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Page 1: Maha 3-1-11 Period 4 Computer #5. Capital: Tallahassee Population: 15,982,378 Entered the Union: March 3 rd, 1845 Number entered: 27 th state Motto: In

Maha

3-1-11

Period 4

Computer #5

Page 2: Maha 3-1-11 Period 4 Computer #5. Capital: Tallahassee Population: 15,982,378 Entered the Union: March 3 rd, 1845 Number entered: 27 th state Motto: In

• Capital: Tallahassee• Population: 15,982,378• Entered the Union: March 3rd, 1845• Number entered: 27th state• Motto: In God We Trust• Nickname: Sunshine State• Flower: Orange Blossom• Bird: Mockingbird• Song: Swanee River• Meaning behind name: Spanish-meaning,

flowery, but also suggesting Easter, when the name was given.

Page 3: Maha 3-1-11 Period 4 Computer #5. Capital: Tallahassee Population: 15,982,378 Entered the Union: March 3 rd, 1845 Number entered: 27 th state Motto: In

Interesting Facts

• Many tourist attractions- Disney World, Epcot, Universal Studios

• Various outdoor activities- Biking, boating, swimming, diving, picnicking

• Fort Lauderdale is known as Venice of America because the city has 185 miles of local waterways

• Gem-Moonstone• Cape Canaveral is America’s launch pad for space

flights

Page 6: Maha 3-1-11 Period 4 Computer #5. Capital: Tallahassee Population: 15,982,378 Entered the Union: March 3 rd, 1845 Number entered: 27 th state Motto: In

Post Cards, Wakula Springs Sate Park, 3-3-11, http://www.postcardsfrom.com/t1/000331.html

Post Cards, Florida State Stamps, 3-3-11, http://www.postcardsfrom.com/stamp/stamp-fl.html

A glass-bottom boat glides across glassine waters where the aqua shore meets the

indigo depths of Florida's deepest freshwater spring.

Page 7: Maha 3-1-11 Period 4 Computer #5. Capital: Tallahassee Population: 15,982,378 Entered the Union: March 3 rd, 1845 Number entered: 27 th state Motto: In

Post Cards, Old and New State Capitals, Tallahassee, 3-3-11, http://www.postcardsfrom.com/t1/000327.html

Post Cards, Florida State Stamps, 3-3-11, http://www.postcardsfrom.com/stamp/stamp-fl.html

Florida's new Capitol, a 1977 skyscraper, towers behind the old in

gleaming white modernity.