SURFING 4 FACTS

 ILLINOIS

1.      What is the capital of Illinois?

       www.50states.com

 Answer: ___________________________

2.      What is the state bird, flower and tree?

www.state.il.us/kids/

Answer: bird =___________, flower =____________, tree = ___________

3.      When did Illinois become a state?

www.50states.com/statehood.htm

Answer:  _________________________

4.      Who is Ernest Hemingway? 

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1954/hemingway-bio.html

Answer:  ________________________________

5.      What is Illinois’ nickname and how did it get that name?

http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/st_nicks.htm

Answer: ___________________________________________________________

6.      What Great Lake touches Illinois?

http://www.michigan.gov/deq/0,1607,7-135-3313_3677-15926--,00.html

Answer:  _____________________________________

7.      Where is Abraham Lincoln’s home? When did he buy it and how much did it cost?

http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/sites/home.htm

Answer: _______________________________________   ______________________________________________

8.      Who is the Governor of Illinois?

www.state.il.us/gov/

Answer: ____________________________________

9.      Give 3 facts about Abraham Lincoln.

http://www.alincoln-library.com/facts-about-abraham-lincoln.shtml

 Answers:

a)      ________________________________

b)      ________________________________

c)      ________________________________

10.  Where is Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site?  What would I find there?

www.cahokiamounds.com/

 Answer: