Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes and Midwestern regions of the United States.

The state's name, Michigan, is of French origins (form of the Ojibwe word) "mishigamaa", meaning "large water" or "large lake". Michigan is the tenth most populous of the 50 United States, with the 11th most extensive total area, and the largest state by total area east of the Mississippi River.

Michigan's capital is Lansing, and its largest city is Detroit.

Michigan is the only state to consist of two peninsulas. The Lower Peninsula, to which the name Michigan was originally applied, is often noted to be shaped like a mitten. The Upper Peninsula (often referred to as "the U.P.") is separated from the Lower Peninsula by the Straits of Mackinac, a channel that joins Lake Huron to Lake Michigan. The two peninsulas are connected by the Mackinac Bridge. The state has the longest freshwater coastline of any political subdivision in the world, being bounded by four of the five Great Lakes, plus Lake Saint Clair. As a result, it is one of the leading U.S. states for recreational boating.

Michigan also has 64,980 inland lakes and ponds. A person in the state is never more than from a natural water source or more than from a Great Lakes shoreline. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. how many peninsulas does it have?
2. what language is Michigan derived from?
3. how many lakes and ponds does it have?
4. what separates the two peninsulas?
5. how many lakes does the strait join?
6. what are they called?
7. what region of US is it in?
8. what is the capital city?
9. does it have the largest population in the US?
10. what rank is it?
11. where is it considered to be the largest state?
12. is Lansing the biggest city in the state?
13. what is?
14. what bridge connects the peninsulas?
15. how many of the great lakes is it bounded by?
16. out of how many?
17. What does mishigamaa mean?
18. what is shaped as a mitten?
19. what does it lead in?
20. what does it have that can't be found in the world?
Answer: 1. two
2. French
3. 64,980
4. the Straits of Mackinac,
5. Two
6. Lake Huron and Lake Michigan
7. Great Lakes and Midwestern
8. Lansing
9. No
10. tenth
11. east of the Mississippi River.
12. No
13. Detroit
14. Mackinac Bridge.
15. four
16. five
17. large water or large lake
18. The Lower Peninsula
19. recreational boating.
20. the longest freshwater coastline of any political subdivision

Dear Mom, I'm sorry that I can't go back home for Mother's Day next week. On that day, I'll have to go to an important meeting for my boss, who helps me a lot with my work and life here. But I'll find time to see you at home soon. Mom, thank you for everything you've done for Tim and me. After Dad died of a heart attack at home ten years ago in a road accident, you had to work in a supermarket in the daytime and in a restaurant at night. But you always gave us two your love and care. Though you don't have to work now, I still remember your coming home and feeling tired many evenings. Tim is going to finish his studies next month. He said he would move back from school and look for a job near home. I'm glad you won't live by yourself any more. Let's plan to take a trip in the near future. It's been years since the three of us took a trip together. Happy Mother's Day. I love you, Mom. Best wishes, David What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who is writing the letter?
2. Who is he writing to?
3. What holiday is coming up?
4. When is it?
5. What is he apologizing for?
6. What is he doing instead?
7. Does his boss help him a lot?
8. With what?
9. Will he try to go home at another date?
10. Is his father still alive?
11. How did he die?
12. How long ago?
13. Where did his mom work then?
14. Where else?
15. What time of day did she work at the restaurant?
16. What is tim going to do?
17. When?
18. Is he going to move after he finishes?
19. Where?
20. Is David happy about that?
Answer: 1. David
2. Mom
3. Mother's Day
4. next week.
5. that he I can't go back home for Mother's Day
6. go to an important meeting for his boss
7. Yes
8. with work and life
9. Yes
10. No
11. of a heart attack
12. ten years ago
13. in a supermarket
14. in a restaurant
15. at night.
16. finish his studies
17. next month
18. Yes
19. near home.
20. Yes

BOSTON, Massachusetts (CNN) -- The U.S. Army says it will honor the "heroism and sacrifice" of 350 U.S. soldiers who were held as slaves by Nazi Germany during World War II.

Bernard "Jack" Vogel died in a Nazi slave camp in the arms of fellow U.S. soldier, Anthony Acevedo, in 1945.

The decision by the Army effectively reverses decades of silence about what the soldiers endured in the final months of the war in 1945 at Berga an der Elster, a subcamp of Buchenwald where soldiers were beaten, starved, killed and forced to work in tunnels to hide German equipment.

More than 100 U.S. soldiers died in the camp or on a forced death march. Before they were sent back to the United States, survivors signed a secrecy document with the U.S. government to never speak about their captivity.

"The interests of American prisoners of war in the event of future wars, moreover, demand that the secrets of this war be vigorously safeguarded," the document says.

CNN last month reported the story of Anthony Acevedo, who was a 20-year-old medic when he was sent to Berga with the other soldiers. Acevedo kept a diary that details the day-to-day events inside the camp and lists names and prisoner numbers of men as they died or were executed. See inside Acevedo's diary "

That story prompted a chain of events, including hundreds of CNN.com users urging their congressional leaders to honor the soldiers of Berga. Two congressmen, Reps. Joe Baca, D-California, and Spencer Bachus, R-Alabama, wrote U.S. Army Secretary Peter Geren and asked him to recognize the 350 soldiers. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. How many US soldiers died?
2. How did they die?
3. Who were held as slaves?
4. how many were held?
5. Who detained them?
6. How old was Anthony Acevedo?
7. Where was Acevedo sent?
8. Who reported the story of Acevedo?
9. when?
10. did he keep a diary?
11. Who is honoring the soldiers?
12. During what war were they held?
13. When did Bernard Vogel die?
14. Who's arms did he die in?
15. Was Acevedo a soldier?
16. Were soldiers beaten?
17. Were they ever starved?
18. Who was asked to recognize the soldiers?
19. What is his title?
20. Did the survivors sign a secrecy document?
Answer:
1. More than 100
2. in the camp or on a forced death march
3. U.S. soldiers
4. 350
5. Nazi Germany
6. 20
7. to Berga
8. CNN
9. last month
10. yes
11. The U.S. Army
12. World War II.
13. 1945.
14. Anthony Acevedo
15. yes
16. yes
17. yes
18. Peter Geren
19. U.S. Army Secretary
20. yes