Michigan History Practice

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Which of the following is a primary source?

• diary
• textbook
• biography

Why did the French come to Michigan?

• They were bored.
• They wanted water.
• They wanted beaver furs.

How did pioneers first travel to Michigan?

• wagons
• planes
• trains

Original surveys said that Michigan land was...

• full of fields and people
• already full of houses and farms
• not good for farming

Which of the following is a secondary source?

• textbook
• autobiography
• video recording

The people of the Three Fires were...

• The French, British, and Spanish
• The Hopewell and Huron tribes
• The Odawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi tribes

A story from long ago that is passed down over time is called a...

• movie
• legend
• book

The people who moved furs around the Great Lakes region were...

• voyagers
• Native Americans
• missionaries

A person who studies what happens I the past is called a...

• economist
• lumberjack
• historian