Government
What is 3?
This famous U.S. President spent the bulk of his life living in IL.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The state that borders Illinois to the North.
The two crops Illinois is most known for.
What are corn and soybeans?
Illinois is know as the Land of _________.
What is Lincoln?
The number of Illinois Supreme Court Justices
What is 7?
This group of people settled IL for at least 7,000 years before European settlers arrived.
Who are Native Americans (or Illiniwek/Illinois Tribe)?
This makes up Illinois' western state border.
What is the Mississippi River?
The number of International airports Illinois has.
What is two? (O'Hare and Midway)
Another name for Illinois is the ________ State.
What is Prairie?
The title given to the head of the House of Representatives in both the U.S. and IL governments.
What is the Speaker of the House?
The European country who had explorers who came to Illinois before other European explorers.
What is France?
Illinoisans living in the northeast part of the state live mostly in ________ and _________.
Chicago has one of the largest of these transportation systems in the United States.
What are train systems?
This is a fruit of which Illinois grows a lot.
What are apples?
Both the federal and IL governments call their highest court this.
What is the Supreme Court?
Last names of four U.S. Presidents who lived in IL at some point in their lives (you must get all four correct to earn the points).
Who are Lincoln, Grant, Reagan, and Obama?
The state which borders Illinois in the southwest.
What is Missouri?
The two types of energy Illinois relies upon most.
What are coal and nuclear?
This is the number out of the 50 states that Illinois was admitted into the Union.
What is the 21st?
Title given to the head of the executive branch in IL and the last name of the current person in that position (must get both answers correct to get your points).
The first and last name of Illinois' Secretary of State since 1999 - the longest-serving and first African American to hold this position.
Who is Jesse White?
The three cities that have served as Illinois capitals.
What are Springfield, Kaskaskia, and Vandalia?
Names of three of the biggest industries in Illinois.
What are any three of the following:
manufacturing, agriculture, tourism, transportation, government, finance.
This incident led to modern cities and the first skyscrapers.
What is the Great Chicago Fire?