State Symbols California

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State SymbolsCalifornia
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State Flag

• Californias state flag is called the Bear Flag.
• It has a picture of a grizzly bear on it.
• The grizzly bear represents strength.

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State Capital

• Californias state capital is Sacramento.
• Sacramento is located east of San Francisco.

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Governor of California

• The Governor of California is Arnold
  Schwarzenegger.
• He is a Republican and is in his second term.

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Senators of California

• Californias United States Senators are Diane
  Feinstein and Barbara Boxer.
• Both women are Democrats.

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State Nickname

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

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State Motto

• Californias state motto is Eureka!
• Eureka is a Greek word and it means I have found
  it!

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State Animal

• Californias state animal is the grizzly bear.
• There are no more wild grizzly bears in
  California.

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State Flower

• Californias state flower is the golden poppy.
• Golden poppies grow in fields and along highways.
• Poppies have four petals.

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State Tree

• Californias state tree is the redwood.
• Redwood trees grow along the northern coast of
  California.
• They are the tallest trees in the world.

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State Bird

• Californias bird is the Valley Quail.
• Valley Quails build their nests on the ground.

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State Quarter

• The California Quarter shows John Muir, a condor,
  and Half Dome in Yosemite National Park.

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State Song
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