1. Behar, Robert Activity #1 November 19, 2014

2. ZZoo: Brookfield zoo MMuseum: Museum of science and industry LLake: Lake Carlyle CCampground: Shabbona Lake State Park NNational park: Apple River Canyon State Park

3.  The capital of Illinois is Spring field Other major cities are: Chicago Rockford Peoria Champaign Galena Urbana Peoria Naperville

4.  Population: 12,830,632  Motto: “State Sovereignty”  State flower: violet  Flag colors: two blue horizontal stripes on a field of white, each stripe one-sixth the height of the full flag

5. PPlease DO visit our state French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet, in 1673, were the first Europeans of record to visit the region. In 1699 French settlers established the first permanent settlement at Cahokia, near present-day East St. Louis. Great Britain obtained the region at the end of the French and Indian Wars in 1763. The area figured prominently in frontier struggles during the Revolutionary War and in Indian wars during the early 19th century. Today, Illinois stands high in manufacturing, coal mining, agriculture, and oil production. The state's manufactures include food and agricultural products, transportation equipment, chemicals, industrial machinery, and computer equipment The door is always open!