State Worksheet

My name is: _____________________________________________________________ State Worksheet The state I’d like to live in is: ______________________________________________________ 1. Map: Find a good image online and save a copy in your folder on your computer desktop. 2. Population: _______________people in the 2000 census. Area (total): _______square miles. Why do so many (or so few) people live in this state? Is it a big or small state? Does most of the population live in big cities or is it spread out? Are these facts reasons why you would like to live there?_______________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 4. Region (circle one): Northeast

Southeast

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Find a good image online portraying the landscape. What does most of the state look like? For example, does it have lots of water, mountains, trees, desert area, flat land? Does it make it a good place to live?__________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 5. State capitol: _____________________________________________________________ 6. State nickname: ___________________________________________________________ 7. Date of admission (date that it became a state): ___________________________________ It was the ________ state admitted to the United States. 8. State flag: a. Find a good image online and save a copy in your folder on your computer desktop. b. Describe what is on the state flag. What do the pictures, symbols, and/or colors mean? __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________

9. State motto: _______________________________________________________________ Does the motto relate to why you want to live there? If so, how?____________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 10. Climate: a. What is the average temperature in the winter? _____________ Summer? ______________ b. What is the average snowfall per year? _________________ Rainfall? ___________________ c. Describe other climate conditions: Is it rainy, sunny, warm, cold, dry and barren, tropical? ____________________________________________________________________________ d. Describe what you like about the climate and if it has anything to do with why you want to live there _______________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________

Find five of the most important events or changes in the history of your state Find a good image for each online and save a copy in your folder on your computer desktop. 1. Date: ___________________________ Place: __________________________________ What happened? ___________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ It was important because _____________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 2. Date: __________________________ Place: __________________________________ What happened? ___________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________ It was important because _____________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 3. Date: __________________________ Place: __________________________________ What happened? ___________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ It was important because _____________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 4. Date: __________________________ Place: __________________________________ What happened? ___________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ It was important because _____________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 5. Date: __________________________ Place: __________________________________ What happened? ___________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ It was important because _____________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________