Iowa

Geographer The major cities of Iowa are Des Moines, Cedar Rapids,Davenport,Sioux City, Waterloo, and Iowa City. The Land size of Iowa is 56,272 mi. The population (from 2007) 2,988,046. It is in the Region of the Midwest. All of the bodies of water are Mississppi, Wapsipnicon, Iowa Coralville spirit, and Saylorville. Iowa's Climate are tornadoes,thunder storms in June. They have floods from the Mississppi river. Their land forms are gentle hills. media type="custom" key="2888061"

Political Scientist

The Governor of Iowa is Chet Culver. The capital of Iowa is Des Moines.The abbrevtion is I.A.. There are five U.S. Representatives in Iowa. Iowa usally votes Democratic.

Economist media type="file" key="Iowa.mp3.S+M.mp3" Iowa has over 9,000 farms. The main and famous company is farming. Some of its natural resources are soy beans; cattle, corn and hogs, but the main farm products are corn and hogs. Some manufacturing things are chemicals and electrical equipment. The unemployment rate is 4.2% of their population. Historian  Iowa became a state in 1846. The Native American tribes were Black Hawk and Sauk Fox. Five interesting dates in the time line are in 1673 French settlers in Iowa are Marquette and Joliest. In 1803 Mapoleon sells the Louisiana Territory to the United States. In 1861 Iowa sides with the Union in the Civil War. In 1928 Iowan Herbert Hoover is eleted U.S. president. In 1930 Grant Wood’s painting “American Gothic” is shown at the Art Institute of Chicago. The Immigrant groups are Marquette and Joliest.