Warm-Up Mon, Aug 17Draw the Arizona flag in the output section of

your interactive notebook.

Try to figure out what each symbol/color on the flag means and write your thoughts.

• 13 Sun Rays: Original 13 colonies• Red and Yellow: colors of Spain and our sunsets• Copper star in the middle: copper mining industry• Blue field: Colorado River

ARIZONA

Arizona used to be part of New Mexico

Draw this in your input; include the date

1863 Arizona became its own territory…

POP. 4, 673

Arizona really was the Wild West.

There were established laws in the territory, and settlers within local counties wanted to have well-run towns. However, often justice (or vengeance) was taken at the hands of the common people.

Tombstone

Phoenix 1880

Facts• First Capital of

Arizona: Prescott

• Second Capital of Arizona: Tucson

• Current Capital of Arizona: Phoenix .

..Prescott

Phoenix

Tucson

Capital: the most important city or town in a state or nation; usually the seat of government

Arizona “CAPITOL”

Capitol: the building in which

government business is conducted

CAPITOL

1899 While the

Capital Building

was being built.

Arizona State Library, Archives

and Public Records. History

and Archives Division. 

Facts (Continued)

• 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

2014 AZ Population: 6,731,484 people

Demographics as of 2013• Hispanic or Latino

30.3%• Black 4.6%• White persons not

Hispanic, 56.7%• Indian or Alaskan

5.3%• Asian 3.2%

Facts (Continued)• Governor of Arizona:

Doug Ducey

• Senators: Both are RepublicanJohn Jeff McCain Flake

• We lead the nation in copper production• The amount of copper on the roof of the

Capitol building is equivalent to 4,800,000 pennies.

• Two things made our population boom: trains & air conditioning.

• 6th largest state. All New England, plus the state of Pennsylvania would fit inside AZ.

Interesting facts about AZ

• Solar telescope located at Kitt Peak• Percentage of its land designated as

Indian lands AND Native American Population.

• Data center in Chandler. • To-scale collection of miniature

airplane models in Prescott. • Kachina doll in Carefree.• Solar Farm

We have the world’s largest:

Solar Panel Plant

It will be able to power 70,000 households while avoiding more than 400,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions,

Soon we will have the world’s largest…

It is illegal to hunt camels in Arizona

Facts (Continued)

• One of the 4 corner States…(can you name them?)

• Arizona • Colorado• Utah• New Mexico

• Only place in the U.S. where 4 states all meet at one spot.

Arizona is a place of vast extremes

Temperature Records

Highest temperature 128 degrees

June, 1944

Lowest temperature -40 degrees

Jan, 1944

(2000–2015 Sandbox Networks, Inc., publishing as Infoplease)

Arizona’s Size• 113,642 square miles in

area

• 400 miles north to south• 350 miles east to west

• 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

Counties• There are 15

counties in Arizona.

• Most of you live in Maricopa county. Next closest county to the school is Pinal county.

county: a subdivision of a state

We are the only state with naturally growing SAGUARO CACTUS

If you cut down a Saguaro cactus in Arizona, you could face up to a year in prison!

Other FactsState Tree =

State Neckwear

State Bird =

State Flower =

Palo Verde

Cactus Wren

Saguaro Blossom

Bolo Tie

READER!

ARIZONA Other States

How is Arizona unique?

This is the official seal of Arizona.

Describe what you see and why it’s there.

Warm-Up 8/19/15 Official motto of Arizona: DITAT DEUS “God Enriches”