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MICHIGAN HISTORY
MICHIGAN LAKES
MICHIGAN NAMES
MICHIGAN CITIES
STRANGE MICHIGAN LAWS
Final Jeopardy
100

This group of people began inhabiting what would become the State of Michigan 11,000 years ago.

Who are Native Americans?

100

This is the coldest of the Great Lakes.

What is Lake Superior?

100

This Michigan city name is translated from French to mean "narrow straights"

What is Detroit?

100

This city is known for its huge arts fair that takes place in the summer

What is Ann Arbor?

100

You may not ____ in front of women and children.

What is swear?

100

Name 4 of the 9 tribes that make up the Native American population in Michigan?

Potawatomi, Sauk, Mascouten, Fox, Kickapoo, Ojibwe, Miami, Huron and Ottawa

200
This Frenchman reached Michigan in 1622 and sailed west through the Great Lakes.
Who was Etienne Brule?
200

This Lake is named after a shortened form of the Iriqious word Erielhonan, meaning Long Tail.

What is Lake Erie.

200

This large peninsula, made up of mostly shale, sticks out into Lake Huron.

What is "the thumb"

200
This city is the home of the Henry Ford Museum.
What is Dearborn
200

In port Huron, the speed limit for ambulances is _____ .

What is 20 mph?

200

The 1st lettersurrounding Michigan spells a typical word. It is a noun.

HOMES


Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior

300

In 1701, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac built this trading post. It was built at a narrow spot where lake St. Clair meets lake Erie. 

What is Fort Pontchartrain du Detroit?

300

This lake is the largest inland lake in the state of Michigan.

What is Houghton Lake?

300

This phrase is the meaning of an Algonquian word for "Michigan."

What is "big lake"

300
This city is the capital of Michigan and state leaders work here.
Where is Lansing?
300

In Michigan, a women isn't allowed to cut her hair without her _____'s permission.

What is husband?

300

The name of the fort built by the French settlers in Michigan?

What is Fort Detroit?

400
In 1825, this canal opened in New York State, providing a water route from New York to Detroit.
What is the Erie Canal.
400

This lake's name means "Lake of Shining Waters." It is the only great lake with no attachment to Michigan.

What is Lake Ontario?

400

This name represents three area tribes: The Chippewa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi.

What is the "Three Fires."

400
This city promotes its Dutch culture and author l. Frank Baum, author of Mother Goose.
What is the city of Holland?
400

Married couples may live together or be ________ .

What is imprisoned?

500
The first European settlement in Michigan was in this area.
Where is Sault Ste. Marie.
500

This Lake was named by French Explorers after the Wyandot people, who inhabited the surrounding area.

What is Lake Huron?

500

This famous lighthouse is located on Lake Michigan in the town of Grand Haven, and shares a name with an Ivy League mascot.

What is "Big Red"

500
This city hosts a Bavarian festival in June. People eat German foods and listen to live music.
What is Frankenmuth?
500

In Michigan, a woman isn't allowed to lift her skirt more than ___ inches while walking through a mud puddle.

What is 6?