MI History
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>1776<
100
What was one main reason European explorers came to Michigan?
To trade for furs.
100
How do governments typically fund the goods and services they provide?
Though taxes, tolls, and fees.
100
American Indigenous societies developed by adapting to the environments in which they lived. Indigenous Peoples of the _________________ practiced irrigation farming, wore cotton clothing, and grew corn, beans, and squash.
Southwest
100
What is a characteristic of a market economy?
Private property rights.
100
The ____________ region was best for growing a variety of crops.
The Southern Colonies.
100
According to the data table and bar graph, population of rural areas has ________ over time. 
Decreased.
100
Based on the Declaration of Independence, what should be the main goal of the government?
Protecting the rights of its people.
200
Who lived in Michigan before European settlers arrived?
The Indigenous Peoples - (Anishinaabek)
200
Our mixed market economy offers both public and private goods for consumers to use. A balance of both types of goods is important to maintaining a healthy market economy while providing basic goods and services to the general public. Name two public goods.
Could be:
Highway/roads, sewage, water, parks, sidewalks, street lights, beaches, firefighters, police officers, etc.
200
American Indigenous societies developed by adapting to the environments in which they lived. Indigenous Peoples of the _________________ had wooden homes, cedar-bark clothing, and totem poles.
Pacific Northwest.
200
How does competition among sellers usually affect prices?
It leads to lower prices
200
Which colonial region had large areas of forest and promoted shipbuilding as its main industry?
New England Colonies.
200
The Treaty of Paris of 1783, formally ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain and the United States of America. The territory of the new nation was defined as spanning from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Mississippi River in the west, and from Canada in the north to Florida in the south. The treaty doubled the size of the new nation, setting the stage for __________ expansion.
Westward
200
The Articles of Confederation created a weak national government and granted most of the government's power to the states. One of the main reasons the national government was weak was because it did not have the authority to________.
Collect taxes.
300
How did the Erie Canal affect Michigan's population?
It brought more settlers to Michigan.
300
Which of these is a principle that limits the power of the federal government?
Separations of powers.
300
During the 1600s, why did French settlers cooperate with local Native Americans?
To trade for fur.
300
What is an example of a positive incentive in a market economy?
A sale at a store.
300
Which colonial region had moderate temperatures and was known as the "bread basket"?
Middle Colonies
300
Treaties of Paris happened many times. For example, the Treaty of Paris 1763 ended the _________ War, and the Treaty of Paris 1783 ended the ________ War.
Seven Years' War
American Revolutionary War
300
What is the main purpose of the Preamble to the Constitution?
To describe the purpose of government.
400
In what year did Michigan officially become a state?
1837
400
Which level of government regulates imports from other countries?
Federal
400
In which locations did Native American groups have extremely cold winters?
Eastern Woodlands and Plains.
400
How do specialization and division of labor affect productivity?
They increase productivity.
400
If someone came from Europe in search of religious freedom and made their living through fishing and whaling, which colonial region did they live in?
New England Colonies.
400
How did the Erie Canal affect Michigan's population?
More settlers moved to Michigan
400
The delegates to the Constitutional Convention considered two plans, the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan. How did the delegates come to an agreement on this issue?
By accepting ideas from both plans.
500
What are three major kinds of economic activities found in Michigan's Upper Peninsula?
Mining, tourism, hunting/fishing.
500
Which level of government regulates imports from other countries?
Federal
500
What was the British approach to Native Americans?
To remove or enslave Native Americans and take their land.
500
What is the main role of money in the exchange of goods and services?
To serve as a medium of exchange.
500
Why was farming an important industry in the southern colonies as compared to the northern colonies?
The land was good for growning a wide variety of crops.
500
Whose point of view is expressed in this
poem?
One, if by land, and two, if by sea;
And I on the opposite shore will be,
Ready to ride and spread the alarm
Through every Middlesex village and
farm. . . .
— from Paul Revere's Ride
by Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow
American Patriot
500
Which event is considered the start of the American Revolution?
The battles at Lexington and Concord.
600
Following the Toledo War, before Michigan could gain statehood, the territory had to do what to things?
1) Write a state constiution.
2) Compromise with Ohio over Toledo Strip.
600
Which branch of government enforces laws?
The Excecutive Branch
600
This war occurred because of a conflict between New England settlers and Native Americans in the Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth colonies.
King Phillip's War
600
What does "scarcity" mean in economics?
When there's not enough of something to meet everyone's wants.
600
What was the name of the first attempt at a permanent settlement? It was also known as the Lost Colony. 
Roanoke
600
A period of time call when European exploration and discovery that lasted from about 1418 to 1620.
The Age of Exploration
600
The Boston Tea Party was a protest which policy of King George III?
Taxation without representation.
700
What are the five Great Lakes that border Michigan?
Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario (Memory hook: HOMES)
700
The first elected legislative body in North America (in Virginia).
House of Burgesses
700
The alliance of the five Iroquois nations for peace, it influenced the Founding Fathers of the U.S. Constitution.
League of the Iroquois
700
An exchange of goods, ideas, and skills from the Old World (Europe, Asia, and Africa) to the New World (North and South America) and vice versa.
Columbian Exchange
700
What was the name of the first permanent English settlement in North America, founded in East Virginia
Jamestown
700
Spanish soldiers who conquered people in other lands are called?
Conquistadors
700
The Southern Colonies demanded that the practice of kidnapping, transporting, and selling Africans for free labor to build the Americas remain when creating the Articles of Confederation. This practice was called _______________ and involved European slave ships that regularly used the triangular trade route and its Middle Passage, and it existed from the 16th to the 19th centuries.
Atlantic Slave Trade