MI Open Book: 4th Grade Social Studies - Ch.1 Study Guide

How do geographers study the United States?

• By using a variety of tools such as maps, globes, aerial and satellite photography, GPS, and GIS.

• By using microscopes, chemistry, and radiology to analyze test samples.

• By going scuba diving and visiting the local skate parks.

What natural and human characteristics are significant in the United States?

• The United States only has the natural characteristics of deserts and mountains. Its human characteristics include buildings like schools, houses, bridges, roads, and skyscrapers (and many more).

• The United States has natural characteristics like mountains, deserts, valleys, canyons, mountains, plains, rivers, and gulfs. Its human characteristics include buildings like schools, houses, bridges, roads, and skyscrapers (and many more).

What are push factors?

• The events that push people out of their place of living, like the lack of freedom or choice, job shortages, wars, scarce resources, or a high cost of living.

• The reasons or events surrounding a new location that encourage people to move there, like better jobs, being close to family, greater safety, and freedom.

What are pull factors?

• The events that push people out of their place of living, like the lack of freedom or choice, job shortages, wars, scarce resources, or a high cost of living.

• The reasons or events surrounding a new location that encourage people to move there, like better jobs, being close to family, greater safety, and freedom.

When we talk about the geographic theme of movement, what do geographers study that travels?

• People

• Goods

• Ideas

• All of the Above

What is a region?

• Areas of land that have nothing in common.

• Areas of land that have many species of animals.

• An area of land that has common features.

The environment has no effect on what humans do in a region.

• True

• False

Human activity in a region can have an effect on the environment there.

• True

• False

In Michigan, the water of the Great Lakes affects what we do. The Great Lakes are important for…

• A - Shipping and agriculture

• B - Recreation and daily life

• C - Hunting and hiking

• Only A and B are true.

In the Plains region, wind and fertile soil affect what the people who live there do. Wind and fertile soil are important for…

• Blowing away soil and flying kites

• Getting energy from wind turbines, cattle ranching, and farming crops

• Cattle ranching and chicken feather-fluffing

• Fishing, making cheese, and herding sheep