ALASKA

IT WAS MADE IN...

ALASKA STATE FLAG

• Adopted in 1927
• It stands for big dipper
• The colors are: background blue, stars yellow

INTERESTING FACTS

• Alaska gets 3 months of sunshine or 3 months of no sunshine.
• Alaska is one of the biggest states in the world.
• The iditarod dog sled race is held in Alaska every March. Iditarod means "a distant place"
• Alaska was the 49th state in the U.S.A
• Alaska has about 5,000 earthquakes every year

STATE KNICKNAMES

• Last Frontier
• The Great Land
• Land Of The Midnight Sun.

AREA OF ALASKA

STATES/OCEANS THAT BORDERS ALASKA

• By south is the Pacific Ocean
• By the north is the Artic ocean
• By the east it is Canada
• By the west it is the Pacific ocean

STATE SYMBOLS

• State bird: Ptarmigan
• State flower: Forget-me-not
• State tree: Sitka spruce
• Another state symbol: Seal

MOUNTAIN MCKINLY

• This is the tallest mountain in South America
• This mountain is in Alaska

A FAMOUS PERSON IN ALASKA

EARTHQUAKES

RUSSIANS

• They took over Alaska in the 1700s to 1867
• The U.S.A bought Alaska off the russians for 2cents an acre.

ANIMALS IN ALASKA

• Seals
• Bears
• Wolves
• Porcupines
• Polar bears

WE HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR SUMMER