Social Studies - Michigan Chapter 3 Flashcards
Britain and France are countries in Europe. Where is Europe?
a. It is to the east. It is across the Atlantic Ocean.
b. It is to the west. It is across the Atlantic Ocean.
c. It is just south of Michigan.
a. to the east, across the Atlantic Ocean
People from France first came to Michigan long ago. When was that?
a. They started to come here in the 1200s.
b. They started to come here in the 1600s.
c. They started to come here in the 1900s.
b. 1600s.
People from France came here to Michigan to trade with the tribes because _____ was scarce in France.
metal cooking pots beaver guns
beaver
When you trade or buy, you cannot have everything. There is a name for your second choice (the thing you did not get). It is called your…
a. trade off
b. profit margin
c. opportunity cost
c. opportunity cost
How did the French usually travel? They used…
a. canoes and ships on rivers and lakes
b. wagons on roads and highways
c. railroads and trains
a. canoes and ships
Historians like to use things written by people long ago. Father Marquette’s diary can be a _____ source.
primary secondary third person
primary
The first town in Michigan started by a European was S_____ _____ _____.
Sault Ste. Marie
Father Marquette helped explore this non-Michigan river. The French felt it would be a way to China.
a. the St. Lawrence
b. the Mississippi
c. the Nile
b. the Mississippi River
The city of Detroit was started by the French to …
a. help send more priests to visit the tribes.
b. help sell water to states where it was scarce.
c. help control the Great Lakes and the fur trade.
c. help control the Great Lakes
The French and the tribes interacted in many ways. Which answer is best?
a. They traded furs. French priests shared their religion.
b. The French helped the tribes build roads and schools.
c. The tribes taught the French about reading and writing.
a. They traded furs and the French priests shared their religion.
In 1763, the tribes were upset. One of their leaders fought back. _____ started a rebellion against the British.
a. Marquette
b. Au Sable
c. Pontiac
c. Pontiac
The Proclamation of 1763 allowed the ____ to pursue their happiness, by keeping the settlers east of the Appalachian Mountains.
tribes French
tribes
For the settlers to pursue their happiness, they wanted to
a. stay in the cities
b. have more land and start farms
c. go back to France
b. have more land and start farms
It was ____ for BOTH the tribes and Europeans to pursue their happiness at the same time.
easy hard fun
hard
_____ is a natural resource that attracted the French to come to Michigan. They traded for this natural resource.
fish gold beavers
beavers
In the 1700s, the ____ lost control of Michigan. This happened after they lost a war with the British.
Irish French Americans
French
In history, one event can lead to another. Historians call this _____ and effect.
reflect specialization cause
cause
_____ is one way the tribes and the French interacted long ago.
a. Writing letters to one another
b. Going on vacations together
c. Fur trading
c. Fur trading
Name three reasons the French wanted to explore the Great Lakes.
They came to trade.
They really wanted a way to sail to China.
They wanted to share their religion with the tribes.
Who was the first person from France to reach Michigan?
a. Marquette
b. Brule’
c. Pontiac
b. Brule’
When working together, it is sometimes best for each group of people to learn to do one job. They become very good in doing this one thing. This is called _____.
pursuit of happiness primary source specialization
specialization
Which peninsula did the French visit first?
upper
Marquette and the French explorers needed help from the tribes on their trip to the Mississippi River. They had two _____ from the tribe.
guides
What do the French call a narrow place between two lakes?
a de ‘troit
