3. Alaska
Nicknames:
The Last Frontier
The Land of the Midnight
Sun
State Since:
January 3, 1959
Alaska Flag:
About Flag: The Alaska
flag is a major symbol to
Alaska (like the America
flag is to the rest of the
U.S.).
4. Alaska Government
Currently Alaska’s governor Capitol:
is Sean Parnell. Alaska’s
governor was Pailn until Juneau
she quit “because of
family issues”. So Lt.
Gov. Sean Parnell
became governor
automatically. (Then he
got reelected.)
Governor Parnell Juneau is one of the smaller
cities in Alaska, but at the
time it was one of the
larger. That is why its the
capitol.
5. Cities & Pop.
Cities:
Fairbanks is the second most populated city in Alaska
(which is not that much Pop., but it has grown more since
than when I lived there). And if you haven't guessed
already thats where I have lived most of my life :)!
Fairbanks in one of the few cities an AK where there are
no mountains (but hills LIKE Duluth). PICTURE ON RIGHT
Anchorage is the most populated city in AK. Its bigger
than any city around here BUT not as big as Minneapolis. Alaska is bigger than
Texas (in land size)
but smaller in
Valdez is a smaller city in Alaska. It’s where my grand population than Rode
parents live. It’s also where 2 of the worst natural Island. In other words,
disasters happened, those would be Exon Valdez (the Alaska is the biggest
second biggest oil spill in North America) and the second state is land mass but
biggest earth quake in the world (which caused a huge the smallest state in
Tsunami). population!
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6. Human/Environment Stuff
The Human/Environment Interaction is
different in AK than other states. Since
the Pop. is low most of the wildness still
stands. There are lots of trees,
mountains, hills and etc.!
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7. Other State Stuff
The Alaska state flower is the”Forget Me Not”.
The Alaska state bird is the “Willow Ptarmigan”.
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9. Interesting Facts
Interesting Facts:
Every person is given $1000 a year. (But
unfortunately your parents can choose what
to do with it.)
Nobody lives in Igloos and Penguins don’t
live there.
Yes, there is a summer (it just doesn't get as
hot as here).
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