IL Geography
This river borders IL on the west.
What is the Mississippi River?
This is the state bird.
What is the cardinal?
This was the first capital of IL.
What is Kaskaskia?
These are our two most important crops.
What are corn and soybeans?
He was a French priest who came to IL to teach the natives about Christianity.
Who was Father Marquette?
This state borders IL to the north.
What is Wisconsin?
This is the state tree.
What is the white oak?
This was the second capital of IL.
What is Vandalia?
This is our most important natural resource.
What is soil?
He was a senator who debated slavery with Abraham Lincoln.
Who was Stephen Douglas?
This state borders IL to the east.
What is Indiana?
This is the state flower.
What is the purple violet?
This is the current capital of IL.
What is Springfield?
This is a fancy word that means farming.
What is agriculture?
He was a lawyer, and later a legislator, who worked to have Springfield become the capital of IL.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
This state borders IL to the west.
What is Iowa?
This is the state insect
What is the monarch butterfly?
This is when IL became a state.
What is 1818?
This is another name for chickens and turkeys.
What is poultry?
He invented the steel plow, helping IL farmers.
Who was John Deere?
These TWO states border IL to the southeast and southwest.
What are Kentucky (SE) and Missouri (SW)?
This is the state nickname.
What is The Prairie State?
This is why the capital was moved to its present location.
What is better, more central location?
This is why IL has such fertile farmland.
What are glaciers, decomposed prairie grasses, and that IL was once underwater?
He tricked the British with 20 large flags and captured forts at Vincennes and Kaskaskia during the Revolutionary War.
Who was George Rogers Clark?