Michigan and the five themes that a geographer would ask – Flashcards
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Absolute location
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45 parallel runs through Michigan
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Relative location
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It is north of Indiana and Ohio,surrounded by the Great Lakes
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Physical characteristics
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Michigan has a upper and lower peninsula Michigan also has the Great Lakes and rivers
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Human characteristics
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Lots of Bridges,Detroit and Soo Locks,waren,Travor city, lots of light houses in Michigan
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Using the environment
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Trees for lumbering fertal soil for farming we fish in the Great Lakes
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Adapting to the environment
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Furnaces in the winter use A/C in the summer
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Changing the environment
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Cutting down trees polluted the lakes and rivers filled in wet lands
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Goods
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We import bananas,oranges,pine apples,electronics.we export apples,cereal,cherries
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Ways we divide Michigan into regions
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The upper and lower peninsula
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Region that include Michigan
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Great Lakes region,Midwest region,the United States
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Geography
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The study of the earth & the way people interact with the earth
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Five themes of geography
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Five big ideas that help help,people understand geography
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Physical characteristics
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Geographic features that were not made by humans
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Location
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The geographic theme that answers the question "where is it?"
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Place
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The geographic theme that answers the question "what is it like there?"
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Movement
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The geographic theme that explains how & why people move
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Region
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An area with one or more common features
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Human characteristics
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Geographic features that were made by people
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Human/environment interaction
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Ways in which people use, adapt, or modify with the earth
