Once you found a very old meal box in the attic. You parents say your great, great grandfather was a miner in Michigan and it belonged to him. He left several maps and notes in the box.

A map from the box showed where he would find copper and iron. Where did he find these metals?

• A. the Upper Peninsula

• B. in the Lower Peninsula

• C. in Michigan's thumb area

Why did Michigan people mine copper and iron?

• A. Copper is more valuable than gold and iron lasts forever.

• B. Copper carries electricity very well and iron is used to make steel.

• C. These metals were used to make airplanes at that time.

When WIlliam Burt discovered iron ore in Michigan, which did he find?

• A. a capital resource

• B. a human resource

• C. a natural resource

What did the glaciers do to help shape Michigan?

• A. They buried villages under tons of ice.

• B. They scooped out the ground and formed the Great Lakes.

• C. They gave us a life supply of ice cubes.

An immigrant is _____.

• A. a person who moves from one country to another

• B. a person who always lives the same place

• C. like a tourist on vacation

What is limestone?

• A. machines needed for a business

• B. it left behind rich dirt good for farming

• C. was once shells of sea creatures

The glaciers ______

• A. are machines needed for a business

• B. were once shells of sea creatures

• C. left behind rich dirt good for farming

Capital resources _____

• A. were once shells of sea creatures

• B. are machines needed for a business

• C. left behind rich dirt good for farming

Douglas Houghton ________

• A. traveled around Michigan to search for natural resources

• B. managed a carpet sweeper company

• C. sued the Jackson Mining Company

Charlotte Kawbawgam ____________

• A. traveled around Michigan to search for natural resources

• B. managed a carpet sweeper company

• C. sued the Jackson Mining Company