Michigan Facts
What is the capital of Michigan?
The capital of Michigan is Lansing.
Over 40% of the state of Michigan is covered in _______.
Over 40% of the state of Michigan is covered in water.
What city was the original capital of Michigan?
Detroit was the original capital of Michigan.
What is a Michiganian or Michigander?
A Michiganian or Michigander is someone who is from or lives in Michigan.
What is someone from Michigan called?
People who are from or live in Michigan are called Michiganders and Michiganians.
What is the state bird of Michigan?
Michigan state's bird is the robin.
What is the shape of Michigan's Lower Peninsula?
The Lower Peninsula of Michigan is shaped like a hand or mitten.
Who is the Civil Rights leader born in Detroit who refused to give up her seat on the bus?
The Civil Rights leader was Rosa Parks. She refused to give up her seat on the bus. This helped lead people to boycott riding the bus.
What is tourism?
Tourism is the activities of people who travel to and stay in places outside of places that are not their home.
What is the name of the bridge that connects the Upper Peninsula and Lower Peninsula?
The bridge the connects the Upper Peninsula and Lower Peninsula is called Mackinac Bridge.
Michigan is separated into two pieces. What are they called?
The pieces are called the Upper Peninsula and the Lower Peninsula. People who live in the Upper Peninsula or U.P. are called "Yoopers" and the people in the Lower Peninsula are called "Trolls."
What cereal was "born" in Battle Creek, Michigan?
Corn Flakes was "born" in Battle Creek. Battle Creek known as "Cereal City" is home of Kellogg's headquarters.
Michigan is know for at least what two things?
Michigan is known for its automobile industry, agriculture, and tourism. Lately, Michigan is also known for alternative energy.
What is a peninsula?
A peninsula is land surrounded by water on almost all sides.
Detroit, Michigan is nicknamed the "car capital of the world" or the "_____ City."
Detroit is called the "Motor City."
What are the five Great Lakes?
The Great Lakes are Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior.
People have lived on the land called Michigan for at least _____ years.
People have lived in the land now called Michigan for at least 12,000 years.
He is famous for inventing a way to make cars very quickly.
Who is Henry Ford? The "Big Three" automobile companies in Michigan are Ford, Olds (General Motors) and Chrysler.
What is a "Yooper"?
Someone from the Upper Peninsula is called a "Yooper."
What area of the country do you live in if you live in Michigan?
You live in the Midwest.
What country it to the north of Michigan?
Canada is to the north.
What is Michigan's "official" nickname?
Michigan's official nickname is called the Wolverine State. Sometimes Michigan is called the Great Lakes State.
How did Michigan get its name?
Michigan comes from the Ojibwe word "mishigamaa" which means "large lake" or "large water."
What is a mitten?
A mitten is a glove without fingers. It is a kind of glove with only two sections. One section is for the thumb and the rest of the mitten is for the hand.
Henry Ford built a car called the _____ ___.
Ford began making the Model T cars in 1908.