FLORIDA FACTS

LEARN ALL ABOUT FLORIDA!

LOWEST AND HIGHEST POINTS

THE LOWEST POINT: SEA LEVEL

THE HIGHEST POINT: BRITTON HILL

BODIES OF WATER: ALANTIC OCEAN, GULF OF MEXICO, AND THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA

NEIGHBORING STATES: GEORGIA AND ALABAMA

STATE NICKNAME AND MOTTO

STATE MOTTO - IN GOD WE TRUST STATE NICKNAME - THE

SUNSHINE STATE

HISTORY OF FLORIDA

DATE OF STATEHOOD- MARCH 3,1845 RATIFIED TO THE U.S.-

NOVEMBER 5, 1968 STATE NAME OF ORIGIN- PASCUA FLORIDA

SYMBOLS OF FLORIDA

FLAG- CONSISTS OF RED SALTIRE, ST. ANDREW'S CROSS, ON A WHITE BACKGROUND,

WITH THE STATE SEAL IN THE MIDDLE STATE BIRD- NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD

STATE TREE- CABBAGE PALMETTOSTATE FLOWER- ORANGE BLOSSOMSTATE ANIMAL- FLORIDA PANTHER

STATE MAMMAL- MANATEE AND DOLPHINSTATE INSECT- PRAYING MANTIS

STATE BEVARAGE- OJSTATE SHELL- HORSE CONCH

STATE GEM-MOONSTONE

SYMBOLS OF FLORIDA

INDIAN TRIBES

THE TIMUCUA INDIAN TRIBE WAS AN AMERICAN INDIAN TRIBE WHO LIVED IN

NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. THEY WERE THE LARGEST INDIAN GROUP IN THAT AREA, AND

CONSISTED OF 35 CHIEFDOMS LEADING ABOUT 1,000 OTHERS.

EXPLORERS

HERNANDO DE SOTO WAS A SPANISH EXPLORER WHO LED THE FIRST EUROPEAN EXPEDITION DEEP INTO THE TERRITORY OF THE MODERN DAY UNITED STATES AND THE

FIRST DOCUMENTED EUROPEAN TO CROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

FAMOUS PEOPLE

VICTORIA JUSTICE, JACK GRIFFO, AND PEYTON LIST WERE ALL BORN IN FLORIDA, BUT MOVED

TO CALIFORNI A.

PLACES TO VISIT

PEOPLE OFTEN VISIT DISNEY WORLD, SEA WORLD, AND UNIVERSAL.

SPORTS TEAMS

VERY COMMON SPORTS TEAMS PEOPLE LIKE TO WATCH ARE- THE SEMINOLES, THE MIAMI DOLPHINS, AND THE MIAMI HURRICANES.

ME!

THIS

IS A PICTURE OF MY FAVE SINGER DEMI

LOVATO! DONE BY CAYLEY,4TH GRADER, MRS.

CUMMINGS CLASS.