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Answer Key Unit 1 Geography Review

  1. What direction are you going if you travel from:
  2. Grand Rapids to Traverse City North
  3. Grand Rapids to Kalamazoo South
  4. Detroit, MI to Toledo, Oh South
  5. Dearborn to Battle Creek West
  6. Most people live in the southeastern part of Michigan due to more jobs.
  7. Lake Superior is closest to the northern part of the Upper Peninsula.
  8. Lake Michigan is located on the western part of the state.
  9. Michigan can be divided into regions: Upper Peninsula andLower Peninsula.
  10. How are Michigan’s two peninsulas different from each other?

Upper Peninsula
*mountains
*colder
*more snow / Lower Peninsula
*flatter
*more manufacturing & jobs
  1. Michigan can be divided into regions but also belong to another U.S. region that includes other states around Michigan This region is called the Midwest.
  2. A consequence of dumping trash into our water causes contamination to our water.
  3. Natural resources means places or things that are part of an area that are not manmade. Write two examples of a person using a natural resource.

hunting / fishing
  1. Cutting down too many trees causes loss of forests andanimal habitats.
  2. Most of Michigan’s orchards are located near Lake Michigan because the climate is right for growing trees.
  3. In the grocery store, you will find oranges from Florida and pineapples from Hawaii. People from Florida and Hawaii will see apples from Michigan because different places grow different crops because of their climate.
  4. People in Michigan living near the Great Lakes have had increased tourism which has increased more available jobs in tourism.
  5. People in Michigan have changed their environment by cutting down trees in order to build houses.
  6. Miller Elementary School is in Wayne County. It is also a part of this region called Michigan in the country of United States of America.
  7. Dearborn and Detroit are part of Wayne County.
  8. In Michigan we have large bridges- the Ambassador Bridge and Mackinac Bridge. These are human characteristics of Michigan since they were built by humans. These bridges connect one place to another.
  9. People would leave Michigan because of a new job or want warmer climate.
  10. A new auto plant has opened up in the Detroit area, so new jobs will be created and people will move to the area.
  11. Zebra mussels have come to the Great Lakes attached to freighters that have traveled around the world. They have disrupted our ecosystem. Michigan leaders have asked a scientist from California to help with this problem because they may know of a solution to help us that we did not think of.
  12. Look at the two maps below. Study why they can be divided each way.

MapA: more or less people, larger and smaller cities, location to Great Lakes

MapB:83 counties, smaller areas, easier to manage

22. These pictures show Michigan’s natural resources. Give one positive and one negative consequence of using each resource.

Positive Consequence / Negative Consequence
Forest
Water