Name:_____________________________________Answer Key Unit 1 Geography Review

1. What direction are you going if you travel from:

a. Grand Rapids to Traverse City North

b. Grand Rapids to Kalamazoo South

c. Detroit, MI to Toledo, Oh South

d. Dearborn to Battle Creek West

2. Most people live in the southeastern part of Michigan due to more jobs.

3. Lake Superior is closest to the northern part of the Upper Peninsula.

4. Lake Michigan is located on the western part of the state.

5. Michigan can be divided into regions: Upper Peninsula and Lower Peninsula.

6. How are Michigan’s two peninsulas different from each other?

Upper Peninsula*mountains

*colder

*more snow

Lower Peninsula*flatter

*more manufacturing & jobs

7. 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.

8. A consequence of dumping trash into our water causes contamination to our water.

9. 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

10. Cutting down too many trees causes loss of forests and animal habitats.

11. Most of Michigan’s orchards are located near Lake Michigan because the climate is right for

growing trees.

12. 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.

13. People in Michigan living near the Great Lakes have had increased tourism which has increased

more available jobs in tourism.

14. People in Michigan have changed their environment by cutting down trees in order to build

houses.

15. 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.

16. Dearborn and Detroit are part of Wayne County.

17. 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.

18. People would leave Michigan because of a new job or want warmer climate.

19. A new auto plant has opened up in the Detroit area, so new jobs will be created and people will

move to the area.

20. 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.

21. 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