Wednesday, February 27, 2008

illinois part1

1. Year of statehood-december 3, 1818
2. Populations-12,419,293
3. Capital-springfield
4. Motto-State Sovereignty, National Union
5. Bird-cardinal
6. Flower-purple violet[viola]
7. Tree-white oak[querus alba]
8. Song Title-illinois

9. LIST OF FILENAMES -my pictures-illinois part1

10.
1.white soxs
2.cave-in-rock state park
b. The city where each attraction is located.
1.chicago, illinois
2.cave-in-rock, illinois
c. Give a brief description of each attraction
1.they won the baseball world series in 2005
2.The first European explorer to encounter it was M. de Lery of France, who in 1729 called it caverne dans Le Roc.

d. my pictures-illinois part1


11.
a.The world's first Skyscraper was built in Chicago, 1885.
b.The Sears Tower, Chicago is the tallest building on the North American continent
c.Metropolis the home of Superman really exists in Southern Illinois
d.The worst prison camp during the Civil War in terms of percentages of death was at Rock Island.
12. List all sources used in finding your state information and pictures (EX: www.50states.com) include the following about each site:
a. Name (title bar):-
b. URL address:www.50states.com
c. date you accessed:februray,27
d. Author of site (if there is one)-
e. Date of posting/revision of site (if it appears on the bottom of the website page)-