Two Peninsulas
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Great Lakes
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All About Michigan
100
In which peninsula is our state capital?
*Bonus: Name our capital.
Lansing is in the lower peninsula
100
What is Michigan's state bird?
The robin
100
True or False: Michigan's rivers flow into the Great Lakes.
True!
100
What country is our northern neighbor?
Canada
100
Tuebor means 'I will defend.' This means thinking about what is best for Michigan, not just you. Give an example of how we as Michiganders can think about the common good...
Keeping our state clean, being kind to others, using our resources carefully, recycling...
200
What is the definition of peninsula?
A body of land surrounded by water on 3 sides.
200
Name two of our state animals
*Hint: fish, reptile, mammal...
State fish: Brook Trout
State Reptile: Painted Turtle
State Game Mammal: White Tailed Deer
200
True or False: The Great Lakes do not affect Michigan's climate.
False: the Lake Effect!
200
What 2 regions can Michigan be divided into?
The upper peninsula and the lower peninsula
200
Michigan comes from the Native American words meaning what?
Big lake or great lake
300
Give 3 facts about the lower peninsula.
More land, more people, more cities, longest river, has our state capital, less snow, more industry
300
Name our state stone and our state gem.
State Stone: Petoskey Stone
State Gem: Greenstone
300
What is one public issue that involves the Great Lakes?
Sharing our water with other states, how to use the water in the lakes, laws to help pollution levels or containing invasive species
300
Where in Michigan is Detroit?
*Hint: Tell me what peninsula and compass direction
Detroit is in the south eastern corner of the lower peninsula.
300
Michigan is a part of the Great Lakes Region. What is the common feature that the Great Lakes Region shares?
The Great Lakes
400
Give 3 facts about the upper peninsula.
Colder, more forests and wildlife, has iron and copper mines, less people, smaller cities
400
Name Michigan's state fossil.
The Mastodon, which lived in Michigan long ago during the Ice Age.
400
How were the Great Lakes formed?
By a glacier that dug up the land as it moved across Michigan, then melted to fill the dug out space
400
Name all the states that touch Michigan.
*Hint: There are 3 states.
Wisconsin touches the upper peninsula and Ohio and Indiana touch the lower peninsula
400
A state is made of what 3 things?
*Hint: It is the definition of a state
Its land, its people, and its government
500
How did Michigan become a state made up of two peninsulas?
When the glaciers retreated and melted, they dug out the Great Lakes, leaving behind the mitten shape of our state today!
500
Name one human state symbol and one natural state symbol.
Human symbols (man-made): Mackinac Bridge, flag, state seal
Natural symbols (nature-made): Apple Blossom, Robin, White Pine, Petoskey Stone
500
What is the one Great Lake that doesn't touch Michigan?
Lake Ontario
500
If I went directly east from South Haven, what city will I hit first?
Kalamazoo
500
What makes Michigan unique?
*Hint: there are 2 main reasons
The Great Lakes and our two peninsulas - no other states have those two things