1. Keit Mõisavald Seidy Salundi Vardo Vend Tutor Maive Kase
Michigan
Keit Mõisavald Seidy Salundi Vardo Vend
Tutor Maive Kase

2. Michigan
Michigan is a U. S. State located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America
Consisting entirely of two peninsulas
Capital is Lansig
Largest city is Detroit
Nicknames: The Great Lakes State, The Wolverine State
Motto: Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice
(If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you)

3. State symbols Animal: Wolverine Bird: American Robin Fish: Brook trout
Wildflower: Dwarf Lake Iris
Tree: White pine
Song: My Michigan

4. Lansing The capital of Michigan
Nicknames: Capital City, L-Town, "The Heart of Michigan“
Many cultural activities

5. Government
Michigan is governed as a republic, with three branches of government:
The executive branch consisting of the Governor of Michigan and the other independently elected constitutional officers
The legislative branch consisting of the House of Representatives and Senate
The judicial branch consisting of one court of justice

6. The Governor of Michigan serve four-year terms and may be re-elected only once
The current Governor is Rick Snyder
Legislature consists of a 38-member Senate and 110-member House of Representatives
There are 83 counties in Michigan

7. History
Home to Native American cultures before colonization by Europeans
The most populous tribes were Algonquian peoples:
Ottawa
Anishnabe
Potawatomi

8. The first permanent European settlement in 1668 by French voyageurs
Has been part of the Royal Province of New France and Great Britain
The population grew slowly until the opening of the Erie Canal in New York State in 1825
Michigan received the western part of the Upper Peninsula as a concession and formally entered the Union in 1837

9. Diversity
By the 1930s more than 30 languages were spoken in the public schools
Destination in the Great Migration from the South
Ethnic communities celebrate annual heritage festivals
African Americans from Detroit created Motown Sound of the 1960s
Diverse urban culture

10. General information about nature
200 named waterfalls
Longest freshwater shoreline
Rivers are generally short and shallow
inland lakes and pounds
Highest point is Mount Arvon 603 meters
The Porcupine Mountain - one of the oldest mountain chains in the world

11. Laughing whitefish falls
The tallest waterfalls in Michigan
Named for the river
Height: 100 meters
The highest waterfall in Michigan that is readily visitable

12. Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
The park covers a 35-mile (60-km) stretch of Lake Michigan's eastern coastline
Named after a legend of the sleeping bear
Outstanding natural features
Was authorized in 1970

13. Kirtland's Warbler Wintering in Bahama
Needs Pinus bakasiana (gray pine) to nest
Endemic of Michigan state

14. Hunting First in the nation in licensed hunters
Many school districts cancel school on the opening day of firearm deer season
White-tailed deer

15. Thunderstorms 30 days of thunderstorm activity per year
17 tornadoes per year
Especially In the southern part of state
Tornado chasers – popular activity

16. Tourism Michigan's tourists spend $17.5 billion per year in the state
Top attractions: the forests, lakes and thousands of miles of beaches
Tulip Time Festival and the National Cherry Festival
Detroit and Lansig

17. Henry Ford ( )
First plant in Highland Park marked the birth of the automotive industry
Cars made on assembly line

18. Celebrities
Selma Blair Kid Rock

19. Serena Williams Alice Cooper

20. Interesting facts Michigan has more lighthouses than any other state
A person in the state is never more than 6 miles(10 km) from a natural water source
Mishigama (French) = large water/lake
World-class scuba diving destination
Largest state par and forest system

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