MICHIGAN 



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MICHIGAN 



RESEARCH QUESTIONS ON MICHIGAN 



(An Outline suitable for Michigan will be found with the article "State.") 



What is the popular name for the state? What does this name mean? 



About what is the difference in length between the coast line of Michigan and 

 that of the states which rank next to it? What is the difference in character? 



How can you tell whether the territory of Michigan was named for the lake, or 

 the lake for the territory? 



How many of the states have a greater area than Michigan? How many of 

 these larger states lie to the east of this state? 



How many states have a larger population? Are these more populous states all 

 larger? 



Is this state more or less densely populated than the United States as a whole? 

 Than its neighbor states to the south and west? 



Why has Michigan more cities than other states which have perhaps a greater 

 population? 



How does the state rank with reference to its interest in education? 



In what way is the school system designed to benefit the farmers? 



Are the greatest elevations in the state in the northern or the southern peninsula? 

 How do the two peninsulas differ in surface character? 



If the lakes of Michigan could be distributed among all the states, about how 

 many would each have? 



How great a difference is there between the average annual temperature for the 

 lower peninsula and that for the upper? 



Why is the region along Lake Michigan especially suited to fruit growing? 



Of the total area of the state, about how large a percentage is actually improved 

 farm land? 



Name three products in which Michigan leads all the states; two in which it 

 ranks second; three in which it ranks third. 



About how large a proportion of the area of the state is under forests? What 

 has been done to prevent deforestation? 



How many states border on the Great Lakes? How many of these catch more 

 fish in a year than does Michigan? 



What two famous mines has this state? What is taken from them? How does 

 the state rank in the output of this product? 



Is there any other metal in which it ranks higher? 



What mineral product of Michigan appears on your table at every meal? 



How many states have a larger yearly value of manufactured articles? What 

 is one of the chief characteristics of the manufacturing industries in Michigan? 



What remarkable preeminence did Michigan's greatest city have in 1910 in the 

 automobile-manufacturing industry ? 



What article that nearly every boy in the country asks for at Christmas time 

 comes from Michigan? 



What do you think of when the name of Grand Rapids is mentioned? Battle 

 Creek? 



What very important public utilities besides railroads does the state railroad 

 commission have under its charge? 



How many years has the state been governed under its present constitution? 

 How many had it had previously? 



