Armstrong kids Illinois

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  1. 2. chicago, IL is home to the world's largest public ____ (a place where you can check out books to take them home and read).
  2. 5. The sears tower (now technically the Willis Tower is the 2nd tallest in North america and 12th tallest in the world. it contains 25 _______ of electrical cable (choose the correct unit of Measurefrom this list: miles, Kilometers, Acres, Yards,Meters, Feet, inches)
  3. 6. Chicago is the _______ ( being next after the second in place or time) largest city in the U.S. Although metro Chicago only comprises 9% of the land in Illinois, it contains 65% of the population
  4. 10. The Chicago River's direction of flow was reversed by man-made canals from 1892-1922. It was, and still is, _______ ( thought of as ) an engineering marvel.
  5. 12. In 1865, Illinois became the first state to ratify (officially accept) the 13th amendment to the ____________ (a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.) abolishing slavery.
  6. 13. Illinois is the largest producer of ______s in the country. a _____________ is a large rounded orange-yellow fruit with a thick rind, edible flesh, and many seeds. The seeds of a pumpkin can be dried and eaten. It is also used to make _________ pie.
  7. 15. With a maximum north-south distance of 390 miles and east-west distance of 210 miles it can be genarlly said that Illinois is ________ ( two times : in doubled quantity or degree) as tall as it is wide.
  8. 16. Chicago became an ______ (the whole body of salt water that covers nearly three fourths of the surface of the earth) port with the opening of the Saint Lawrence Seaway in 1959. The seaway and the Illinois Waterway connected Chicago to both the Mississippi River and the Atlantic Ocean.
  9. 17. In 1837, the state legislators representing Sangamon County, under the leadership of state representative __________ Lincoln, succeeded in having the capital moved to Springfield, where a fifth capitol building was constructed. A sixth capitol building was erected in 1867, which continues to serve as the Illinois capitol today. Mr. Lincoln's first name was also the name of the Patriarch whose son Isaac was the founder of the Hebrew people and whose son ishmael was the founder of the Arab people.
  10. 20. The floodplain on the Mississippi River from Alton to the Kaskaskia River is known as the "American ______" (opposite of top).
  11. 21. In 1818, Illinois became the 21st U.S. state. The capital remained at Kaskaskia, headquartered in a small building ______ (pay someone for the use of their building) by the state. In 1819, Vandalia became the capital, and over the next 18 years, three separate buildings were built to serve successively as the capitol building.
  12. 22. Aurora is known as the City of Lights because it was the first U.S. _____ to use electric street lighting throughout the entire _____
  13. 23. Illinois averages approximately 51 days of __________ (The kind of storm that produces thunder and lightning) activity a year, which ranks somewhat above average in the number of thunderstorm days for the United States.
  14. 25. chicago's O'Hare airport and Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport are the two _______ (a superlative adjective) airports in the United States and possibly the world. They are so close in the number of planes that use them, that from one month to the next they often change which one was the _____.
  15. 27. Only two buildings survived the great Chicago fire, the Chicago ______ (H20) Tower and Pumping Station.
  16. 28. the word Illinois originates from the word "Illini," which was once a confederation of several Indian tribes. Illinois Confederation (also known as the Illini or Illiniwek), a group of 12–13 ________ American tribes in the upper Mississippi River valley of North America
  17. 29. While Chicago is huge and dominates most peoples thinking about the state of Illinois, in reality 80 _____ of the state is farmland.
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  1. 1. The Nabisco factory in Chicago is the world's largest ________ (place for baking) in the world at 1,800,000 square feet!
  2. 3. On a clear day, you can see four states – Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Michigan. Visibility from the Sears Tower Skydeck is approximately 40-50 miles (65 – 80 kilometers).
  3. 4. True or False....Chicago's nickname "The Windy City" actually came from an article describing long-winded politicians during a 1893 exhibition.
  4. 6. The ______ (s superlative adjective meaning the opposite of short) man ever documented was born in Alton, Illinois. Robert Pershing Wadlow was 8 feet 11 inches tall.
  5. 7. The Lincoln Park _____in Chicago is one of only three major free zoos in the county, and is the nation's oldest public _____(a place where many kinds of animals are kept so that people can see them).
  6. 8. Illinois is a great place for sweet treats. The first Dairy ______ (partner of a king) opened in 1940 in the city of Joliet
  7. 9. While Illinois is known as the "Land of Lincoln," Abraham Lincoln was not actually ____ in Illinois. Ronald Reagan is the only president to have been ____(existing as a result of birth) in Illinois.
  8. 11. Illinois is located in the _______ (variant of middle west) Region of the United States
  9. 12. Illinois has a humid continental _____(the usual weather conditions in a particular place or region), with hot, humid summers and cold winters.
  10. 14. Illinois is a very flat state. In fact, its highest point is a mere 1,235 feet above sea level. The fact that the observation deck is 1353 feet above the ground means that it is _______ above ground than the highes point of Illinois is above the river.
  11. 17. The Sears Tower in Chicago is the tallest building in ______.
  12. 18. The sears tower (now technically the Willis Tower is the 2nd tallest in North america and 12th tallest in the world. Its viewing platform is 412 _______ meters above the ground.
  13. 19. The Chicago Post Office at 433 West Van Buren is the only postal facility in the world you can drive a car through. Van Buren was the 8th president of the United States after serving as the eight Vice President and _________ (one that is number 10 in a series) secretary of state. Your grandpa lived on Van Buren street in Eugene Oregon while he was growning up.
  14. 21. The state bird is the Cardinal. Its color makes it very distinctive and easy to see.
  15. 24. Illinois had a prominent role in the emergence of the ________ (of or relating to the atomic nucleus)age. In 1967, Fermilab, a national ______research facility near Batavia, opened a particle accelerator, which was the world's largest for over 40 years. With eleven plants currently operating, Illinois leads all states in the amount of electricity generated from _______ power.
  16. 26. When your grandpa visited Chicago in 1972 his ________, Aunt Paula, took him to the tower and the rode the elevatore to the higest viewing area in the U.S. then just as I was standing by the window looking out, she told me that a few weeks earlier someone had been pushed through the window and fell to their death. From then on a stood about 10 feet or more from the edge and made sure there was no one behind me. In fairness she did add that they replaced the glass with something unbrakeable so it would not recur.