State Symbols
The Nevada State Flower
What is Sage Brush
This alpine lake is the largest in North America and partially resides in Nevada
What is Lake Tahoe?
Nevada is home to these Native American Tribes
Who are the Paiute, Washoe and Shoshone?
Nevada became a state in this year.
When was 1864?
This was the major industry and job provider in Sparks when it was created.
What is the railroad?
The Nevada state colors
what is silver and blue?
These five states share a border with Nevada
What is California, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, and Arizona
The first town in Nevada.
What is Genoa?
Lots of Art and sculptures in Reno, including the BELIEVE sign in downtown Reno comes from this festival not far from the city itself.
What is Burning Man?
Nevada is the largest U.S. producer of this metal, and the second largest producer in the world.
What is gold?
The Nevada state reptile
What is the desert tortoise
This manmade lake formed after the completion of the Hoover Dam. It is also very low on water today.
What is Lake Mead
The Sierra Nevada Mountain range here in the western United States was named after the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Spain, which translates to what in english?
What is snow covered mountains?
Every year, Reno celebrates this car show in the first week of August.
What is Hot August Nights?
This animal was used as a pack animal across Nevada until the late 1800s. They still race them in Virginia City today.
What is the camel?
The Nevada state tree
What is Bristlecone pine or Single-Leaf Piñon
Nevada is home to the greatest amount of these natural landforms. They were mentioned during our recent science unit.
What are mountains (mountain ranges)?
Winnemucca is known for being the new home and cultural hub for many of this European ethnic group that propelled the sheepherding business after immigrating here in the 1800s.
Who are the Basque people?
This clothing item was invented in Reno in the 1870's by Jacob Davis and Levi Strauss.
What are blue jeans?
Las Vegas has more of these than any other city in the world. Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas has 3,960 of them alone.
What are hotel rooms?
The Nevada State metal
What is Silver?
This river, although it starts in California, empties into Pyramid Lake, Nevada.
What is the Truckee River?
This city is the only municipality in Nevada that does NOT permit gambling. It is also near the Hoover Dam (hint: it shares the first name of the Hoover Dam)
What is Boulder City?
Reno got its name from this man, who never actually visited Reno.
Who was General Jesse Reno (General Reno)?
Located in Circus Circus in both Reno and Las Vegas, it provides children and adults ton of fun and entertainment.
What is the Circus Circus Midway?