Chicago's Physical Features
What two bodies of water does Chicago sit near?
Lake Michigan and the Chicago River
Chicagoans might guess some things about people based on where ___________ ______________
(2 words)
they live
Hyde Park was established by a White lawyer named Paul Cornell.
True or False
True
What is a resource?
A resource is something that will meet a need.
When people learned how to grow their own food, what did they learn how to keep?
Seeds from plants
What do people go to the parks by the lakefront to do?
To relax and exercise.
They enjoy the view of the lake.
People might think that people who live on the North Side of Chicago root for the ____________.
Cubs
What is "White Flight"?
When White people moved away from urban areas when African Americans moved into their neighborhood.
What is a natural resource?
Something found in nature that can be used by people.
What covers about three fourths of Illinois?
Farmland
Where do you find the tall buildings we call skyscrapers in Chicago?
The Loop
Downtown
People might think that people who live on the South Side of Chicago root for the _____________.
White Sox
What is the name of a neighborhood that was affected negatively by White Flight while businesses closed and jobs disappeared?
North Lawndale
What is an example of a natural resource?
Water
Land
Air
What is a food desert?
An area where it is hard to find healthy food like fresh fruits and vegetables. This area has very few or no grocery stores.
What did early settlers in Chicago use the Chicago River for?
Fishing
Travel
Trading
What is a reason a neighborhood might change over time?
People move out of the neighborhood. People move into new neighborhoods. People change jobs. Some businesses close and people lose their job. Businesses open and new jobs are created.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. came to Chicago, in North Lawndale, to protest unfair _________________.
housing practices
What do all living things need to live?
Water
How did agriculture change how people lived?
Instead of people moving from place to place in search of food, they began to settle and stay.
When new people came to Chicago, what did they bring with them?
They brought their culture with them.
What are some things you can find in the Hyde Park neighborhod?
The University of Chicago
Museum of Science and Industry
Former President Barack Obama's family home
When people in North Lawndale found out that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had been killed, what did they do to the community?
They set fires and looted businesses.
What does it mean for water to be polluted?
It is filled with substances that make the water harmful.
What is agriculture?
Raising plants and animals for food is known as agriculture.