City of the Century/Transit/IL Geog./Native Americans/Cobs Ch. 1,2 Study Guide

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City of the Century/transit/IL geog./Native Americans/CoBS ch. 1,2 Study Guide

Know the Chicago flag

1. The Chicago/Illinois & Michigan canal enabled goods to be traded between what two major cities?

1. What intersection marks the geographic center of Chicago’s street system?

1. The address 1000 W. Chicago is ______mile(s) west of State Street.

1. What are the terms used to describe the landform that allows water to flow east and west from Chicago?

1. What cities do our northernmost and southernmost points of latitude match up with on the east coast?

1. What causes us to have cold winters and hot summers?

1. What created the Great Lakes?

1. “Chigagou” supposedly means what four things?

1. What are the rivers Fr. Marquette & Louis Joliet took to Lake Michigan from the Mississippi?

1. What three things were they interested in doing on their expedition?

1. Who was the first permanent settler here? What building stands where he lived?

1. Describe what his property consisted of.

1. What tribe was here when explorers first came? What was the last tribe here?

1. What war was also called the Great War for Empire?

1. For the following chronological wars, write who fought who and put the winner on the right.

French & Indian

______&______Vs. ______&______

Revolutionary

______Vs.______

1812

______&______Vs.______

Black Hawk

______Vs.______

1. After the Revolutionary War, Chicago was owned by the state of ______until 1784.

1. Why didn’t anyone living here care about what country governed the land in Chicago?

1. What was the significance of the Battle of Tippecanoe?

1. What were the purposes of building the first and second Ft.Dearborn?

1. Where was Ft.Dearborn located?

1. What tribe tried to help settlers escape from Ft.Dearborn before it was destroyed?

1. Why were the Native Americans considered the true losers of the War of 1812?

1. Why was the Black Hawk War significant? Also, what document was signed afterward?

1. What things helped the population change here from 1830 to 1835?

1. What was the population of Chicago in 1830 and 1835?

FYI: I will choose one of these two essays to be on the test.

1. Briefly explain any two formal conflicts and also explain why each was significant in changing the relationship between the settlers and Native Americans. Finally, explain why one conflict was more significant than the other.
2. The Chicago area has been owned by the United States, Native Americans, Britain, and France over the years. Put the owners in chronological order starting with the earliest and name the event that occurred between each transition.