Michigan Regions Test on Thursday

Your child should have brought a study guide home today. They will need to locate the regions on a Michigan map, as well as, know the following:

Michigan Regions

  • Upper Peninsula: forests, copper range, mountains, waterfalls, wild life
  • Lower Peninsula: factories, farmland, more roads, more cities, more people, traffic, longest rivers
  • Superior Upland: mountains–rocky land
  • Central Low Land: flat land with a few hills
  • Upper Peninsula: short growing season, lots of natural resources
  • Northern Lower Peninsula: sandy soil, lots of tourists
  • Southern Lower Peninsula: flat land for farms

Smaller Regions within Michigan

  • Thumb: looks like the shape of a thumb
  • Fruit Belt: a lot of fruit is grown on the west side of Michigan
  • Straits of Mackinac: Where Lake Michigan and Lake Huron come together
  • Metropolitan Detroit: Largest population in Michigan and the most jobs

Michigan is Part of a Larger Region

  • Midwest: Lots of flat farmland (Heart land, Bread Basket)
  • Great Lakes Region: All the states in this region touch at least one Great Lake.
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