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Who studies events from the past and provides answers to who was involved and when things happened?
What is a historian?
100
What would a historian use as a primary source?
What are original letters?
100
What would a historian use as a secondary source?
What is a text book?
100
What are 2 ways the pioneers adapted land for food?
What is Cleared land for farming Used the land for farming They hunted the animals around them for food
100
What did the pioneers do to keep the cold out when building a cabin?
What is put mud and grass in the cracks (chinking)?
200
Which of the following is in the correct order according to Michigan history? (a) 1) More people came to Michigan. 2) Michigan becomes a state. 3) The Erie Canal is built. (b) 1) The Erie Canal is built. 2) More people came to Michigan. 3) Michigan becomes a state. (c) 1) Michigan becomes a state. 2) The Erie Canal is built. 3) More people came to Michigan.
What is (b) 1) The Erie Canal is built. 2) More people came to Michigan. 3) Michigan becomes a state.
200
Around 1500, the French began exploring the Great Lakes region. What was one effect of this
What is They found beavers and the fur trade began?
200
What are 2 ways the Native Americans adapted land for shelter?
What is : Made their houses out of things around them such as trees and tree bark Cleared land to create villages
200
What are 2 ways the Native Americans adapted land for food?
What is Cleared land to plant crops Used land for farming Used trees for maple syrup Ate foods around them like nuts and berries They hunted the animals around them for food
200
What document did Michigan need to complete before becoming a state?
What is the completion of a Michigan State Constitution.
300
Which man-made waterway, completed in 1825, was built to connect the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean?
What is Erie Canal ?
300
What is one reason to read traditional American Indian stories?
What is to learn about their beliefs ?
300
What is one important belief that can be found in traditional American Indian stories?
What is There is a Great Spirit who helps people?
300
What did Michigan receive in exchange for losing the Toledo Strip to Ohio?
What is the Upper Peninsula ?
300
What conflict slowed the process of Michigan becoming a state?
What is and the Toledo Strip Conflict (resolved through U.S. government intervention, including the assignment of the U.P. to Michigan).
400
Why did the American Indians agree to trade with the French?
What is They wanted French goods?
400
Why did the French want to trade with American Indians for beaver furs?
What is There were very few beaver in France and people there wanted beaver hats?
400
What was the main reason French explorers came to the Great Lakes region?
What is They wanted silk and spices from China?
400
How do American Indians of Michigan (Anishnaabek) keep their cultural traditions from the past?
What is attend powwows ?
400
What is a barrier to Michigan getting statehood?
What is the need for a population of 60,000 (resolved through completion of the Erie Canal)
500
Michigan pioneers had a difficult life, what challenge they would have faced after they arrived at their new land.
What is They had to clear land and build their own house?
500
What do we call someone who travels to a new place to teach their religion to people?
What is a missionary ?
500
When did the fur trade between the French and American Indians begin?
What is about 400 years ago ?
500
Which of the following completes the correct sequence of the timeline about early Michigan history? (a) B = Statehood C = Settlement D = Exploration (b) B = Exploration C = Settlement D = Statehood (c) B = Settlement C = Exploration D = Statehood
What is (b) ? B = Exploration C = Settlement D = Statehood
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What are 2 ways the pioneers adapted the land for shelter?
What are: Trees to build log cabins Used materials around them to build houses
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