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social studies
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Political Studies
4th Grade
10/22/2008

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peninsula

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a land form that is surrounded on all sides EXCEPT ONE by water, Michigan in made of two peninsulas.

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glaciers

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huge sheets of ice that formed many of Michigan's landforms

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basins

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low, bowl shaped lanforms, that eventually became the Great Lakes

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climate

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weather over a long period of time

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Michigan's borders

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Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio

 

(and Canada)

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fertile soil

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dirt that is good for farming

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precipitation

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moisture in the air as:

 

snow-winter

rain- summer

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westerlies

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winds that come from the west bringing cooler temperatures in the summer

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timber

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trees and woods used as a natural resource, covering half of michigan

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iron and copper

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two important metals that are minerals found in the Upper Peninsula

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How did glaciers shape Michigan?

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1. Formed basins that became the Great Lakes

 

2. the ice melted leaving fresh water

 

3. The created fertile soil

 

4.  The produced sand

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