Geography Flashcards
deepest Great Lake
Superior = 1333ft
size of Lake Superior
larger than Scotland or South Carolina
islands south of the tip of Florida
Florida Keys
where is Bahamas
SE Florida
most populous city of Florida
Jacksonville = just shy of 1 million
Miami= shy of 500K
Tampa - 400K
Orlando = 320K
longest coastline in contiguous USA
Florida has more than California and hawaii…
how many USA states have a coastline with the ocean
23
New Hampshire coastline length
13 miles
where are the everglades?
direct south of Florida.
tip of Florida = Florida Bay
indians who lived in Florida
Seminole
yr Florida entered the Union
27th in 1845
authors from Florida
Majorie Rawlings
Ernest Hemmingway
Zora Neale Hurston - their eyes wer watching god
Jack Kerouac
where was Ernest Hemingway from
Key West Florida
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Old mana nd the sea
“Their Eyes were Watching God”
Zora Neale Hurston
a Harlem Renaissance masterpiece
Zora Neale Hurston
Their Eyes were Watching God
- a Harlem Renaissance masterpiece
Jack Kerouac
wrote On teh Road
job of Marco Rubio
senator from Florida since 2011
- once speaker of florida house of Rep
senator from Florida
Marco Rubio since 2011
explored Florida
Ponce de Leon in 1513
insect that messes w/cotton
boll weevil
oldest USA city
St Augustine.
1565 by Sprain
has the most ligthening strikes in USA
central Florida is the lightening capital of USA
Florida and earthquakes
not near a fault line so they get the least number
states that allow open carry w/o a permit
alaska
arizona
kansas
maine
mississippi
VT
wyomming
what states prohibit open carry
DC
California
Connecticut
Illinois
Florida
citie in FL
jacksonville
tampa
orlando
miami
st petersberg
ft lauderdale
daytona beach
where is Florida A&M
Talahasee
where is University of Florida
Gainsville
International Speedway in Florida
Daytona
NFL teams in Florida
miami dolphins
tampa bay buccaneers
jacksonville jaguars
MBL teams in Florida
Miami Marlins
Tampa Bay Rays
capital of Uragrary
Montevideo
capital of Argentina
Buneas Aires
capital of Paraguary
Asuncion (ah soon SyON)
where is Buneas Aires located
estuary of Rio de la plata
one of the largest estuaries in teh world
Rio de la plata
esuary
mouth of the river where salt/fresh water meet
mouth of the river where salt/fresh water meet
estuary
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
where two rivers meet
confluence
tip of South America
Tierra del fuego
cape horn
drake passage
starit of Magellean
distance between tip of s. america and antartica
1000K miles
chille/argintina
Chacao
large semiarid land extending east from teh Andes and Bolivia
large semiarid land extending east from teh Andes and Bolivia
Chaco
grassland of Argentina, Uragrary, Paragray
Pampas
importance of Pampas
large grassy plain in S. America
- economic heartland of Argentina
- rich cattle/farmland
Argentina cowboys
gaucho
influenced design of Buneas Aires
paris
second largest city in Argentina
Cordoba
chemical from a tree use dto cure leather
tannin
why is Pagagonia dry
b/c it is in the rain shadow of hte Andes
landlocked country of South America
Paragrary
worlds largest dam
Itaipu Dam (ee TYE poo)
Brazil
time to travel length/width of Chille
2000miles long - 1 wk to drive
250 miles wide - 4.5hrs to cross
desert in south america
Atacama desert. northern chille
in some places, rainfall has never been recorded
IoT
internet of things
GFE
government furnished equipmentIP
IPVA
intelligent personal virtual assistant applicatinos
DDoS
distributed denial of services
