Symbols of Idaho
Study Guide
Test: Monday, September 19th
1. The ___Monarch Butterfly____ migrates to the coast of California when it gets cold.
2. Idaho’s Great Seal was designed by ___Emma Edwards Green______.
3. The state fruit of Idaho is _the wild huckleberry____.
4. Idaho’s state vegetable is the__potato____.
5. Idaho’s state fossil is the _Hagerman Horse______.
6. Spaniards brought this symbol to America in 1519. _____Appaloosa Horse______
7. The mountain bluebird may have been chosen as the Idaho state bird because it is thought to be a symbol of ____Happiness______.
8. Idaho’s state motto, Esto Perpetua, means ___To last forever______.
9. The tallest western white pine can be seen in __Clearwater_ County.
10. Idaho’s state fish is the _cutthroat trout__. It got its name because it has _a red slash like line under the jaw___.
11. Idaho’s state gem is the _star garnet__.
12. Name one of the counties where the gem can be found. ____Latah or Benewah______
13. The title of Idaho’s state song is __Here we Have Idaho__.
14. Explain how something becomes an official symbol of a state. __The state legislature decides which symbols best represent the state of Idaho and then votes to make the symbols official.
15. Tell how the Appaloosa was named. __Settlers called them Palouse horses because they grazed by the Palouse River. Later the name was changed to appaloosa.
16. Every object of the Great Seal was put there for a reason. Tell what each of the following things stand for:
The man __represents the importance of mining in Idaho.______
The woman __represents the purity of a new state, justice, liberty, and equality.
The elk’s head
_represents wildlife in Idaho. Put behind the shield to show Idaho should protect its wildlife.______
The cornucopias
___represents the never ending supply of food available in Idaho. ______
The shield
__shows that the people of Idaho should protect the state. It also shows some of Idaho’s landforms and industries. ______