CCS Quiz Bowl - Michigan Studies 3

True or False? The Spanish were the first Europeans to arrive in Michigan.

True or False? Detroit was once the capital of Michigan!

True or False? The Hopewell lived in MI even before the Native Americans we hear of today.

True or False? All Michigan rivers flow into one of the Great Lakes.

T or F? In The French and Indian War, the French & many Indians fought together vs. the Brits.

True or False? Just prior to becoming a state, Michigan declared Toledo to be part of Michigan.

Our lawmakers - members of our government - work in The Capitol Building in Grand Rapids.

True or False? The Toledo War was the bloodiest in our state's history.

True or False? There's not only a Pledge of Allegiance but also a Pledge to the Michigan flag.

T or F? The Proclamation of 1763 stopped settlers from traveling west and "taking" Indian land.

True or False? Michigan is the only U.S. state that is in fact two peninsulas.

True or False? There was a Michigan Copper Rush in 1843. (Copper was scarce in other places.)

True or False? More people live in Michigan than in any other state except California.

True or False? The flag of Michigan is bright green (Go State!) with its seal in the middle.

T or F? Historians know for certain the 1st people to come to MI did so via a land bridge near Alaska.

True or False? As the number of settlers arrived in MI, the number of Native Americans fell.

True or False? Glaciers gave our state of Michigan its shape.

T or F? 'Boy Governor' Stevens T. Mason was 19 when he became secretary for the MI Territory!

True or False? Sugar beets, grown in the thumb of Lower Peninsula, are used to make sugar.

True or False? Michigan's first railroad, in 1836, was pulled by horses!