Social Studies: 3rd grade/Michigan geography – Flashcards
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absolute location
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the EXACT location of a place (22434 Smith Avenue, Beetlesburg, Alaska 33424)
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geographer
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a person who studies places
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border
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the place where one area ends and another begins
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region
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an area with one or more common features
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state
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a region that shares a government, one of the 50 parts of our country
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landforms
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different kinds of land on earth (mountains, deserts, islands, peninsulas)
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peninsula
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land surrounded by water on three sides
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bay
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a body of water that is partly enclosed by land
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transportation
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the moving of goods or people from one place to another
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natural resources
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materials found in nature that are used by living things
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renewable resource
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a natural resource that can be replaced
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nonrenewable resource
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materials found in nature that CANNOT be renewed or replaced
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Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, Lake Superior, Lake Huron
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Which of the Great Lakes border Michigan?
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Lake Ontario
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Which of the Great Lakes does NOT border Michigan?
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Midwest Region
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A region of the United States that includes the State of Michigan. (flat, grassy plains and large areas of forest)Includes Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota and Ohio
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Great Lakes Region
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Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Ohio share the Great Lakes (also includes Ontario, Canada)
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relative location
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where a place is located in relation to another place (next to Joe's Ice Cream Parlor)
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modify
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when people change the environment to fit them
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adapt
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when people change to fit the environment
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water, forests, fertile soil, minerals, gas and oil
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natural resources found in Michigan
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drinking, fishing, lumber, paper, construction, fuel, farming
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uses of Michigan's natural resources
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pollution, over-fished, deplete minerals, too many trees cut down
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problems that can result from using (misusing) Michigan's natural resources
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minerals
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natural resources found in the ground (iron ore, copper, salt)
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fertile soil
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soil that is good for growing things
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lake effect
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the effect water has in changing the weather nearby
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limestone
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a stone (found in Rogers City, Michigan) used to make steel and cement
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human characteristics
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Items built by the people that modify the earths surface (towns, roads, dams, mines).
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climate
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weather over a long period of time
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precipitation
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water that falls to the ground as rain, sleet, hail, or snow
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vegetation
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the plants of an area
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Petoskey stone
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Michigan's state stone
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Robin
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Michigan's state bird
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Apple Blossom
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Michigan's state flower
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White Pine
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Michigan's state tree
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Brook Trout
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Michigan's state fish
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White-tailed deer
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Michigan's state game mammal
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the "Fruit Belt", the "Thumb", Metropolitan Detroit, the "Straits" region
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regional divisions of Michigan based on characteristics of each of those regions
