New YorkBy Michaela Gustafsson

Kajalic

Maps

Symbols

Seal

AppleBeaver

Rose

Lady-bug

Eastern bluebird

Sugar Maple

Garnet

Sea Scorpion

Climate• generally humid continental climate•Pretty warm, mild weather during the summer•Cold, windy winters•terrain, elevation and exposure to bodies of water all cause variations in the climate•Flooding is very unusual but happens once in a while•There is really no wet or dry season, the amount of precipitation varies from month to month

SUMMER

W INTER

GovernmentExecutive

branch•headed by the governor, who is elected for a 4-year term• The lieutenant governor, the comptroller and the attorney general are also elected for 4 years• The governor appoints officials• the governor is also chief of the state military

Legislative Branch

•Has a senate and an assembly•All state legislators are elected for two-year terms•The most important legislative leader in the senate is the temporary president•The chief officer in the assembly is the speaker•Convene every year in January

Judicial branch

•Above these are the criminal count•Voters in 12 judicial districts elect the supreme court justices who have the charge of most criminal and civil cases•The supreme court has an appellate division•New York’s highest court is the court of appeals

Sports

New York Knicks

New York Mets

New York Yankees

Buffalo Bills

New York Rangers

Animals and Plants•Some of the native animals include the skunk, raccoon, striped grey squirrel, red and gray fox, Virginia opossum, eastern chipmunk, varieties of hare, woodchuck and the weasel•New York used to be almost all forest, even though it’s mostly second-growth timber now, some forests remain•The most common trees are white pine, spruce and hemlock•The peregrine falcon’s home can usually be found among the city’s skyscrapers

Raccoon Skunk

Red and Gray Fox Eastern Chipmunk

WeaselWoodchuck

• Area- 54475 sq. mi• Capital- Albany• The Great Lakes cover 3901 sq. mi• Highest point- Mt. Marcy, 5344 ft• Lowest point- Atlantic coast, sea level• The state’s most highest, rugged mountains are in the

north• Atlantic coastal plain in the southeast• Appalachian highlands cover half the state • Atlantic coastal plains are in the southeast

LAND

Regions

GN- Greater NiagaraCA- Chautauqua-Allegheny FL- Finger LakesCL- Central-Leather stockingTI- Thousand Islands-Seaway RegionAD- Adirondacks RegionCS- Capital Saratoga RegionCT- CatskillsHV- Hudson ValleyNYC- New York CityLI- Long Island

Museums

Metropolitan museum of art

Museum of modern art Whitney museum

of American art

American museum of natural history Solomon r.

Guggenheim museum

National baseball hall of fame and

museum

Music and theater

BroadwayCarnegie hall

Brooklyn Academy of Music

Lincoln Center For Performing Arts

American Ballet Theatre

Colleges•Berkeley College•Columbia University•Manhattan College•Manhattan School Of Music•Metropolitan College Of New York•New York Film Academy•New York Institute Of Technology•New York School Of Interior Design•Syracuse University•Us Military Academy•Julliard School

•Brooklyn Law School•Albert Einstein College Of Medicine

Berkeley CollegeJulliard School

U.S. Military school

Syracuse University

Brooklyn Law School

Albert Einstein School Of Medicine

State MottoI LOVE NEW YORK

(repeat 3 times)There isn't another like it.

No matter where you go.And nobody can compare it.It's win and place and show.

New York is special.New York is different cause

there's no place elseon earth quite like New York

and that's whyI LOVE NEW YORK.

(repeat 3 times)

State SongEXCELSIOR

Economy• 11th largest economy in the

world!!!• Industries- finance,

communications, international trade, publishing, fashion, farming and tourism

• Merchandise exports totaled $39.2 billion in 2003

• GDP(PPP)-$40,072• They export foodstuffs,

commodities, minerals, computers and electronics, cut diamonds and automobile parts

• The major agricultural products include dairy, apples, cherries, cabbage, potatoes, onions and maple syrup

• New York recently recovered from a bad economy

Albany• Attracts more people traveling

with business than for leisure• It has numerous parks which are

most pleasant to visit during the summer

• The city was built in the seventeenth century along the Hudson River

• Became the official capital of New York in 1777

•Over 3000 lakes and ponds•100 campgrounds•1000 miles of hiking•A place to relax, play or go on an adventure•Located in northern New York•It covers 6 million acres

Adirondack Park

Enchanted Forest Water safari

Adirondack Museum

Mt. Marcy

Saranac Lake

• THE FIRST HUMAN SETTLEMENT PROBABLY OCCURRED ABOUT 10,500 B.C, AFTER GLACIERS THAT

HAD COVERED THE REGION RETREATED.• SOMETIME AFTER AD 1000, TWO MAJOR NATIVE AMERICAN GROUPS EMERGED IN NEW YORK, THE

ALGONQUIAN AND THE IROQUOIAN• GIOVANNI DA VERAZZANO WHO WAS AN ITALIAN SHIP CAPTAIN IN THE SERVICE OF FRANCE ENTERED NEW YORK REGION BUT DID NOT EXPLORE THE AREA• THE FIRST SETTLEMENTS WERE MADE IN 1624 BY

THE DUTCH, WHO SENT OUT BOATLOADS OF PEOPLE. THEY SETTLED IN THE MODERN-DAY ALBANY

•IN 1664 KING CHARLES II DECIDED TO TAKE OVER ALL OF NEW YORK

• ABOUT HALF OF NEW YORK’S PEOPLE ARE OF BRITISH DESCENT

HISTORY

EvaluationSince New York has amazing things to see, a lot of

history, and even mountains, I think that there’s something for everyone, so it’s a great place to visit, and I think it would be cool to live there! If you went to New York city, the setting would be very modern and crazy, opposed to towns outside of New York City where there might be more farmlands, lakes, and more historical things to see like the Erie Canal, which is located west of the Hudson River; there’s even ski resorts, almost all in Central Leatherstocking and the Greater Niagra. So overall, I think that New York would be a great place to visit because there’s so many things to do.