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  • 1. When do lake levels typically reach their highest point?
A) Autumn
B) Winter
C) Summer
D) Spring
  • 2. What is the normal high-water mark above datum?
A) 5.92 feet
B) 2.00 feet
C) 1.00 foot
D) 1.38 feet
  • 3. In what year did Lakes Michigan and Huron reach their record high level?
A) 1964
B) 2020
C) 2013
D) 1986
  • 4. When do lake levels tend to be at their lowest?
A) Summer
B) Spring
C) Fall
D) Winter
  • 5. What is the normal low-water mark below datum?
A) 2.00 feet
B) 0.71 feet
C) 5.92 feet
D) 1.00 foot
  • 6. When did Lakes Michigan and Huron reach their lowest recorded level?
A) Winter of 1964
B) January 2013
C) October 1986
D) Summer of 2012
  • 7. What was the record low level in feet below datum reached in the winter of 1964?
A) 2.00 feet
B) 0.71 feet
C) 1.00 foot
D) 1.38 feet
  • 8. What event occurred regarding monthly low-water records between February 1964 and January 1965?
A) Records were broken only once
B) Records were set each month
C) Records were not tracked
D) Levels remained constant
  • 9. In which month was the all-time low-water mark eclipsed?
A) February 1964
B) January 1965
C) October 1986
D) January 2013
  • 10. What was the all-time low monthly mean water level recorded in January 2013?
A) 577.5 ft
B) 576.2 ft
C) 180 m
D) 176.0 m
  • 11. Since what year has record keeping for Lake Michigan's water levels been conducted?
A) 2013
B) 1986
C) 1918
D) 1964
  • 12. By how many inches were the lakes below their long-term average in January 2013?
A) 29 inches
B) 17 inches
C) 43 inches
D) 74 inches
  • 13. According to Keith Kompoltowicz, what was one major factor in the low water levels of 2013?
A) High ice coverage
B) Lack of a large snowpack
C) Increased river flow
D) Excessive rainfall
  • 14. Which of these was a cause for the low water levels in 2013?
A) Cold and wet conditions in 2012
B) Increased snowpack
C) A very snowy winter in 2011/2012
D) Hot and dry conditions in the summer of 2012
  • 15. What is the role of Keith Kompoltowicz?
A) Director of the Army Corps
B) Meteorologist
C) Chief of watershed hydrology
D) Lake Michigan historian
  • 16. Following 2013, by approximately how much did the water levels rebound?
A) Less than 1 foot
B) Exactly 2 feet
C) More than 6 feet
D) About 3 feet
  • 17. What is the largest island in Lake Michigan?
A) Beaver Island
B) Washington Island
C) North Manitou Island
D) Northerly Island
  • 18. In which Michigan county is Beaver Island located?
A) Leelanau County
B) Charlevoix County
C) Mackinac County
D) Emmet County
  • 19. Which of these is a human-made peninsula in Chicago?
A) Power Island
B) St. Helena Island
C) Garden Island
D) Northerly Island
  • 20. What is located on Northerly Island?
A) The Mackinac Bridge
B) Adler Planetarium
C) A commercial shipping port
D) A major naval base
  • 21. Which of the following islands is located in Grand Traverse Bay?
A) Washington Island
B) Gull Island
C) Power Island
D) Pilot Island
  • 22. Which waterway connects Lake Michigan to the Gulf of Mexico?
A) Hudson River
B) Erie Canal
C) Illinois Waterway
D) Saint Lawrence Seaway
  • 23. What is the primary reason shipping is interrupted on the Great Lakes in winter?
A) Ice
B) High winds
C) Maintenance closures
D) Low tide
  • 24. Where does the Erie Canal connect to the Great Lakes at the east end of Lake Erie?
A) Detroit, Michigan
B) Oswego, New York
C) Chicago, Illinois
D) Buffalo, New York
  • 25. Why is the northern half of the Door Peninsula technically an island?
A) Due to the Saint Lawrence Seaway
B) Due to the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal
C) Due to rising lake levels
D) Due to human-made land bridges
  • 26. Which county contains Epoufette Island?
