State Symbols California

1. State Symbols California

2. 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.

3. State Capital

• California’s state
capital is
Sacramento.
• Sacramento is
located east of San
Francisco.

4. Governor of California

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

5. Senators of California

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

6. 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.

7. State Motto

• California’s state
motto is “Eureka!”
• Eureka is a Greek
word and it means “I
have found it!”

8. State Animal

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

9. State Flower

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

10. 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.

11. State Bird

• California’s bird is
the Valley Quail.
• Valley Quails build
their nests on the
ground.

12. State Quarter

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

13. 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.

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