Deck 15: California

Question 1

About how long was California a part of Mexico before it became a U.S.state?

A)25 years
B)50 years
C)100 years
D)200 years

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which term (originally applied to the Los Angeles area)is used by geographers to define and discuss an ethnic enclave located outside the city's downtown?

A)An ethnoburb
B)A barrio
C)An exurb
D)Multiple nuclei

Answer 2

A

Question 3

In 1900,which was the city with a larger population,San Francisco or Los Angeles?

A)Los Angeles had a larger population
B)San Francisco had a larger population
C)Both cities had about the same population
D)Los Angeles wasn't founded until after 1900

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The Spanish Mission system had two main purposes,to convert the native population to Catholicism and to what?

A)To use natives as slave labor in agriculture.
B)To catalog native tribes and their languages.
C)As a trading post between native tribes and Spanish merchants.
D)As a place for natives to go when they are sick or injured.

Question 5

What was the capital of Spanish California?

A)Sacramento
B)Sonoma
C)Monterey
D)Los Angeles

Question 6

What was the main economic engine of Spanish California?

A)Gold mining
B)Cattle ranching
C)Wheat farming
D)Ocean Fishing

Question 7

The primary direction of movement along the San Andreas Fault is what?

A)Horizontal
B)Vertical
C)Oblique
D)Normal

Question 8

Looking at the map (15.6),what local water project takes water from the Colorado River?

A)The All American Canal.
B)The Coachella Canal.
C)The Colorado Aqueduct.
D)The Los Angeles Aqueduct.

Question 9

What happened to California in 1848 that resulted in a massive influx of American settlers during the next few years?

A)The last native groups were controlled or eliminated.
B)The transcontinental railroad was completed.
C)California became part of the United States.
D)Gold was discovered in the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas.

Question 10

According to the text,the name California comes from what?

A)The name comes from a mythical land in Spanish romance novel "Las Sergas de Esplandián" or "The Adventures of Esplandián".
B)A tribute to the Infante de Isla California who funded many of the Christian missions.
C)The name comes from a knight the 11th century Old French Poem,the "La Chanson de Roland" or "The Song of Roland".
D)The name comes from the Native American Wiyot word for "Golden Land.

Question 11

What two European groups,beside the Spanish,sent explorer to California coast?

A)The French and the Portuguese
B)The Germans and the Prussians
C)The British and the Russians
D)The Dutch and the Swedish

Question 12

Mediterranean climates are prevalent in which part of North America?

A)On the lower slopes of low lying mountain ranges in the Atlantic Periphery region.
B)In parts of the Coast Ranges where the normal lapse rate is dominant.
C)Along the west coast in what is today known as the state of California.
D)In parts of coastal Oregon where maritime air dominates in both summer and winter months.

Question 13

The Dust Bowl and the Great Depression brought many of what group immigrants to California?

A)Chinese
B)African-American
C)Okie
D)Mexican

Question 14

Mount Shasta and Mount Lassen in the far northeastern part of California,were formed by what process?

A)The transformative motion of the North American plate against the Pacific plate.
B)The divergence of the North American plate and the Juan de Fuca plate.
C)The subduction of the Juan de Fuca plate beneath the North American plate.
D)The convergence of the North American Plate against the Pacific plate.

Question 15

A Mediterranean climate,many endemic species,and many fault lines are associated with the physical geography of what region?

A)The Pacific Northwest.
B)The California region.
C)The Intermontane.
D)The Coastal South.

Question 16

The highest peak in the lower 48 states is located where?

A)The Sierra Nevadas
B)The Rocky Mountains
C)The Cascade Range
D)The Tehachapi Mountains

Question 17

Which of the following agricultural crops is grown in California,but nowhere else in the United States?

A)Dates and figs
B)Tomatoes and cotton
C)Lettuce and almonds
D)Strawberries and plums

Question 18

Why does the text say there is a greater density and cultural diversity of Native Americans living in California,than in the rest of North America,prior to European contact?

A)A greater number of tribal conflicts caused groups to split and become isolated.
B)The mild climate and rich diversity of resources.
C)Past periods of disease forced isolation between many groups that led to cultural uniqueness.
D)The flat terrain and lack of wetlands in the Central Valley drew many Native American immigrants from the surrounding Aztec,Mayan,Great Basin and Puget Sound tribes.

Question 19

Which of the following is the water-control project that takes water from the Owens Valley and sends it to Los Angeles?

A)The California Aqueduct.
B)The Hetch Hetchy Project.
C)The Central Valley Project.
D)The Los Angeles Water Project.

Question 20

If you were traveling from Monterey on the California Coast to visit Yosemite National Park,on the eastern side of the state,what three major land forms would you pass through? (in order)

A)The Klamath Mountains,the Cascade Range and the Modoc Plateau.
B)The Transverse Ranges,the Mojave Desert and the Great Basin.
C)The Coast Ranges,the Central Valley and the Sierra Nevadas.
D)The Central Valley,the Sierra Nevadas and the Great Basin.