A) Emmet County
B) Mackinac County
C) Delta County
D) Leelanau County
  • 27. What is the area of Northerly Island?
A) 145 square kilometers
B) 200 acres
C) 55.8 square miles
D) 91 acres
  • 28. What geological feature divides Lake Michigan into northern and southern basins?
A) Mackinac Bridge
B) Mid Lake Plateau
C) Milwaukee Reef
D) Chippewa Basin
  • 29. Which wind direction helps moderate the climate of western Michigan?
A) Westerly
B) Easterly
C) Northerly
D) Southerly
  • 30. Which lake is the only Great Lake located entirely within the United States?
A) Lake Erie
B) Lake Michigan
C) Lake Superior
D) Lake Huron
  • 31. What is the total surface area of Lake Michigan?
A) 22,404 mi2
B) 13,237 mi2
C) 7,358 mi2
D) 1,576 mi2
  • 32. Which lake is larger than Lake Michigan by water volume?
A) Lake Baikal
B) Lake Superior
C) Lake Ontario
D) Lake Huron
  • 33. What is the length of Lake Michigan?
A) 494 miles
B) 1,640 miles
C) 307 miles
D) 118 miles
  • 34. Which state contains the largest portion of Lake Michigan's surface area?
A) Michigan
B) Illinois
C) Indiana
D) Wisconsin
  • 35. What is the name of Lake Michigan's deepest region?
A) Chippewa Basin
B) Milwaukee Reef
C) Mid Lake Plateau
D) South Chippewa Basin
  • 36. Which feature separates the Chippewa Basin from the South Chippewa Basin?
A) Mid Lake Plateau
B) Mackinac Bridge
C) Milwaukee Reef
D) Green Bay
  • 37. Which of these states does not share a border with Lake Michigan?
A) Illinois
B) Indiana
C) Ohio
D) Wisconsin
  • 38. What does the Ojibwe word 'mishigami' mean?
A) Great water
B) Deep lake
C) Big fish
D) Northern sea
  • 39. Who is believed to be the first European to reach Lake Michigan?
A) Jacques Marquette
B) Louis Jolliet
C) Samuel de Champlain
D) Jean Nicolet
  • 40. In what year did J. Val Klump reach the bottom of Lake Michigan?
A) 1975
B) 1995
C) 1985
D) 1965
  • 41. What was the purpose of the 1673 expedition led by Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet?
A) Establish a permanent colony
B) Search for the Mississippi River
C) Map the Great Lakes
D) Search for gold
  • 42. What percentage of Chicago's grain was shipped over Lake Michigan during the antebellum years?
A) 75%
B) 50%
C) 90%
D) 25%
  • 43. Which fort was founded in 1715 on the southern side of the Straits of Mackinac?
A) Fort St. Ignace
B) Fort Dearborn
C) Fort Michilimackinac
D) Fort Mackinac
  • 44. Which university published a 2018 report on the warming of Lake Michigan?
A) University of Wisconsin
B) University of Michigan
C) Purdue University
D) University of Chicago
  • 45. Which group were the early human inhabitants of the Lake Michigan region before 800 AD?
A) Hopewell Native Americans
B) Ho-Chunk
C) Iroquois
D) Ojibwe
  • 46. How many people receive drinking water from Lake Michigan and the other Great Lakes?
A) Thousands
B) Hundreds
C) Millions
D) Billions
  • 47. When did the Conference of Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Governors and Premiers come into force?
A) December 2008
B) November 2010
C) March 2014
D) January 2000
  • 48. What is the name of the company reported by the Chicago Tribune as a major polluter of Lake Michigan?
A) Chevron
B) Shell
C) BP
D) Exxon
  • 49. Where is the BP oil refinery responsible for pollution located?
A) Whiting, Indiana
B) Detroit, Michigan
C) Milwaukee, Wisconsin
D) Chicago, Illinois
  • 50. The Lake Michigan region is often referred to as what?
