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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

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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

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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

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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

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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
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job of Marco Rubio

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

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18
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senator from Florida

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Marco Rubio since 2011

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19
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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
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has the most ligthening strikes in USA

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central Florida is the lightening capital of USA

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23
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Florida and earthquakes

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not near a fault line so they get the least number

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24
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states that allow open carry w/o a permit

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alaska
arizona
kansas
maine
mississippi
VT
wyomming

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25
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what states prohibit open carry

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DC
California
Connecticut
Illinois
Florida

26
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citie in FL

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jacksonville
tampa
orlando
miami
st petersberg
ft lauderdale
daytona beach

27
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where is Florida A&M

A

Talahasee

28
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where is University of Florida

A

Gainsville

29
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International Speedway in Florida

A

Daytona

30
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NFL teams in Florida

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miami dolphins
tampa bay buccaneers
jacksonville jaguars

31
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MBL teams in Florida

A

Miami Marlins
Tampa Bay Rays

32
Q

capital of Uragrary

A

Montevideo

33
Q

capital of Argentina

A

Buneas Aires

34
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capital of Paraguary

A

Asuncion (ah soon SyON)

35
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where is Buneas Aires located

A

estuary of Rio de la plata

36
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one of the largest estuaries in teh world

A

Rio de la plata

37
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esuary

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mouth of the river where salt/fresh water meet

38
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mouth of the river where salt/fresh water meet

A

estuary

39
Q

differnce between estuary and delta

A

estuary - tidal mouth of a river where freshwater mixes with saltwater
delta - deposits of sediment carried by the water b/c velocity decreases

40
Q

where two rivers meet

A

confluence

41
Q

tip of South America

A

Tierra del fuego
cape horn
drake passage
starit of Magellean

42
Q

distance between tip of s. america and antartica

A

1000K miles
chille/argintina

43
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Chacao

A

large semiarid land extending east from teh Andes and Bolivia

44
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large semiarid land extending east from teh Andes and Bolivia

A

Chaco

45
Q

grassland of Argentina, Uragrary, Paragray

A

Pampas

46
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importance of Pampas

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large grassy plain in S. America
- economic heartland of Argentina
- rich cattle/farmland

47
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Argentina cowboys

A

gaucho

48
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influenced design of Buneas Aires

A

paris

49
Q

second largest city in Argentina

A

Cordoba

50
Q

chemical from a tree use dto cure leather

A

tannin

51
Q

why is Pagagonia dry

A

b/c it is in the rain shadow of hte Andes

52
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landlocked country of South America

A

Paragrary

53
Q

worlds largest dam

A

Itaipu Dam (ee TYE poo)
Brazil

54
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time to travel length/width of Chille

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2000miles long - 1 wk to drive
250 miles wide - 4.5hrs to cross

55
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desert in south america

A

Atacama desert. northern chille
in some places, rainfall has never been recorded

56
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IoT

A

internet of things

57
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GFE

A

government furnished equipmentIP

58
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IPVA

A

intelligent personal virtual assistant applicatinos

59
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DDoS

A

distributed denial of services

60
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A

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