STATE SYMBOLS
FLORIDA REGIONS
SPANISH EXPLORERS
PIRATES
HOT POTATO
100
FLORIDA'S OFFICIAL STATE DRINK
What is ORANGE JUICE
100
THIS LONG SKINNY REGION STRETCHES ALMOST ALL THE WAY AROUND THE STATE AND ITS SOIL IS SANDY
What is COASTAL LOWLANDS OR DUNES
100
ONCE SAILED WITH CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS AND LATER SEARCHED FOR THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH
WHO is JUAN PONCE DE LEON
100
ANOTHER NAME FOR 'PIRATE'
What is BUCCANEER
100
IN 1513, PONCE DE LEON CLAIMED FLORIDA FOR THIS COUNTRY
Who is SPAIN
200
FLORIDA'S OFFICIAL STATE SONG
What is 'OLD FOLKS AT HOME' BY STEPHEN FOSTER
200
THE PANHANDLE IS A PLATEAU AND IS HOME OF FLORIDA'S HIGHEST POINT
What is WESTERN UPLAND
200
AFTER SURVIVING A HURRICANE, A MUTINY AND SEVERAL NATIVE INDIAN RAIDS, HE SAILED OFF INTO HISTORY ON A HOMEMADE BARGE AND WAS NEVER HEARD FROM AGAIN.
WhO is PANFILO DE NARVAEZ
200
THESE PIRATES OF FLORIDA WERE HIRED BY BRITAIN, SPAIN AND THE UNITED STATES TO ROB ENEMY SHIPS
Who ARE THE PRIVATEERS
200
THE HUGUENOTS CLAIMED FLORIDA FOR THIS COUNTRY
What is FRANCE
300
FLORIDA'S STATE REPTILE
What is AMERICAN ALLIGATOR
300
THIS IS SINK HOLE COUNTRY AND IS FULL OF SMALL LAKES
What is MARIANNA LOWLANDS
300
HE BROUGHT SPAIN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN GOLD AND TREASURE FROM SOUTH AMERICA, BUT FOUND ONLY THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN NORTH AMERICA.
WhO is HERNANDO DE SOTO
300
TWO WOMEN THAT SAILED THE OPEN SEAS AND PILLAGED WITH THE WORST OF THE MALE PIRATES
Who ARE ANNE BONNY AND MARY READ
300
THIS COUNTRY WON THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR AND TRADED CUBA TO SPAIN IN EXCHANGE FOR FLORIDA
What is ENGLAND
400
FLORIDA'S STATE ANIMAL
What is FLORIDA PANTHER
400
THIS REGION STRETCHES FROM TALLAHASSEE NORTH TO THE GEORGIA BORDER AND WAS ONCE THE CENTER OF COTTON PRODUCTION
What is TALLAHASSEE HILLS
400
THE REAL POCOHONTAS STORY... THIS SPANIARD WAS CAPTURED AND TORTURED BY THE NATIVES, BUT WAS RESCUED BY THE INDIAN CHIEF'S DAUGHTER. THIS SURVIVOR OF NARVAEZ'S EXPEDITION TO FLORIDA BECAME HERNANDO DE SOTO'S TRANSLATOR.
WhO is JUAN ORTIZ
400
KNOWN AS THE 'GENTLEMAN PIRATE'. HE WAS HIRED BY GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON TO FIGHT THE BRITISH.
Who is JEAN LA FITTE
400
IN 1814, DURING THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS, THE LAST BATTLE OF THE WAR OR 1812, THIS GENERAL, WHO LATER BECAME PRESIDENT, CLAIMED FLORIDA FOR THE UNITED STATES BUT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY HAD TO 'GIVE IT BACK TO SPAIN'
WhO is ANDREW JACKSON
500
BESIDEA THE OFFICIAL FLORIDA FLAG, NAME FIVE OTHER FLAGS THAT HAVE FLOWN OVER FLORIDA
What is SPAIN, FRANCE, GREAT BRITAIN, UNITED STATES, AND CONFEDERATE FLAGS.
500
THIS REGION HAS TWO PARTS: NORTH, WHICH IS 66 SQUARE MILES AND SOUTH, ABOUT 1,200 SQUARE MILES. HOME TO THE AMERICAN ALLIGATOR AND THE MOST ENDANGERED ECOSYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES.
What is THE OKEFENOKEE AND EVERGLADES SWAMP
500
THOSE WHO CONQUER OTHERS FOR GOLD AND GLORY
WhO ARE THE CONQUISTADORS?
500
KNOWN AS THE LAST OF THE BUCCANEERS OR THE 'EDUCATED' PIRATE. HE STOLE ONE OF THE SPANISH NAVY SHIPS AND LEGEND HAS IT THAT HE BURIED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN TREASURE BY TAMPA BAY
Who is JOSE GASPAR OR 'GASPARIILLO'
500
JULY 1821, UNITED STATES TRADED THIS LAND OR STATE FOR FLORIDA
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