Arizona Notes
Learning Goals: Learning Goals:
Identify Identify important key important key facts about facts about Arizona.Arizona.
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Arizona Facts
•Arizona got its name from the word:
•ARIZONAC which is an Indian word for: –place of the small spring.
Facts:
Facts:• First Capital of
Arizona: Prescott
• Second Capital of Arizona: Tucson
• Current Capital of Arizona: Phoenix .
..Prescott
Phoenix
Tucson
Facts (Continued)• Became a State:
February 14, 1912
• Arizona was the 48th State in the United States.
• Alaska = 49th • Hawaii = 50th
Facts (Continued)• Arizona is the 6th largest
state in size•Alaska = #1•Texas = #2
Facts (Continued)
• Nickname: The Grand Canyon State
• Population: 5,130,632 people
•20th largest population in the U.S.
•#1 is California = 34,000,000 people
Facts (Continued)• Governor of Arizona:
Jan Brewer
• Senators: Both are RepublicanJohn Jon
McCain Kyl
Facts (Continued)• One of the 4 corner
States: •Arizona •Colorado•Utah•New Mexico
• Only place in the U.S. where 4 states all meet at one spot.
Facts (Continued)• 5 C’s of Arizona:
•Cotton•Cattle•Copper•Citrus•Climate
Arizona’s Size
• 400 miles north to south• 350 miles east to west
• 113,642 square miles in area
• Humphrey’s Peak = highest point in the state = 12,633 feet
• Yuma desert = lowest point in the state
How Land is Divided
• 45% federal lands• 27% federal trust land = Indian
reservations• 13% state owned• 15% private ownership
TemperaturTemperature Recordse Records
Highest temperature 127 degrees
Lowest temperature -40 degrees
Other FactsState Tree =
Palo Verde
State Bird = Cactus Wren
State Flower = Saguaro Blossom
Facts (Continued)
Flag: The 13 stripes of red and gold on the top half of the flag represent both the 13 original colonies of the Union, and the rays of the Western setting sun. Red and gold were also the colors carried by Coronado's Spanish expedition in search of the Seven Cities of Cibola in 1540. The bottom half of the flag has the same Liberty blue as the United States flag. Since Arizona was the largest producer of copper in the nation, a copper star was placed in the flag's center. This flag was adopted in 1917.
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