Maps
This type of map shows were cities and states are or where schools and parks are located within a city.
What is a political map?
The state of Florida extends into the water and is connected to land on one side. It is a . .
What is a peninsula?
This describes Florida's climate. Florida's summers are hot and humid, and winters are mild.
What is tropical or subtropical?
Entire villages of Native Americans were wiped out by this because of their lack of immunity, or natural resistance to them.
What are diseases?
Spain established settlements in these geological locations when colonizing Florida.
What is the coast of Florida?
This type of map shows were natural features such as rivers, lakes, and mountains are located.
What is a physical map?
This is the largest body of fresh water in the Southeastern United States.
What is Lake Okeechobee?
Florida's nickname.
What is The Sunshine State?
The Second Seminole War was caused as a result of this event.
What is the US government gave land to the pioneers to force Native Americans to leave their homes and move to Indian territory in Oklahoma.
This industry in Florida helped grow Florida's economy by making it easier for tourists to travel.
What is the railroad industry?
This part of a map tells you what the symbols on a map represent.
What is a map legend or key?
This area of Florida is a unique mixture of swaps, marshes, and prairies.
What are the Everglades?
This type of wild weather in Florida contains powerful winds, storm surges, and coastal flooding.
What are hurricanes?
This city in Florida is home to many amusement parks.
What is Orlando?
Who is responsible for bringing the cigar industry to Tampa?
Who is Vicente Martinez Ybor?
This part of a map helps you to determine the actual distances between places on a mao and is usually broken down by miles or kilometers.
What is a map scale?
These are a string of low, sandy islands off the southern tip of Florida that curve westward into the Gulf of Mexico.
What are the Florida Keys?
Due to Florida's heat and humidity, this type of weather occurs often in the afternoons and there are more in Florida than in any other state.
What are thunderstorms?
Tallahassee, Florida's capital, is located in here.
a. southern Florida, east coast
b. northern Florida, central
c. southern Florida, central
This American entrepreneur was an animator, writer, voice actor, and film producer.
Who is Walt Disney?
An element of a map that tells you the cardinal directions of north, south, east, and west on a map.
What is a compass rose?
This city is in northern Florida and is the capital of Florida.
What is Tallahassee?
These are periods of time with little to no rain that negatively affect Florda's water supply and crop growth.
What are droughts?
This industyy is successful in Florida because of its tropical climate.
What is the citrus industry?