Social Studies grade 4
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- What were the Ottawa good at doing?
- Fishing and they settled near Lake Michigan
- How do we think the first people came to Michigan?
- They walked across a Beringia from Asia
- Which tribe lived in the U.P. ?
- Chippewa
- Name the three fires
- Chippewa, Ottawa, Potawatami
- Basin
- A low bowl- shaped area surrounded by higher land
- How was Michigan formed?
- Glaciers moved slowly over the land carving out basins and forming rivers, lakes, sand dunes, etc.
- Geography
- The study of the earth and the way people live on it and use it.
- The five Great Lakes
- Lake Erie, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, Lake Huron
- Who were the first Michiganians?
- Paleo indians, Old Copper People and the Mound Builders
- Largest city in the Upper peninsula
- Marquette
- Longest river in Michigan
- Grand River-about 260 miles long
- Natural Resources found in Michigan
- Forests, Copper, Iron, Salt
- Highest point in Michigan
- Mt. Arvon
- Name the two mountain ranges in Michigan
- Huron Mountains and the Porcupine Mountains
- Prehistory
- The time before writing was invented
- What is a region?
- A region is an area with common features that set it apart from other areas. (upper and lower peninsulas)
- Landforms are:
- A feature of the Earth's surface like a valley or Mountain
- What are Manitous?
- Spirits that the indians believed in (earth, plants, animals)