Michigan
do you know the michigan`s state motto
if you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you
what is the name of the longest river in Michigan
the grand river
which of the five great lakes is the shallowest
lake Erie
Michigan became the 26th state of the union in 1837 do you know how many stars were sewn on the american flag at the time
26 stars
the upper peninsula of Michigan has only one true mountain range located between the Allegheny mountains and the rocky mountains. do you know the name of this mountain range
the porcupine mountain
Michigan makes the most of this condiment in the nation? what is it
pickles
the world`s first car tunnel connecting two countries is in our state. do you know which two cities and which two countries it connects
Detroit, (in the united states) to Windsor ( in Canada
michigan has been called a "water wonderland" do you know how many inland lakes there are in Michigan?
11,307
this is the only community in Michigan over which the flags of four countries have flown. this community is located in the southwestern region of Michigan. can you name the community? can you name the four countries?
Niles Michigan ( united states, France, England and Spain)
you have read about Michigans state bird and state flower. Michigan also has a state soil do you know what it is called?
Hint: there is a town located just east of traverse city with the same name
Kalkaska
do you know what the man raising his hand on the seal means.
peace
wherever you are in Michigan you are within how many miles of a body of water?
6 miles
which president of the united states was the first to call the people of Michigan "michiganders
Abraham Lincoln
which of the five great lakes is the deepest
lake superior
what were the first cars often called
horseless carriages
why is Michigan nicknamed the "wolverine state?"
Hint: there are two explanations
during the French fur trading era animal furs especially wolverine pelts were traded and exported through sault ste. Marie Michigan(2) in 1835 there was a land dispute between Michigan and Ohio for an area referred to as the Toledo strip. Ohioans claimed that Michiganders were behaving like vicious Wolverines
in 1870, Detroit was the first city in the nation to get what
hint: almost everyone has one some have more than one
telephone numbers
Michigan`s state seal is on the state flag. there are three animals on the state seal. can you name these three animals
eagle, moose, and an elk
there is an area of the saint Mary's river that connects lake superior and lake Huron boats needed a way to bypass the river what was built in 1855 to make the bypass possible
soo locks
Which two seas does the Suez Canal connect
The Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea