2. WHAT STATE BORDERS ILLINOIS –I–INDINA, IOWA, MICHIGAN, KENTUCKY, WISCONSIC, AND MISSOURI

3. WHAT IS THE STATE BIRD, FLOWER, TREE, FLAG, AND NICKNAME BIRD-CARDINAL TREE-WHITE OAK FLOWER-VIOLET FLAG-MATIVE

4. WHAT REGION IS ILLINOIS IN? MIDWEST

5. WHAT ARE SOME MAJOR TOURIST ATTRACTIONS IN ILLINOIS KASKASKIA

6. WHAT FAMOUS PEOPLE ARE FROM ILLINOIS MICHALEL JORDEN

7. WHAT IS ILLINOIS’ STATE CAPITAL? SPRINGFIELD

8. WHAT IS ILLINOIS POPULATION 11,466,682

9. WHAT IS ILLINOIS LANDSCAPE THE SHAWNEE HILLS-1,065 MILES LONG

10. WHAT IS ILLINOIS TRADITIONS? RAVINIA MUSIC FESTIVAL IN HIGHLAND PARK

11. WHO IS ILLINOIS GOVENOR JIM EDGAR

12. WORKS CITED Feely, Kathleen. Illinois: The Prairie State. Milwaukee: World Almanac Library, 2002. Aylesworth, Thomas. “Illinois.”The New Book of Knowledge. 2001, Vol.9, pp.62- 76. “Illinois.” WWW.ILLINOIS.GOV. January 29, 2008.WWW.ILLINOIS.GOV