Three books to use
My Favorite Web sites
Mr. McCrea's web site
HACC West Bimini High School
Mr. Y's web site
Broward School Board
Visitor's Office in South Florida
ANSWERS and Hints for CONTEST
Questions about the WORLD
50 States
World Atlas
www.GEObop.com
GET THE ANSWERS AT THE LINK ABOVE CALLED "ANSWERS"
www.angelfire.com/fl4/englishlesson/florida2.html
Here are some questions for you to use for practice.
1. Where is the St. John's River? is it near Tampa?
2. What is the capital of the state of Florida?
3. there is a small town east of Tallahassee that is also the name of Thomas Jefferson's home. what is the name?
4. Jacksonville is named after what president? 5. how many counties in Florida?
6. What is the English name for Cayo Hueso?
7. What is calle Ocho in English?
8. Tell me two cities that have similar names in Italy.
9. tell me at least two cities where cigars were rolled 100 years ago.
10. Name 4 cities that touch I-95.
11. now name 4 cities that are not in Broward County that touch I-95.
12. Where does the space shuttle go up? what is the name of the nearest town?
13. there are lots of "Coco" in floirda. Name three cities with the letters "coco" in the name.
14. What is the largest city in Orange county?
15. what is the largest city in Dade County?
16. Who was Mr. Broward?
17. Who was mr. dade?
18. Who was Mr. duval?
19. Where is the university of Floirda?
20. FSU is a university. Where is it?
21. What is the name of the team that plays for UF, FSU and University of Miami (I need three names). 22. What is a "buho" (this is a spanish word. Ask an ESOL student to help you!)
23. What does this mean: "Je voudrais prendre une bouteille de san Pelegrino, s'il vous plait."
24. What direction do avenues run in Miami? North south, or east to west?
25.Who was Leroy Collins?
26. What is the State Tree?
27. What is the State Bird?
28. Who are the current senators from Florida?
29. Who was the governor from 1991-1998 in Florida?
30. What does this mean: "El ejercito es muy fuerte en mi ciudad." ASK AN ESOL STUDENT.
31. Who is the governor of Florida?
32. Who is the current lieutenant governor of Florida?
33. how many state senators are in the legislature?
34. how many state representatives are in the state legislature?
35. how many US represenatives are in Congress FROM FLORIDA?
36. how many senators does Floirda have? what are their names?
37. how many people are on the Florida Supreme Court?
38. What are the numbers of Spanish TV in Miami? canal veinti_ _ _ _ and canal cincuent_ _ _ no.
39. what is the name of a spanish station in Miami? Radio M_mb_
La _u_anis_m_!
Radi_ F_!
40. What is the oldest city in North america?
41. What country founded the oldest city in florida?
42. name three types of citrus fruit.
43. name four keys in the Florida keys
44. what is the number of the road that crosses the Everglades. (Not I-75). It starts as calle ocho and goes west from Miami.
45. Name three cities that have the letters "LAUDER" in the name.
46. What are the initals of the two train companies that run trains on tracks near I-95? C _ _ and F _ _.
47. what is the name of the beach road in Broward? What is the number of the road?
48. What is the name of the port in Broward county?
49. Name four hotels in Broward county that are on the beach.
50. How many cities are in Broward county?
REMEMBER -- you can borrow the books that have the words "BORROW THIS BOOK, READ THIS BOOK, RETURN THIS BOOK TO THE GYM" on the inside of the book.
NOW FOR MORE questions -- (These questions are not on the "FLORIDA Geography Contest"...they are for later contests.)
1. Who was president during the Second World War?
2. Who was president during the Vietnam War?
3. Write the first verse of the Star-Spangled banner.
4. Who wrote the US Constitution?
5. Who wrote the first draft of the Declaration of independence?
6. What are the words of the pledge of allegiance?
7. What president went to Cuba as part of "the rough riders"?
8. What president is the "father of the country?"
9. who wrote the Bill of Rights?
10. who was president during the Civil war?
Watch the space for more questions
QUESTIONS about WORLD GEOGRAPHY
1. what is the capital of Portugal?
2. What is the capital of Germany?
3. What is the capital of Lithuania?
4. Where is Bern?
5. Name the countries that touch the Adriatic Sea.
6. corsica belongs to what country?
7. name five countries that touch the Mediterranean Sea
8. Where is Helsinki?
9. Gothenberg is found in what country?
10. Venice is found in what country?
11. what is the capital of Norway?
12. name four cities that Mr. McCrea has visited in Italy. (Yes, you have to visit his classroom in the Gym to find out).
13. Where is Lagos?
14. My student Kingsley is from a country in Africa. Which country is it?
15. What is a beautiful city in colombia? (ASK a student from an ESOL Class).
16. Where is a good place to visit in Haiti? (Ask a student in an ESOL class).
17. What is the capital of Haiti?
18. what is the capital of Kenya?
19. What is the capital of South Africa?
20. What is the capital of Egypt?
21. name four cities that Mr. McCrea has visited in South America. (Yes, you have to visit his classroom in the Gym to find out).
22. what is the capital of Indonesia?
23. what is the capital of New Zealand?
24. name four cities that Mr. McCrea has visited in France. (Yes, you have to visit his classroom in the Gym to find out).
25. What is the capital of Bolivia?
26. name four countries that Mr. McCrea has visited in Africa. (Yes, you have to visit his classroom in the Gym to find out).
EXTRA CREDIT What are the typing errors that Mr. mcCrea made on this page?
http://www.worldatlas.com/geoquiz/current.htm difficult quiz
http://www.geobop.com/paleozoo/World/NA/Geography/Location/
If you see errors, write to Mr. McCrea at englishlesson@mail.com
you can also visit www.whatdoyaknow.com and learn more about COLUMBUS.
http://www.theus50.com/florida/geography.shtml a nice online map with some information like HIGHEST POINT
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