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History
First People
Fur Trade
French and Indian War
Pioneers
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What is the definition of History?
What is the study of the past.
100
About how many years ago did the first Native Americans live in Michigan?
What is over 10,000 years ago.
100
Who was involved in the Fur Trade?
What is French and the Native Americans.
100
Who was involved in the war?
What is Native Americans/French against the British
100
What is a pioneer?
What is a person who moves to a new area to settle.
200
What is a historian?
What is people who study the past.
200
Describe what an archeologist does?
What is find artifacts that are left behind by early people and figure out who lived in the past and how long ago it was.
200
What were most of the items that the native Americans traded the French beaver fur for?
What is native americans traded for guns, knives, cloth blankets, cooking pots, hatchet, cotton shirts, looking glass.
200
Explain in detail how the French and Indian war started.
What is French were making a lot of money from the Fur Trade. The British got jealous and wanted to take over the Fur Trade. The French refused to give it up. Then the British declared war against the French.
200
How many trees did it take to cut down to build a log cabin?
What is about 50-60 trees.
300
What do historians do?
What is look for clues to understand the past. They are like detectives
300
Hopewell People were one of the first people known as building mounds. What were mounds?
What is mounds were grounds that were dug for burying bodies, artifacts, and jewelry.
300
How long did it take a voyageur to travel along the shore each day? Why was it so dangerous for a voyageur to travel?
What is up to 18 hours a day. There were dangerous storms that could of flipped their canoe over.
300
What did the French decide to do when they found out the British wanted to attack them and why?
What is built forts around them for protection against British attacks.
300
What 2 areas did most pioneers settle?
What is Detroit and Mackinac Island.
400
Identify the two different type of sources historians use to study the past.
What is primary and secondary sources
400
Name the people of the Three Fiers and explain what is so special about them?
What is Potawatomi, Ottawa, and Ojibway. They all were able to make maple syrup, built their own homes, weaved baskets, canoes, out of natural resources.
400
What did most voyageurs do to keep themselves from getting bored?
What is sang songs and told stories.
400
Who was winning during the war?
What is at first, the French and Native Americans were winning. When the general of Britain found this out, he sent over more soldiers to help the British out helping them to win the war.
400
Name 3 challenges pioneers had to face trying to settle in a new land.
What is muddy, rocky roads, to build a house you had to cut down a lot of trees and build it yourself, wild animals, find food, clear land in order to grow food, no roads, you can get lost, storms, mosquitos.
500
What is the difference between a primary source and a secondary source?
What is primary sources are records taken by people who were at the event and took photos, took notes, and letters. A secondary source is information found by someone who was not at the event or site. They get their information from textbooks and research on the computer.
500
Name 4 ways in which the Native Americans adapted and modified to the environment?
What is they hunted animals for food, they used animal parts to make tools like spears, they used animal hide to keep warm, they used wood to build teepees, cut down trees to make room for farming, and grew own crops.
500
Name 3 ways why the Native Americans chose to trade with the French and not any other group of people.
What is the French married most native American women, they respected the native americans, they did not want to take over their land, they learned their language, they gave them gifts.
500
What was the outcome of the war?
What is the British took over all of French's territory, including Michigan and Canada. The 13 colonies became part of the United States of America.
500
Name 3 reasons why population grew slowly.
What is people heard Michigan did not have good farm land, it was hard to travel to Michigan, coming by water took a long time and very dangerous, there were muddy and rocky roads.