Social Studies Test – Unit 1 Study Guide
Dear Parents;
We will be having a social studies test on Wednesday, December 10. The things your child
needs to know are:
 Michigan is made of two peninsulas, and that a peninsula is an area of land surrounded by
water on three sides
 on a map, identify
 the five Great Lakes
 Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio
 Canada
 the Upper and Lower Peninsulas
 Lansing
 Detroit
 the Fruit Belt
 the Thumb Area
 the metro Detroit Area
 the Detroit River
 list 3 reasons why people might come to Michigan to live or to visit
 list 3 natural characteristics one might see around the Roosevelt community
 list 3 human characteristics one might see around the Roosevelt community
 describe the relative location of Michigan three different ways
 know what each of the following natural resources in Michigan are used for:
 sand, lumber, limestone, salt, and iron
 forests, water, fertile soil, minerals, and gas/oil
 study the definitions of the following vocabulary words:
 geography, natural characteristic, human characteristic, absolute location, relative
location, natural resources, peninsula, bay, climate, vegetation, modify the environment
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Chapter 1 study guide
1. List 3 reasons why people might come to Michigan to live or to visit:
a. ____________________________________________________________________
b. ____________________________________________________________________
c. ____________________________________________________________________
2. List 3 natural characteristics one might see around the Roosevelt community
a. ____________________________________________________________________
b. ____________________________________________________________________
c. ____________________________________________________________________
3. List 3 human characteristics one might see around the Roosevelt community
a. ____________________________________________________________________
b. ____________________________________________________________________
c. ____________________________________________________________________
4. Describe the relative location of Michigan three different ways:
a. ____________________________________________________________________
b. ____________________________________________________________________
c. ____________________________________________________________________
5. Know what each of the following natural resources in Michigan are used for:
a. sand: _______________________________________________________________
b. lumber: _____________________________________________________________
c. limestone:____________________________________________________________
d. salt: ________________________________________________________________
e. iron_________________________________________________________________
6. Know what each of the following natural resources in Michigan are used for:
a. water: _______________________________________________________________
b. forests: ______________________________________________________________
c. fertile soil:____________________________________________________________
d. gas/oil: ______________________________________________________________
e. minerals______________________________________________________________
21. List three ways people have modified land in Michigan in order to live here
a. ____________________________________________________________________
b. ____________________________________________________________________
c. ____________________________________________________________________
Locate on a map:
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the five Great Lakes
Detroit
Canada
the Upper and Lower Peninsulas
the Thumb Area
north, south, east and west
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Lansing
Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio
the Detroit River
the Fruit Belt
the metro Detroit Area