michigan presenation
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Michigan
Michigan State University
Michigan State UniversityFootball Stadium: Seats up to 75,000 People
Michigan State University• Basketball @ Breslin Center: 15,000 People
• Final Four = 6 appearances out of the last 12 years
Detroit: largest city in MI
• 900,000 people living in the city
• Known as “motor city”
• Detroit is across from Windsor, Canada.
Detroit• To go to
Canada, you just have to cross over the bridge or through the tunnel.
Detroit’s Sports Teams• Tigers (Baseball), Red Wings (Hockey), • Pistons (Basketball), Lions (Football)
Dearborn: 10th largest city in MI
• Henry Ford- creator of Ford
Motor Company
Dearborn: Ford Motor Company
• Model T Car, 1908
• 1st cheap auto
• Became cheap because of the assembly line
Henry Ford: Assembly Line• People work in a line adding different parts
to the car
Dearborn• Arab-American Population• in East Dearborn• 35% of city is Arab-American• Largest mosque in the United States
Great Lakes of Michigan
• Great Lakes: Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Eerie and Superior
• 20% of the world’s fresh waters
• MI is surrounded by 4 of the 5 Great Lakes
• Inland, Michigan has 11,000 lakes
Mackinac Bridge• Connects the Upper Peninsula with the Lower
Peninsula (2.62 km)
Mackinac Island • Place to go for
vacation• 9.8 km2
• Surrounded by water• No cars are allowed
on the island
Silver Lake State Park
• over 2,000 acres (8 km2) of sand dunes• A hill of loose windblown sand found
along seashores • West side of state
Dune Buggy