problem here than they are in the West quiz, but I do think it would be better without them. Also, I don't quite understand why all of Roxelana's comments are being downvoted so much. She's responding to criticisms and comments on her quiz in a reasonable and polite manner.

States Capitals
769,332
807,584
113,802
117,352
235,419
281,253
200,538
40,771
61,217
14,072
254,001
124,331

	NotYou:	Jan 2nd, 2011 at 23:48 GMT		2 points
	@Roxelana, could you give us some direction as to where on the US Census's cite you found the information about the emerging megaregions? I'm not doubting you, but like zifyoip, I'm not familiar with the term, and since, as you say, there's nothing wrong with learning new stuff, I'd like to learn more precisely what is meant by that. I'm not familiar with either the Bos-Wash megalopolis or the Nine Nations of North America, so your examples aren't as helpful to me as you meant them to be. (I'm sorry for commenting twice so close together, everyone).

	Roxelana:	Jan 3rd, 2011 at 01:15 GMT		-2 points
	@adamnvillani, I meant that they're closer to seas by size, and they are technically connected to the Ocean through rivers and the Erie Canal which is what spurred development along the Lakes in the early days.

	Roxelana:	Jan 3rd, 2011 at 01:18 GMT		0 points
	@NotYou, I didn't get the info on megaregions and Bos-Wash from the census, I got Bos-Wash from Wikipedia, it's a term stretching back to the 1950's. As for megaregions, I recommend checking out the America 2050 website, they're the ones who forwarded and really backed the idea, which is to define other "powerful" areas emerging around the US that are like Bos-Wash that drive the economy and that can help drive future growth.

	zifyoip:	Jan 3rd, 2011 at 01:19 GMT		2 points
	@Roxelana: Oh, I see, "Megarion" is supposed to be "Megaregion"—I was confused by the typo.

	ezman280:	Jan 3rd, 2011 at 01:24 GMT		3 points
	What? No Point Place?

	Roxelana:	Jan 3rd, 2011 at 01:27 GMT		0 points
	OHHH, geez, I can't believe I missed that typo for so long, lol wow. Sorry everyone, I'll fix that.

	MisterF:	Jan 3rd, 2011 at 03:23 GMT		1 point
	ezman- Since the characters in That 70's Show complain so much about how small their town is, I'm not surprised it's not on this quiz!

	acheron0:	Jan 3rd, 2011 at 03:29 GMT		2 points
	I'm confused by your rivers. On the western quiz you have colorado, snake and columbia. I originally put in rio grande, missouri and yukon which are all longer than the snake but I understand that those didn't exclusively run through the western US (texas, lots of states and canada respectively) and didn't have a problem with it. However, here you are using the missouri and mississippi which dont flow exclusively through the midwest. Which is it? Exclusive or not?

	adamnvillani:	Jan 3rd, 2011 at 03:38 GMT		2 points
	The problems with the "emerging megaregions" category is that they're speculative and the names used are exclusive to one source that isn't universally accepted. I would try to keep questions to those which have answers that can be definitively identified as being right or wrong. Echoing what acheron0 says above, it should be made clear what criteria are being used for whether a river is included or not.

	Roxelana:	Jan 3rd, 2011 at 04:04 GMT		0 points
	When it came to the rivers I tried to find the longest river in the region by how much of that river was in the region. Like in the Northeast it's the Ohio River, but it barely touches one small part of PA, I chose the Susquhanna cause it's literally the longest river running in the territory of the NE. And to be honest I don't know the Midwest well, but after looking through lists of rivers I assumed that the parts of the Missouri and Mississippi that are in the Midwest as it's defined here are the longest. If I'm wrong I'll change it, are than any rivers that run longer through the Midwest?

	Roxelana:	Jan 3rd, 2011 at 04:21 GMT		1 point
	I've now made it impossible to miss the megaregions on all three quizzes that haven em if you get all the other answers like cities and states, and I think a body of water for two of em, right. That way, people can get the answers and if they're curious and not familiar with the megaregions they can go look them up. I think any geography enthusiast should at least be familiar with Bos-Wash cause it's so much older and more reality than concept, but even though the other megaregions are recognized by a few big groups I get not everybody follows that stuff.

	zifyoip:	Jan 3rd, 2011 at 10:24 GMT		2 points
	@Roxelana: I don't know about exact distances, but for nearly its entire length the Ohio River forms the boundary of the Midwest.

	NotYou:	Jan 3rd, 2011 at 15:41 GMT		2 points
	@Roxelana, thank you for the reference and the explanation. This is one of those times when I really wish Sporcle would give us a nice way to list multiple sources!

	Roxelana:	Jan 3rd, 2011 at 18:39 GMT		0 points
	@zifyoip, I totally forgot about the Ohio River so I did some measurements on Google maps following the rivers in the territory of the Midwest as defined here and it came out, Ohio River- around 840 miles (the actual total is 980 but some of it is in PA and the rest is that roads don't follow rivers exactly even though I got pretty close), Mississippi River- around 1100, and Missouri River- around 1200, so luckily I got it right. The Mississippi and Missouri actually are the longest rivers flowing through the region. @NotYou, I know, on my first few quizzes I was trying to figure out how you list more than one sources lol.