Geography
Materials, Minerals, Products
Paleo Indians
Indians
Miscellaneous
100
What are the land masses that form Michigan's 2 parts called?
Peninsulas
100
This mineral found in Michigan was important during the Industrial Revolution and is used in making pots and pans.
Iron ore
100
Name one thing that the Copper people made out of copper.
Possible answers: tools, knives, spears, axes, fishhooks, needles, jewelry
100
Name one tribe that lived in Michigan
Ojibwa (Chippewa), Ottowa, Potowatomi, Menominee, Huron, Miami, Hopewells
100
Michigan was once covered by ____________________
oceans, glaciers
200
How many entry points to Canada are there from Michigan?
3
200
Which mineral is found in the Keweenaw Peninsula and Isle Royale area? **Hint: It is found in its pure form in Michigan, which is quite different from most deposits of it in the rest of the world.
Copper
200
Where did the Copper culture people live? (Be more specific than "Michigan")
Upper Peninsula (Isle Royale)
200
Groups similar to small nations that have different customs and beliefs:__________________
Tribe
200
Group where everyone has a common ancestor:__________
Clan
300
Why is Michigan divided up into counties?
1. Easier to govern 2. Easier to decide where tax money is spent 3. Used to identify areas of weather patterns
300
What is the state stone of Michigan?
Petoskey
300
Which Indian group do we know existed because we discovered their burial mounds?
Hopewell Indians
300
What is one of the many reasons a tribe might migrate?
lack of food, disease, war, change in climate/weather
300
Why did mastadons become extinct?
They were hunted to death.
400
Which three counties make up the tri-county area?
Wayne, Oakland, Macomb
400
What kind of fossils have archaeologists found in Michigan that lead us to believe Michigan was once under the sea?
Possible answers: Coral, shells, sea creatures, whale bones
400
Name 2 ethnic groups that are largely represented in Michigan.
Possible answers: German, English, Arabic, African American, Polish, Irish, Dutch, Italian, French, Hispanic
400
Name one type of housing structure Michigan Indians used.
Wigwam, longhouse. *NOT teepees*
400
What causes the formation of the Great Lakes?
Melting of the glaciers.
500
Name the five great lakes and the acronym we can use to remember them.
Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior (HOMES)
500
Which rocks are older: those of the Upper Peninsula or those of the Lower Peninsula. Why?
Upper Peninsula. This is because the lower peninsula rocks were formed from the sea bed which covered that area. The sea covering the land slowly dried up, and as this happened older deposits were left on the outer edge.
500
Besides dead people, what did archaeologists find in the burial mounds of the Hopewells?
riches and things for the dead spirits to use in afterlife
500
Indians would carve stones into this tool/shape to attach to their bows to shoot animals with.
Arrowhead
500
Why were the Hopewell Indians called Hopewell (who named them)?
Farmer who found their burial mounds was named Hopewell. This was not the name the Indians gave themselves.
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