Michigan's Geography
What is a peninsula?
Land surrounded by water on 3 sides
A road is an example of the characteristic.
Human Characteristic
The common good is thinking about what is best for____.
Others
This is our state capital.
Lansing
What are two characteristics that make the Upper Peninsula different from the Lower Peninsula?
Mountains, population, cold winters, waterfalls, mining
This is Michigan's largest city.
Detroit
Name a public issue Michigan has dealt with.
Pop can deposit and sharing water from the Great Lakes.
The name Michigan means_____.
big or great lake
Explain how the glaciers caused the Great Lakes to form.
moved and carved out basins in the land and when they melted they filled in the basins.
This makes it cooler along the lakeshore in the summer.
Lake Effect - the cold lake is cooling the warm air as it blows over the lake.
Name three things you can do for the common good.
picking up litter, conserve resources, help the homeless and the poor.
What three things must a state have to be a state?
Land, people and government
Where do Michigan rivers flow
Into the Great Lakes
Give an example of a natural characteristic.
river, mountain, lake etc.
Most of Michigan's people live here.
Lower Peninsula
This country is Michigan's neighbor to the north and east.
Canada