Why They Came
The Irish people came because of what food scarcity?
Which two towns did the Dutch settle?
Holland and Zeeland
Which group often started farms, used windmills and grew tulips and vegetables?
Dutch
What ethnic group settled near Frankenmuth?
Germans
What do you call moving from one country to another?
Immigration
Why did the Dutch move to Michigan?
Religious freedom
Which Michigan county has the largest populations?
Wayne County
What ethnic group made tortillas and taco chips?
Hispanic
Which city is most linked to the Arabic people living in Michigan?
Dearborn
What ethnic group did Dennis Archer come from? He was a mayor of Detroit for nearly 10 years.
African American
Why did the Arabic people come?
Better jobs
Today, are you most likely to find a Native American living on a reservation?
No, they live in Detroit, Sault Ste. Marie and other cities.
People from which group are more likely to worship at a mosque?
Arabic/Muslims
Towns like Hamtramck and Bronson had immigrants from which country?
Poland
What core democratic value describes many different people from all kinds of different cultures and ethnic background working together.
Diversity
Which group often first lived near Michigan's manufacturing areas like Detroit?
Arabic
Which ethnic group are often found in Michigan's Upper Peninsula?
Finnish, Norwegian, and Swedish.
What kind of work did the Swedish people do in the Upper Peninsula?
If you have a friend who is Hispanic, from which place may they have come from?
Cuba, Mexico, or Puerto Rico.
Who were some of the first people to come from Europe?
The French and Italians.
What core democratic value is connected to why they came? Popular sovereignty, life or justice?
They came for life - our right to live
After you came to Michigan, why will you probably want to continue living near the first place you settled?
You want to be near others who speak your language and share the same culture.
Which building did one important Japanese man, who is an architect, design?
The World Trade Center in New York City.
Where are people from who practice the Muslim religion?
Arabic countries like Iraq, Jordan and Syria.
Name two things that the immigrants did to make our state great?
Started farms, cut lumber, mined natural resources, built highways and worked in our factories.