Mr. McCrea
Teacher
HACC Desmond Tutu High School
Hallandale FL
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Here are some questions for you to use for practice.
1. Where is the St. John's River? is it near Tampa?
(No, it runs through some eastern cities.) 2. What is the capital of the state of Florida? Tallahahassee. (some room for singing.
3. there is a small town east of Tallahassee that is also the name of Thomas Jefferson's home. what is the name?
Mont_c_llo (It shows on the Nickel) 4. Jacksonville is named after what president? Andrew Jackson, he's on the $_ _ dollar bill. 5. how many counties in Florida?
see page 288 in Yellow book. 6. What is the English name for Cayo Hueso?
Bone Key 7. What is calle Ocho in English?
8 Street 8. Tell me two cities that have similar names in Italy.
Venice, and Naples 9. tell me at least two cities where cigars were rolled 100 years ago.
Havana, Key West and Tampa 10. Name 4 cities that touch I-95.
11. now name 4 cities that are not in Broward County that touch I-95.
Jacksonville, Cocoa, West Palm Beach, Boca Raton 12. Where does the space shuttle go up? what is the name of the nearest town?
Titusville, Cocoa 13. there are lots of "Coco" in Florida. Name three cities with the letters "coco" in the name.
Grove, Cocoa and Creek. 14. What is the largest city in Orange county?
Or_ _ ndo. 15. what is the largest city in Dade County?
M_ _ M _ 16. Who was Mr. Broward?
an advocate for developing the Everglades. He servbed as General...
17. Who was mr. Dade?
a general who was killed by Indians. 18. Who was Mr. Duval?
a governor long ego. 19. Where is the university of Florida?
either south of Jacksonville or north of Orlando. 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). alligators, indians and fst winds. 22. What is a "buho" (this is a spanish word. Ask an ESOL student to help you!)
he hunts at night and eats mice. 23. What does this mean: "Je voudrais prendre une bouteille de san Pelegrino, s'il vous plait."
ask someone from Haiti... 24. What direction do avenues run in Miami? North south, or east to west?
N to S 25.Who was Leroy Collins?
page 23 yellow book 26. What is the State Tree?
page 23 yellow book 27. What is the State Bird?
page 23 yellow book 28. Who are the current U.S. senators from Florida?
see below...question 36... 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?
Senor Jeb Bush 32. Who is the current lieutenant governor of Florida?
Mr. Brogan, who is heading over to head Florida Atl_nt_c University.
33. how many state senators are in the legislature?
40
34. how many state representatives are in the state legislature?
120 35. how many US represenatives are in Congress FROM FLORIDA? (I think it is 23)
36. how many senators does Florida have? what are their names? Two: Gr_h_m and N_ls_n...
37. how many people are on the Florida Supreme Court?
Two less than the US Supreme Court. 38. What are the numbers of Spanish TV in Miami? canal veinti_ _ _ _ and canal cincuent_ _ _ no.
23 and 51 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?
It wasn't Portugal!
42. name three types of citrus fruit.
L_m_, L_m_n, gr_pef_r_it. 43. name four keys in the Florida keys
There are many keys but I like Big Pine, Stock Island, Leyton Key and Key Largo.
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.
Answer: it is Tamiami Trail...
45. Name three cities that have the letters "LAUDER" in the name.
Hill, by the sea and dale 46. What are the initals of the two train companies that run trains on tracks near I-95? C _ _ and F _ _.
_ East Coast and _ Ess Sex 47. what is the name of the beach road in Broward? (It's not lake view drive!)
What is the number of the road?
Letter-number-Letter 48. What is the name of the port in Broward county?
(It's not Port Lauderdale!)
49. Name four hotels in Broward county that are on the beach.
Hint: two trees, small mountain + small city, Marry Ott!, D_YS I_N. 50. How many cities are in Broward county?
more than 20 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.
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