Geography Flashcards

1
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deepest Great Lake

A

Superior = 1333ft

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2
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size of Lake Superior

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larger than Scotland or South Carolina

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3
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islands south of the tip of Florida

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Florida Keys

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4
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where is Bahamas

A

SE Florida

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5
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most populous city of Florida

A

Jacksonville = just shy of 1 million
Miami= shy of 500K
Tampa - 400K
Orlando = 320K

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6
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longest coastline in contiguous USA

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Florida has more than California and hawaii…

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7
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how many USA states have a coastline with the ocean

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23

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8
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New Hampshire coastline length

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13 miles

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9
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where are the everglades?

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direct south of Florida.
tip of Florida = Florida Bay

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10
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indians who lived in Florida

A

Seminole

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11
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yr Florida entered the Union

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27th in 1845

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12
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authors from Florida

A

Majorie Rawlings
Ernest Hemmingway
Zora Neale Hurston - their eyes wer watching god
Jack Kerouac

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13
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where was Ernest Hemingway from

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Key West Florida
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Old mana nd the sea

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14
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“Their Eyes were Watching God”

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Zora Neale Hurston
a Harlem Renaissance masterpiece

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15
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Zora Neale Hurston

A

Their Eyes were Watching God
- a Harlem Renaissance masterpiece

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16
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Jack Kerouac

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wrote On teh Road

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17
Q

job of Marco Rubio

A

senator from Florida since 2011
- once speaker of florida house of Rep

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18
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senator from Florida

A

Marco Rubio since 2011

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19
Q

explored Florida

A

Ponce de Leon in 1513

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20
Q

insect that messes w/cotton

A

boll weevil

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21
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oldest USA city

A

St Augustine.
1565 by Sprain

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22
Q

has the most ligthening strikes in USA

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central Florida is the lightening capital of USA

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23
Q

Florida and earthquakes

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not near a fault line so they get the least number

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24
Q

states that allow open carry w/o a permit

A

alaska
arizona
kansas
maine
mississippi
VT
wyomming

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what states prohibit open carry
DC California Connecticut Illinois Florida
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citie in FL
jacksonville tampa orlando miami st petersberg ft lauderdale daytona beach
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where is Florida A&M
Talahasee
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where is University of Florida
Gainsville
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International Speedway in Florida
Daytona
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NFL teams in Florida
miami dolphins tampa bay buccaneers jacksonville jaguars
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MBL teams in Florida
Miami Marlins Tampa Bay Rays
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capital of Uragrary
Montevideo
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capital of Argentina
Buneas Aires
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capital of Paraguary
Asuncion (ah soon SyON)
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where is Buneas Aires located
estuary of Rio de la plata
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one of the largest estuaries in teh world
Rio de la plata
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esuary
mouth of the river where salt/fresh water meet
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mouth of the river where salt/fresh water meet
estuary
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differnce between estuary and delta
estuary - tidal mouth of a river where freshwater mixes with saltwater delta - deposits of sediment carried by the water b/c velocity decreases
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where two rivers meet
confluence
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tip of South America
Tierra del fuego cape horn drake passage starit of Magellean
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distance between tip of s. america and antartica
1000K miles chille/argintina
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Chacao
large semiarid land extending east from teh Andes and Bolivia
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large semiarid land extending east from teh Andes and Bolivia
Chaco
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grassland of Argentina, Uragrary, Paragray
Pampas
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importance of Pampas
large grassy plain in S. America - economic heartland of Argentina - rich cattle/farmland
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Argentina cowboys
gaucho
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influenced design of Buneas Aires
paris
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second largest city in Argentina
Cordoba
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chemical from a tree use dto cure leather
tannin
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why is Pagagonia dry
b/c it is in the rain shadow of hte Andes
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landlocked country of South America
Paragrary
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worlds largest dam
Itaipu Dam (ee TYE poo) Brazil
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time to travel length/width of Chille
2000miles long - 1 wk to drive 250 miles wide - 4.5hrs to cross
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desert in south america
Atacama desert. northern chille in some places, rainfall has never been recorded
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IoT
internet of things
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GFE
government furnished equipmentIP
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IPVA
intelligent personal virtual assistant applicatinos
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DDoS
distributed denial of services
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