A Tourist Map: Florida Geography Quiz 33 Monday, June 15

Which national park is a subtropical wilderness where alligators and crocodiles exist side by side?

Everglades National Park

Florida has a chain of islands that are North America's largest coral reef system. Name this chain of islands.

Florida Keys

Name at least one tourist attraction near Orlando.

You could've had one of the following: Walt Disney World, Sea World, Universal Studios, Epcot Center

Saint Augustine was founded in 1565. Why is it considered historic?

it is the oldest permanent European settlement in the U.S.

Which large water mammal makes its home in the bays and rivers of Florida?

manatee

Florida is called "The Sunshine State." Why?

300 days of sunshine on average per year

Florida is a major tourist destination. About how many people visit each year?

About 40 million tourists

Name the waterways that help to make Florida a peninsula.

Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico

NASA launches its manned space flights on Merritt Island, which is near which area?

Cape Canaveral