Vocab
What is it called when people move from e one state to another state?
Name two ways people are connected to places.
Cultural traits, technology, people moving in/out of state
This industry changed the world, and brought immigrants and migrants to Michigan, what is the industry?
The automobile industry.
What is it called when people move from one country to another country?
The great plains
Name two groups/nationalities of people who immigrated to Michigan?
lumbering business (1600's) the French
African descent fur trade (1840-1860)
Germans- food shortage (1830)
Ireland -famine (1840) Irish Hills
Poland-food shortage (1860)
Dutch - religious freedom (1840)
Name one cultural 'mini city' that we might have in New York, San Francisco, Detroit?
Chinatown, Little Italy, Mexicantown, Irish Hills
These people examine how people and places are connected to each other and how people are connected to Earth.
What is a geographer?
farmland, and jobs
What kind of natural resources would Michiganders use to build houses?
Lumber
Fill in the blank: ___________________ to the environment would allow people to use natural resources to build houses (ex: sod houses, adobe house).
Adapting
This is defined as a way of life of a group of people.
This tune guided slaves to freedom following the Big Dipper. What was the tune called?
Name two reasons people immigrated to Michigan.
Farming, industrial, mining
These tend to push people out of a place, what are they called?
Push factors
Why would San Fancisco have so many different languages and cultures?
Because it is a port of entry from other parts of the world.
Name one pull factor that drove people to use the underground to move to Michigan.
jobs, freedom,
Name 3 natural resources found to help build America
water, soil, trees