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Federal/State Holidays
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Social Studies
10th Grade
04/26/2012

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What does the Red color on a flag represent?
Definition
Hardiness & Valor
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What does the white color on the flag represent?
Definition
Purity & Innocence
Term
What does the blue color on the flag represent?
Definition
Vigilience, Perseverance, & justice
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What does the bald eagle symbolize?
Definition
Strength & freedom
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What is the PA state bird?
Definition

Ruffed Grouse

 

Term
What is the PA state animal?
Definition
White-tailed deer
Term
What is the PA state dog?
Definition
Great Dane
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State tree?
Definition
Eastern Hemlock
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State beverage?
Definition
Milk
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State insect?
Definition
Firefly
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State fish?
Definition
Brook Trout
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State plant?
Definition
Penngift Crownvetch
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Describe and explain the official seal of the United States?
Definition
In the center is the bald eagle. In it's beak it has an inscribed E and it stands for out of many, one which means out of one nation, 13 colonies were made. One claw holds an olive brance and the other holds a bundle of 13 arrows. They stand for the power of peace and war.
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Describe and explain the seal of PA.
Definition

Has 2 faces. Obverse and the reverse. Obverse- The main face. Identical to the coat of arms without the horses. Has a sailing ship (carries state commerce to all parts of the world), Clay red plough (signifies our rich natural resources), and 3 sheaves of wheat (fertile fields). To the left is indian corn and to the right is an olive branch (peace and prosperity). The crest is an eagle.

 

 

Term
What does the Alamo memorialize?
Definition
Most often used as a battle cry
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What does the st. luis gateway arch memorialize?
Definition
Westward expansion & the lewis & clark exploration
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Which 4 presidents are on Mt. Rushmore?
Definition
George W. Thomas Jefferson. Theodor Rosevelt. Abraham Lincoln
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Why is there a ring around the Washington Monument?
Definition
50 state union
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What does the statue of liberty's torch represent?
Definition
Liberty
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What does the statue of liberty's crown of spikes represent?
Definition
7 seas and continents
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What is the statue of liberty's full name?
Definition
Liberty enlightening the world
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What is the name of the statue atop the rotunda at the us capitol?
Definition
Freedom trumpit
Term
Where does the president live?
Definition
The white house
Term
What is the building that houses the House of reps and the senate?
Definition
The form
Term
in what year did the supreme court finally receive a building in the nations' capitol? What is the motto?
Definition
1790, equal justice under law
Term
what is the motto of pa?
Definition
Virtue, liberty, and independence
Term
Where is the independence hall?
Definition
philli
Term
What 2 important documents were crafted or signed in the independence hall?
Definition

Decleration of Independence. Articles of confederation. Constitution

 

Term
What is the national flower?
Definition

Mountain Laurel

Term
Who is the cartoonis who drew most cartoons of Uncle Sam?
Definition
Thomas Nast
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Where is the most famous uncle same appearance?
Definition
Army recruiting poster
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Where was the original home of the liberty bell?
Definition
Independence hall
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Where did the liberty bell move to during war time?
Definition
Zion's Reformed Church
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Where is the liberty bell today?
Definition
In Philly at the Liberty Bell Pavilion
Term
What does the lincoln memorial symbolize?
Definition
His belief that all people should be free
Term
How should a flag be hungg on a wall?
Definition
parallel to the floor
Term
When should a flag be displayed?
Definition
From sunrise to sunset
Term
Describe the position of the flag when flown with other flags
Definition
It should be on the right of the line of flags, or it should be in the front & centered.
Term
How should the flag be displayed near a podium?
Definition

above and behind the speaker, or to the speaker's right as he faces the audience



Term
How should you carry the flag?
Definition
Folded in a triangle
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What is one custom for destroying a torn and tattered American Flag?
Definition
By burning it if it can not be displayed anymore and by having a ceremony.
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