Unit 4 Ch. 8 Study Guide

• The Great Lake States

• Test—

Basic Information• Multiple choice!

Marquette and Joliet explored the Great Lakes region to try

and find the Mississippi River.

Fighting over ownership of the Ohio River valley lead to the

French and Indian War.

The Northwest Territory includes the lands west of the Pennsylvania and east of the

Mississippi River, it was divided into townships and sold to settlers, and included the lands north of the Ohio River and south of the Great Lakes. It was not however the

first area where the French built settlements.

The United States decided to survey the Northwest

Territory to better plan for the settlement of the territory.

The Great Lakes formed as a result of glaciers.

The Illinois Waterway and the Illinois River connect Lake

Michigan with the Mississippi River.

Steel mills were built along the Great Lakes because both iron

ore and coal were found in nearby states.

Most manufactured goods today are made on assembly lines.

A keelboat, steamboat, and barge could travel upstream against a river's current. A

flatboat could not.

In the Northwest Territory, one section in each township was

set aside for a school.

Vocabulary Fill in…

• Know these words!

An ordinance is a set of laws.

Settlers on the frontier were often surrounded by wilderness.

Ore is rock that contains one or more kinds of minerals.

The world's first skyscraper was built in Chicago in 1885.

Goods shipped on rivers are often called freight.

A barge is a flat-bottomed boat used mostly on rivers

and other inland waterways.

MAKE A THOUGHTFUL DECISION

• Pick two out of the four! If you do all four, you may earn bonus points!

Listed below are four decisions people have made during the

history of the Great Lakes region. Choose any two and in

an answer for each one, explain the consequences (results) of

that decision.

1. In 1673, French leaders in what is today Canada decided to send an

expedition to explore the areas south of the Great Lakes.

French traders moved to the Great Lakes region, set up trading posts that later became towns and cities.

2. The United States government decided to sell land in the

Northwest Territory for as little as a dollar per acre.

Many people moved to the NW Territory in hopes of buying their own land.

3. Automobile manufacturers decided to use mass

production in their factories. Cars could be produced faster and cheaper, which made the industry grow!

4. People decided to build locks and dams along the Mississippi River in the Great Lakes region.

Navigation on the Mississippi improved, which helped trade and industry grow!

Bring your river chart to class for the test!

ESSAY

1 a one-paragraph essay (made up of at least 4

sentences), answer the following question (there are

two parts).

1.Mass production and the assembly line were two

important developments in American industry. In a one-

paragraph essay, explain what they are AND why they are

important.

• Mass production is…A way of manufacturing in which many items that are identical can be made quickly and cheaply.

• Assembly line is… A line of workers and machines along which a product moves as it is put together one step at a time.

• They helped to make products cheaper and faster so more people could afford to buy the products.

Study!