A) The Inland Sea
B) The Great Shoreline
C) The Third Coast
D) The Freshwater Heartland
  • 51. What gives Lake Michigan's sand its squeaking sound?
A) High salt content
B) High quartz content
C) Presence of limestone
D) Smoothness of the grains
  • 52. Which stone is considered the Michigan state stone and found in Northern Michigan beaches?
A) Limestone
B) Petoskey stone
C) Quartzite
D) Granite
  • 53. What characterizes the western coast and northernmost part of the east coast of Lake Michigan?
A) They are often rocky
B) They are filled with mud flats
C) They are entirely sandy
D) They have no shoreline
  • 54. What protects the shoreline from erosion where there are no beaches or marinas?
A) Wooden fences
B) Steel walls
C) Dense forests
D) Stone or concrete revetments
  • 55. How many people live along the shores of Lake Michigan?
A) Two million
B) Twelve million
C) Five million
D) Twenty million
  • 56. What primary industry supports the economy of northern Michigan and Door County, Wisconsin?
A) Commercial fishing
B) Heavy manufacturing
C) Shipping
D) Tourism
  • 57. Which organization maintains the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore?
A) National Park Service
B) Chippewa-Ottawa Resource Authority
C) Manistee National Forest Service
D) Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission
  • 58. What is the name of the wilderness area located within the Manistee National Forest section of the shoreline?
A) Sleeping Bear Dunes
B) Green Bay Wilderness
C) Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness
D) Indiana Dunes
  • 59. Which invasive species experienced an population increase following the decline of native lake trout?
A) Zebra mussel
B) Round goby
C) Alewife
D) Sea lamprey
  • 60. Which fish species were introduced to Lake Michigan to act as predators to control the alewife population?
A) Salmonids
B) Walleye
C) Bowfin
D) Catfish
  • 61. What is the primary commercial harvest percentage for the tribes belonging to the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission in Michigan waters?
A) 25 percent
B) 45 percent
C) 50 percent
D) 10 percent
  • 62. What is one of the main factors contributing to changes in water clarity and fertility in Lake Michigan?
A) Lake whitefish
B) Steelhead
C) Quagga mussels
D) Largemouth bass
  • 63. What development in the late 1960s led to the charter fishing industry in Lake Michigan?
A) The decline of sea lampreys
B) Improvements to the Welland Canal
C) Pacific salmon stocking programs
D) The increase in lake whitefish prices
  • 64. How many state-licensed commercial fishing enterprises are there in Michigan according to the text?
A) 11
B) 8
C) 45
D) 150
  • 65. Which entity manages the 150 tribe-licensed commercial fishing operations?
A) Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast
B) National Park Service
C) Chippewa-Ottawa Resource Authority
D) Manistee National Forest
  • 66. Which of the following was one of the top three dry bulk cargoes moved via the Great Lakes in 2002?
A) Plastic
B) Timber
C) Automobiles
D) Iron ore
  • 67. What has been the trend of total shipping on the lakes for several years?
A) Downward
B) Upward
C) Non-existent
D) Stable
  • 68. What is the central element of the Port District maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers?
A) Muskegon Terminal
B) Manitowoc Pier
C) Calumet Harbor
D) Ludington Dock
  • 69. What type of ship is the SS Badger?
A) High-speed catamaran
B) Nuclear submarine
C) Historic steamship
D) Container vessel
  • 70. Which water sport is mentioned as being practiced on the Great Lakes?
A) Kitesurfing
B) Ice fishing
C) Competitive swimming
D) Water skiing
  • 71. What is the Great Lakes Circle Tour?
A) A cruise ship itinerary
B) A designated scenic road system
C) A ferry schedule
D) A bicycle race route
  • 72. The Lake Express connects Milwaukee with which city?
A) Muskegon
B) Chicago
C) Ludington
D) Manitowoc
  • 73. Since when have passenger steamers been operating on the Great Lakes?
A) Mid-19th century
B) Early 20th century
C) Early 21st century
D) Late 18th century
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