HAWAII

HAWAII FACTS

• Motto: Ua mau ke ea ka aina I pono " The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness"
• Flower: Hawaiian hibiscus
• Bird: Nene
• Song: Hawaii pono'i
• Tree: Candlenut
• Nickname: Paradise, aloha state
• Settlement not found
• Polynesians settled first

FUN FACTS

• Hawaii is the only U.S. State with a tropical rainforest.
• Haleakala means (house of sun)
• Hawaii is the only U.S. State that grows, coffee beans, cocoa, and vanilla beans.
• Hawaii is the proto-polynesian meaning 'place of gods' or 'homeland'
• NASA astronauts got trained for moon voyages by walking on its lava fields.

HISTORICAL FIGURES

• Barack Obama —He was president of the United States
• Kaahumanu —Hawaiian queen
• Daniel K. Inouye — senator

HISTORICAL EVENT PEARL HARBOR

• World War II ,1941. It was a beautiful day in Oahu. December 7,1941 at 7:03 the skies were surrounded by fighter planes, it was an attack by the Japanese. 7:45am, the USS Arizona got sunk. 1,177 people died when the Arizona sunk. That was a dark day in history.

JURASSIC PARK

• There’s no doubting the inspiring scenic beauty of Hawaii’s Island of Discovery. But did you know dozens of filmmakers were inspired by Kauai’s beauty as well? For decades movies and television shows have used Kauai as the stunning backdrop for their epic stories, from “South Pacific” to “Jurassic Park.” Take a movie tour to learn about the more than 60 feature films shot on location in Kauai or you can discover them for yourself and make your own movie moments.

CURRENT DAY FACTS

• The capital is: Honolulu
• The current governor is: David Ige
• An industry important to Hawaii is: agriculture
• It's found in Honolulu
• It helps raise money and attracts tourists.
• They grow pineapples, bananas, macadamia nuts, and coffee beans.

WILDLIFE

• Indian Mongoose — fast moving small animal
• Fiery Skipper — males are orange and yellow, females are dark brown with orange or yellow spots.
• 'Apapene — Hawaiian honeycreeper bright crimson feathers
• Pacific golden ployer — to long breeding adults is spotted gold and black crown back wings.

POPULAR SPORTS

• Famous sports are golf and football.
• Golf is famous because they have a course where they play championships and golf for a cup.

WEBSITES CITED

• En.wikipedia.org
• www.instanthawaii.com
• Hawaiifunfact.com
• www.huffingtonpost.com