Arizona

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Arizona

• By Julia H.

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The State Fast Facts

• -Arizonas state flag, symbol of authority
• Bird Cactus Wren
• Flower Saguaro Cactus Blossom
• Tree Palo Verde
• The states nickname is The Grand Canyon State
• Arizonas capital is Phoenix

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The Region

• Arizona is located in the south west region.
  Its neighboring states are Colorado, California,
  Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. The climate in
  Arizona is, in the shade stays at a constant 120
  degrees. The highest temperature recorded ever is
  127F on July 7, 1905. The lowest temperature is
  40F on Jan. 7, 1971. The average temp. for July
  Jan. is 80F (July) 41F (Jan.) Part of
  Arizona is wide open deserts.
• The Arizona covers about 113,635 sq
  miles
• Highest elev. 633ft Humpherys
  Peak
• Lowest Elev. 70ft Colorado River

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Important cities
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• Arizonas capitol is Phoenix
• Major Cities
• Tucson - second largest city
• Mesa a suburban city east of Phoenix by
  15miles.
• Glendale one of the fastest growing cities in
  the U.S.
• Scottsdale noted art center
• Tempe a city on the Salt River
• Chandler golfing resorts popular on winter
  vacation
• Yuma a county at the tip of Arizona

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The Landforms

• Canyon de Chelly The Grand Canyon-
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• -Little Colorado
• river Monument Valley

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Tourist Attractions

• Many tourist attractions include The Grand
  Canyon, the Phoenix Zoo, and the cities Flag
  Staff and the capital. (Phoenix) Other
  attractions such as the Grand Canyon Railway are
  just as entertaining as the rest of the sites to
  see.

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History

• For more than 20,000 years people have been
  living in Arizona. Traces of human civilization
  in the Arizona desert relate all the way back to
  300 B.C. ( traces of Native Americans)
• Important events
• In 1889 Capital is moved to Phoenix. ( the
  capital was moved to many other cities but this
  time it was for sure to stay.)
• In 1971 the London Bridge is moved from the
  Thames River in London to Lake Havausu City in
  Arizona.
• Sandra Day OConnor becomes the first woman in
  the Supreme Court. (from Arizona)

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Would you like to live here?

• Reasons you might want to live here
• One reason you might choose to live here is
  because of all the major places to go or see.
  Like The Grand Canyon, the capital etc.
• Maybe because you are a geologist, someone who
  studies the earth and its landforms. And you
  wanted to study the canyons and other major
  landforms in that Arizona contains.
• Reasons you might not want to live here
• One reason you might not want to live here might
  be because you dont like the hot climates or you
  want to live in a place where you can relax.

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Why?

• -My reasons-
• Reasoning's behind my colors For slide one I
  choose to use the green because it matched my
  map. For my next slide I chose yellow because of
  the warm colorful deserts. The yellow helped show
  the deserts purpose. Slide three I made white
  because the information on this slide was the
  main focus I wanted the reader to see. On slide
  four, Major Cities, I decided that the background
  should be a light colored sea blue. This was to
  show the tremendous blue skies that surrounded
  the cities. Slide five, green again because the
  land forms on the slide needed a bright
  background for it to really stand out. Three,
  six, and nine are colorless because once I
  started slides without any color I decided to
  form a pattern, 2 with color, one without etc.
  Slides seven, eight, nine, and ten the colors
  just seemed to go.

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Work Cited

• -Library Books-
• Arizona by Kathleen Thompson Arizona by
  Ann Heinrichs
• These books were checked out at the Olive Chapel
  Elementary
• School Library.
• -Websites-
• The websites most helpful and that contained the
  most info were the Learn NC for Grade 5 the
  Grolier Online websites.
• Basically all my pictures were from the Grolier
  Online websites