The _____ metro area meets the _____ metro area at the international boundary, and together they form a larger bi-national metro area. Detroit/ Windsor The most ethnically diverse metro area in North America is: Toronto The nickname for much of the Midwest in terms of its manufacturing (especially after the closures of many factories in the region) is the: Rustbelt What is true about using the term "Midwest" to describe this region? after the Louisiana Purchase, it was in the "middle" of the western part of US-- considering that Americans at the time viewed all lands west of the Appalachians as "west" The nickname for the Chicago metro area is: Chicagoland In the mid-1800s Minneapolis rose to prominence in Minnesota as power from falls on the Mississippi River at the location were first used for _____, and then for _____. Companies that focus on this latter activity are still headquartered in Minneapolis. sawmills/ flour milling The dominant metro area in the states of _____ are NOT in the Midwest region. Kansas and Kentucky _____% of Canada's population is in the province of Ontario (which includes the capital city of Ottawa), and the vast majority of the people of the province are in the Midwest region. 38 Clevel