Every state has a state seal. What are three things you see on the Indiana state seal?
Question 2
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What is your favorite thing on the seal? Why?
Tuesday:
The highest point in Indiana is Hoosier Highpoing in Wayne County, where it is 1,257 feet above sea level. The lowest point is along the Ohio River in Posey county, where it is only 320 feet above sea level.
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Wednesday:
The French were the first to explore Indiana. French explorer Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, traveled from Canada to claim the area of Indiana for the French in 1679. He was searching for a waterway that would take him all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
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Thursday:
John Chapman traveled the midwestern United States planting apple seeds that would one day grown into beautiful apple orchards! You may better know John Chapman as Johnny Appleseed! Johnny died near Fort Wayne in 1845. His gravesite is now the Johnny Appleseed Park.
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Question 10
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The highest point in Indiana is ____ feet above sea level.
12,657
1,752
1,257
The lowest point in Indiana is below sea level.
True
False
The country of France was the first to send people to explore Indiana.
True
False
La Salle's journey into Indiana began in Canada.
True
False
La Salle hoped to find a way to sail from Canada to the Pacific Ocean.
True
False
La Salle might have traveled through what is now the state of Michigan on his way from Canada to Indiana.
True
False
John Chapman and Johnny Appleseed are the same person.
