2.  Natural Resources:  Minerals such as iron, copper, limestone, and gypsum  Forests  Lakes and rivers  Fish  Landforms:  Mountains and hills  Industries:  Lumbering  Mining  Shipping  Furniture  Tourism (hiking, skiing, snow-mobile riding, fishing, exploring)  Population:  approximately 300,000 people. Photo courtesy of Flickr http://www.mg.mtu.edu/shaft3.htm uptreeid.com

3.  Natural Resources:  Lakes and rivers  Forests  Fruits and vegetables (Traverse City is known as the Cherry Capital of the World!)  Landforms:  Low and flat farmland  A few small mountains  Industries:  Auto  Furniture  Paper  Chemicals  Population:  approximately 9 million people. Google map view of the city of Detroit. More than 4,000,000 people live in the greater Detroit area. Photo courtesy of: Google Images. Google Images Michigan.gov