This document provides an overview of Michigan's geography, early history, and native peoples. It notes that Michigan is located in the Midwest region known as the East North Central area within the Great Lakes region. The document then discusses Michigan's early inhabitants, including Paleo-Indians who migrated over 12,000 years ago, and subsequent Archaic and Woodland period native cultures like the Mound Builders who constructed ceremonial burial mounds between 300 BC to 500 AD and traded with other groups.
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Module 4 Overview
The America’s Realms and Regions
This module will focus on the realms and regions of the Americas. You will begin by learning about the topography of the Americas. The historical geography of the Americas will be explained. You will compare and contrast the political geography of the Americas with the rest of the world’s political systems. In addition, the economical geography of the Americas will be reviewed along with the diverse religions. Lastly, you will evaluate the cultural geography of the Americas in relation to the rest of the world.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this module, you should be able to:
2D
identify the landform regions, climates, and major lakes and rivers of North America.
2E
illustrate the basic historical geography of the settlement along with the economic and parallel urban geography of the U.S. and Canada for the past three centuries.
2F
describe Canada’s provinces and territories, English-French cultural division, and the indigenous people’s movement.
2G
describe Middle America’s major environmental features and dangers as well as the vertical organization of climates in highland zones.
2H
discuss the basic human and physical geography of Mexico and its development opportunities in the NAFTA era.
2I
describe the general layout of the Caribbean Islands.
3D
examine the broad aspects of South America’s Historical Geography from the time of the Incas to the post colonial era.
5F
evaluate the features that make the Core region of North America so prominent.
5G
describe the growth of the Southeast and discuss the effect of Anglo, Hispanic and Native American cultures on the Southwest region.
5H
identify reasons why the Western Frontier is the fastest growing region and discuss why the Northern Frontier is considered a true “frontier.”
6A
interpret the realm’s cultural mosaic, agricultural and industrial activities, general patterns of urbanization, and challenges and opportunities.
6B
evaluate the basic environmental, historical, cultural, political, economic, physical, and human geography of South America.
Module 4 Reading Assignment
de Blij, H. J., & Muller, P. O. (2012). Geography: Realms, regions, and concepts (15th ed.). New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons. Chapters3A, 3B, 4A, 4B, 5A, and 5B.
The America's Realms and Regions
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Topography of the Americas
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5. What Region is Michigan Located In?
• Midwest
• Mideast
• East North Central – according to Dept. of
Commerce
• Great Lakes – Many college regional's are called the
Great Lakes Region
• Eastern – As in the Detroit Pistons Conference and
the Eastern Time Zone
• Central – As in the Detroit Lions Conference
• Mid-American – as in the Mid-American
Conference (MAC)
6. Today’s Plan
• Jumpstart Assignment
– What does this picture tell you about Michigan’s first
people? (Write your answer in
your notebook)
• Notes: Michigan’s Early
People
• Assignment: The Early
Residents
7. Michigan – What’s with the name?
• Comes from two native Algonquian words:
–Michi – meaning “great or big”
–Gama – meaning “lake”
• The term first came into use by the French in
1681 in reference to Lac de Michigami or (Lake
Michigan)
• Michigania was actually first the proposed
name for a territory in present day northern
Wisconsin and the southwest Upper Peninsula.
8. Native Peoples of Michigan
• The First Natives of Michigan were known as
Paleo-Indians who are believed to have
migrated from Russia
in 12000 B.C.
9. Historical Periods
• Archaic Period – 8000 B.C. – 1000 B.C. - glaciers
recede to the north giving rise to hardwood
forests in the south
• Woodland Period – 1000 B.C. – A.D. 1650 –
Agriculture begins to flourish
10. The Mound Builders
300 B.C. – A.D. 500
• Built conical mounds for
ceremonies and funerals.
• Traded with natives from the west.
Archaeologists know they traded because of the
artifacts left behind were similar to those in
other parts of Michigan and the Rocky
Mountains.