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National Symbols Worksheet

1. Name some national symbols:

2. True or False: Symbols can stand for something that is: too big to carry around or something we
can't physically touch like an idea or a belief.
3. What do the 13 stripes of the the flag stand for?
4. What do the 50 stars on the flag symbolize?
5. The Pledge of allegiance was write over __________________ years ago.
6. A republic is a country where people choose others ( representatives) to make ____________
for them.
7. What does liberty mean?
8. What does Justice mean?
9. The flag with a combination of Britain's flag and the 13 strips was called :
a) the flags and stripes
c) majestic colors
b) the continental colors
d) union colonist flag
10. When did congress vote on having a flag:
a) July 4 Th, 1812
b) June 14 Th, 1777
c) 1818
c) 1960
11. Circle a couple of nick names for the flag:
a) Old Glory
b) Old Yeller
c) Stars and Stripes
c) Beautiful Banner
12. The Liberty Bell was rung on July 8th, 1776 to summon everyone to come to independence hall
in Philadelphia to hear the first public reading of the _______________________.
13. The inscription on the Liberty Bell reads proclaim liberty throughout all the land Unto all the
inhabitants thereof and it is from the _______________.
14. Which country gave us the Statue of Liberty?
15. What does the bald Eagle stand for?
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