Geography 1
Geography 2
History 1
History 2
Mixed
100
Social Scientists that are interested in natural and human features of our planet’s surface are called ________
What is Geographers
100
The physical characteristic that covers the main part of the western United States is?
What is Mountains
100
What push factor made slaves move to Canada?
What is Slavery
100
Which of these pairs of states are located in the Midwest region of the central United States? a. Illinois and Michigan b. South Dakota and Wyoming c. Pennsylvania and Ohio d. Iowa and Montana
What is Illinois and Michigan
100
Michigan is surrounded by what?
What is the Great Lakes
200
What is a human characteristic that would be in the Great Plains?
What is a Farm
200
Which city is the capital of the United States?
What is Washington D.C.
200
In 1901-1919, immigration from ________ was greater than that from Western and Northern Europe.
What is Southern Europe
200
The population of Michigan reached 749,113 in 1860. Farming, lumbering, and early manufacturing dominated the economy. Would this be an example of a push or a pull factor?
What is a Pull Factor
200
What is a pull factor?
What is Something that pulls a populations into an area
300
What is one thing that Geographers would not be interested in if they were studying a community?? a. Maps of the city b. Birds’ nest c. Wildflowers d. Bank records
What is Bank Records
300
How and why people, goods, and ideas moved in and out of the place is a question geographers would ask from which theme of geography? a. Location b. Place c. Human/Environment Interaction d. Movement
What is Movement
300
Many slaves traveled through Michigan on their way to Canada. Why did many slaves try to escape to Canada?
What is Canada did not allow slavery
300
Historically, immigrants to the United States arrived mostly for which reason? a. America reminded people of their native homeland. b. The U.S. was the only country accepting immigrants. c. There were better economic opportunities in America. d. It was not very difficult to journey to America
What is There were better economic opportunities in America.
300
The climate of the Northeastern United States?
What is often very hot in the summer and very cold in the winter.
400
When learning about a region, geographers might ask about a region’s climate. Which of the following best defines climate? a. Average temperatures b. Annual rainfall c. Weather over a long period of time d. Storm patterns
What is Weather over a long period of time
400
Geographers ask questions within the five themes of geography. Which is not one of those themes? a. Location b. Place c. Earth d. Movement
What is Earth
400
In 1907, Michigan businesses placed newspaper ads about the jobs available in Michigan. Thousands of immigrants came to the state. They worked side by side with migrants from rural Michigan and Southern states. How did these workers impact Michigan’s growth?
What is They helped Michigan’s businesses succeed.
400
Who was the important man that bought a ship to take slaves to Canada?
Who is George De Baptiste?
400
Lansing, Austin, Albany, Atlanta and Columbus are all examples of what?
What is Capital Cities
500
The ______ Region of the United States is from Florida to West Virigina and from Arkansas to North Carolina.
What is The South East
500
You are looking at a map that only shows mountains, lakes, rivers, lowlands, plains and plateaus. This is a map that only shows what?
What is landforms
500
Between 1910 and 1970, about seven million African Americans migrated away from the South. They went to North, Midwest, and Western United States. This was called the “Great Migration.” Most came to Michigan to…..
What is Work in the industrial cities
500
One major escape route of slaves through Michigan to Canada was?
What is Toledo to Detroit across the Detroit River or Detroit to Lansing to Flint to Port Huron
500
Push and Pull factors are part of what geographical theme?
What is Migration
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