Symbols
What is a symbol?
What tool did the gold miner have that breaks rock?
Pick
What does the the scale the woman in white is holding represent?
Justice
Why are there pine trees on the Shield as a symbol?
To represent the lumber industry.
What is a cornucopias?
A basket for holding fruit and vegetables.
What is an example of a symbol?
This tool the gold miner had that is used to dig.
Shovel
What does the spear the woman in white holding a symbol for?
Liberty
What is the name of the river on the shield?
The Snake River
Why is the elk head used as a symbol on the seal?
The wildlife of Idaho.
Name three different symbols!
Mr. Coneff decides if answers chosen are correct.
This is piled next to the gold miner, and is rock that has gold in it.
Ore
What does the woman in white represent?
Purity of a new state.
What is the shield a symbol for?
The people protecting the state.
Why is the elk head near the shield?
As a symbol of the laws protecting wildlife.
What did the symbol of the golden arches represent?
McDonalds
This is a place that rocks with gold are broken up.
Stamp mill
Why is the woman in white the same height as the Gold Miner?
To represent equality for women or equal rights for women.
What are the mountains and valley a symbol for?
Idaho's landforms.
What is the cornucopias a symbol for on the symbol?
The never ending supply of food.
Who made the Great Seal of Idaho?
Emma Edwards Green
What do all these symbols of the gold miner represent?
The gold rush and why people were moving to Idaho.
Why did there need to be a symbol for women's equality on our seal?
Because at the time it was made, things were not always equal for women.
Where is the shield on the Great Seal?
In the middle.
Why is there a variety of different vegetables shown in the picture?
To represent the variety and importance of agriculture in Idaho.