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Florida Fun Facts
100

The river that supported Ancient Egypt

The Nile River

100

The system of land ownership and loyalty in medieval Europe

Feudalism

100

The year the American Revolution began

1775

100

The event that started World War I

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

100

The city known as the “Lightning Capital of the U.S.”

Tampa 

200

The writing system used by the Sumerians

Cuneiform

200

The deadly plague that spread in the 1300s

The Black Death

200

The French prison stormed in 1789

The Bastille

200

 The treaty that ended WWI

The Treaty of Versailles

200

The only place where crocodiles and alligators live together

The Everglades

300

The purpose of the Great Wall of China

To protect China from northern invaders

300

The purpose of medieval castles

Defense and protection

300

The invention that helped spread ideas during the Enlightenment

The printing press

300

The countries that made up the Axis Powers

Germany, Italy, and Japan

300

The Florida city with the oldest European settlement in the U.S.

St. Augustine

400

The empire ruled by Alexander the Great

The Macedonian Empire

400

The group of warriors who followed a strict code in Japan

Samurai

400

The leader of the Haitian Revolution

Toussaint Louverture

400

The attack that brought the U.S. into WWII

Pearl Harbor

400

The natural spring producing 400+ million gallons daily

Silver Springs

500

The civilization that built Machu Picchu

The Inca

500

The conflict between Christians and Muslims over the Holy Land

The Crusades

500

The Industrial Revolution invention that powered factories

The steam engine

500

The project that developed the first atomic bomb

The Manhattan Project

500

The Florida island chain connected by the Overseas Highway

The Florida Keys