IDAHO The Gem State

IDAHOThe Gem State

Pärnu Ühisgümnaasium, 11. March, 2011, PärnuSiim Morin, Karel Reisenbuk, Alex-Martin Aas

The shape of the state and the largest cities

• State flag

General Information

• Capital : Boise• Total area : 83,570 sq. Miles• Admission to Union : July 3, 1890 • Top 3 Industries: 1. Manufacturing 2. Agriculture 3. Tourism

General Information

Elevation•Highest point : Borah Peak 3,862 km•Lowest point : Snake River 217 m Religion•Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 23%•Evangelical Protestant 22%•Catholic 18%

Symbols

• Idaho state quarter (25 cents)Esto Perpetua "Let it be perpetual"

• Official state bird as of 1931Mountin Bluebird

Symbols

• Potato is considered as the vegetable of the state.

• Since 1990 the cutthroat trout is the official state fish

Weird outdated laws

• The residents of Boise may not fish from a giraffe’s back.

• You can’t ride a merry-go-round on Sundays.• In Pocatello, “It is prohibited for pedestrians

and motorists to display frowns, generally all of which reflect unfavorably upon the city’s reputation.”

Used sources

• Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho

• James Harrison, Eleanor Van Zandt, New York, Kingfisher Books, The Young Peoples Atlas of the United States, September 1996

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