unit california slide powerpoint

State Flag• California’s state flag is called the Bear Flag.. State Capital• California’s state capital is Sacramento.. Senators of California• California’s United States Senators are D

State Symbols

California

State Flag

• California’s state flag is called the Bear Flag.

• It has a picture of a grizzly bear on it.

• The grizzly bear represents strength.

State Capital

• California’s state capital is

Sacramento.

• Sacramento is located east of San Francisco

Governor of California

• The Governor of

California is

Arnold

Schwarzenegger.

• He is a Republican

and is in his

second term.

Senators of California

• California’s United States Senators are Diane Feinstein and Barbara Boxer.

• Both women are Democrats.

State Nickname

• California’s nickname is the

“Golden State.”

• It is called the Golden State because of the Gold Rush and fields of golden poppies

State Motto

• California’s state motto is “Eureka!”

• Eureka is a Greek word and it means “I have found it!”

State Animal

• California’s state animal is the grizzly bear.

• There are no more wild grizzly bears in California.

State Flower

• California’s state flower is the golden poppy.

• Golden poppies grow in fields and along highways.

• Poppies have four petals.

State Tree

• California’s state tree is the redwood.

• Redwood trees grow along the northern coast of California.

• They are the tallest trees in the world.

State Bird

• California’s bird is the Valley Quail.

• Valley Quails build their nests on the ground.

State Quarter

• The California Quarter shows John Muir, a condor, and Half Dome in

Yosemite National Park.

State Song

I Love You, California

I love you, California, you're the

greatest state of all.

I love you in the winter, summer, spring

and in the fall.

I love your fertile valleys; your dear

mountains I adore.

I love your grand old ocean and I love

her rugged shore

THE END

by Meriem Ncir