ALASKA

PHYSICAL FEATURES

• Alaska has many mountains and glaciers

GOVERNMENT

• Alaska's governor is bill walker
• Alaska's government style is democratic.

ECONOMIC FEATURES

• Some economic features of Alaska include oil

TOURIST ATTRACTIONS

• Some tourists attractions in Alaska are the anchorage museum and kenai Fjords natural park

POPULAR CITIES

• The capital city of Alaska is Juneau.
• Popular cities in Alaska are Sitka,anchorage, and the capital

LAND AREA

• Alaska's land area is 663,300 mi²

POPULATION

• In 2014 Alaska's population was 736,732 people

HISTORICAL EVENTS

• 100 million bc land masses collided to create Alaska

CLIMATE

• Alaska's climate is subarctic

NATURAL RESOURCES

• Some natural resources of Alaska include gases, oil, minerals, fish

RELIGIONS

• In Alaska the main religion is Eastern Orthodox and secondary is Lutheran

LANGUAGES WIDELY SPOKEN

• The top three languages spoken in Alaska are English Spanish and Hmong

EDUCATIONAL FACTS

• Some colleges in Alaska are the university of Alaska anchorage and the university of Alaska Fairbanks

FLAG

• Alaska's flag is the 7 stars that make up the Big Dipper and the North Star with a blue back

STATE STUFFS

• The state bird is the willow ptarmigan
• The state motto is " north to the future"
• The state tree is the Sitka spruce
• The state flower is the forget me not
• The state nickname is the last frontier

CURRENT EVENTS

• A body was pulled out of willow creek and has been identified as an anchorage man.

AMERICAS LAST FRONTIER

• Alaska is called the last frontier because because it is so distant and it "was" the last state to join.

RESOURCES

• State Facts for Students. (n.d.). Retrieved November 2, 2015.
• acts from the US Census Bureau. (n.d.). Retrieved November 2, 2015.
• Natural Resources & the Environment. (n.d.). Retrieved November 2, 2015.