Question 21

One of the weaknesses of California's massive agricultural economy is what?

A)Its reliance on underpaid migrant labor from Latin America.
B)The amount of farms starting to become unusable for agriculture because of the overuse of pesticides.
C)Too much farmland has been used for industrial farming and cannot be used for organic farms.
D)The extinction of native species,due to loss of habitat,has resulted in certain plant eating insects and animals no longer having natural predators.

Question 22

Which of the following are two major industries in San Diego County?

A)Tourism and the U.S.Navy
B)High technology and commercial manufacturing.
C)Fruit agriculture and wine
D)Import/export and computer manufacturing.

Question 23

In the Southern California conurbation most non-Anglo ethnic groups live in what area?

A)Near the center of Los Angeles
B)Near the coast
C)In suburban areas
D)Away from the coast
E)Both C and D

Question 24

What non-white ethnic group makes the largest percentage of California's population?

A)African American
B)American Indian
C)Asian
D)Latino

Question 25

Spanish missions were located about 30 miles apart because ________.

Question 26

The concentration of high-technology firms in Silicon Valley is primarily related to what factor?

A)The region was ideally located to attract and retain a highly educated workforce
B)The fame of the Los Alamos labs.
C)The Silicon Valley was protected by massive shore defenses after WWII.
D)The power grid for California was centered around the Silicon Valley.

Question 27

The predominantly African American suburbs of Inglewood and Baldwin Park near Los Angeles are examples of what?

A)Microdistrict
B)Ethnoburbs
C)Boomburb
D)Penurbia

Question 28

Winter snows in the Sierra Nevada Mountains are important to cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles because ________.

Question 29

Santa Clara County and the City of San Jose are centers of what industry?

A)Oil refining
B)High technology
C)Ranching
D)Tourism

Question 30

The City of San Francisco grew to become the largest city on the West Coast after what?

A)The United States entered WWI
B)The turn of the 20th century
C)The discovery of gold in California
D)The bombing of Pearl Harbor

Question 31

The Central Valley of California can be divided into two regions based on the ________ in that portion of the valley,the Sacramento Valley and the San Joaquin Valley.

Question 32

The Coast Ranges are generally ________ than the interior mountain ranges of California.

Question 33

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and fighting in the South Pacific led to the establishment of what industry in California?

A)The Entertainment Industry
B)The Petroleum Industry
C)The Defense Industry
D)The Forestry Industry

Question 34

In the early 1900s,________ began a major change in California agriculture that has led over time to the region becoming the leading agricultural state in the United States.

Question 35

What California county grew from less than 150,000 people around 1950 to more than 3 million today and became associated with rapid,sprawling suburban development?

A)Fresno County
B)San Francisco County
C)Marin County
D)Orange County

Question 36

What 1969 disaster in Southern California prompted the organization of the first Earth Day in 1970?

A)The 100th death in Los Angeles due to air pollution.
B)A trash dump catching fire.
C)An off-shore oil spill.
D)A massive river fish kill.

Question 37

What large California city,located near the coast and surrounded by mountain ranges,is plagued by smog?

A)San Francisco
B)Sacramento
C)Los Angeles
D)San Diego

Question 38

In California deserts occur in ________.

Question 39

Which of following best describes the major industries of Sacramento,California?

A)Government,agriculture,food processing,and aerospace
B)Tourism,government,farm machinery,and dairy
C)Dairy,agriculture,government,and tourism
D)Aerospace,farm machinery,food processing,and government

Question 40

Divisions between northern California and southern California are exacerbated by conflict over what resource?

A)Oil
B)Water
C)Money
D)Gold

Question 41

Though relatively small,explain the direct economic impact of California's entertainment industry on revenue generation.

Question 42

Describe at least three factors that led to the tremendous growth of California's population and economy since 1850.

Question 43

The rapid growth of the high technology industry in Silicon Valley has led to ________ and ________,which has made it more difficult for firms to attract employees.

Question 44

Explain the relationship between California's landforms,climates and vegetation.How do the landforms and climates interact to create the patterns of ecosystems seen today?

Question 45

The highest concentration of wealthy people in California live near ________.

Question 46

California's urban areas tend to spread out horizontally over large areas because ________.

Question 47

If few prospectors got rich during the California gold rush got rich,why is it considered one of the most influential events in California history? What impacts did the gold rush have on the landscape of California?

Question 48

During the early 20th century movie executives were attracted to southern California because ________.

Question 49

Why does California have the largest and most extensive system of water projects in the world?

Question 50

In contrast to farms east of the Rockies,only about half of farms in California are run by ________.