Michigan Geography

A Geographer is a person who studies the ____________.

• Universe

• Sun

• Earth and its features.

Which of the following is a human characteristic?

• houses

• clothing

• books

Which of the following is a physical characteristic?

• football

• lakes

• boys & girls

A __________ is where something is found.

• direction

• location

• path

Absolute location means _______________.

• a place in a neighborhood.

• a wrong location.

• an exact location.

Relative location means ________.

• where your cousins live.

• where a place is found in relation to other places.

• where your friends live.

The 5 Great Lakes include ________.

• Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior

• Husky, Ontario, Mohawk, Erie, Sandy

• Huron, Octagon, Michigan, Eddy, Superior

A peninsula is _______.

• an area of land that has water on 3 sides.

• an area of land that is surrounded by water on all sides.

• a huge mountain.

An island is ________________.

• an area surrounded by water on 3 sides.

• a very large lake.

• an area surrounded by land on all sides.

A bay is ___________________.

• a shallow river.

• a body of water blocked off by land that connects to a larger body of water.

• A body of water that is man made.