A.   A trash dump catching fire.

B.   The 100th death in Los Angeles due to air pollution.

C.   An off-shore oil spill.

D.   A massive river fish kill.

A.   Lancaster

B.   San Diego

C.   Sacramento

D.   San Dimas

E.   Pasadena

A.   Ground-shaking hazards from earthquakes extend all the way up to northern Washington

B.   Three of the most powerful earthquakes ever in the U.S. occurred along California's Central Coast

C.   An earthquake belt exists from Los Angeles southeast through the Imperial Valley

D.   The San Andreas Fault ends in San Francisco Bay

E.   There really was a major earthquake in Missouri

A.   The Bahamas sea life

B.   Sea life found near Puerto Vallarta

C.   An Arctic environment

D.   The Indian Ocean

E.   A Mediterranean environment

A.   The California region.

B.   The Intermontane.

C.   The Pacific Northwest.

D.   The Coastal South.

A.   Away from the coast

B.   In suburban areas

C.   Near the coast

D.   Non-Anglo ethnic groups live in suburban areas AND away from the coast

E.   Near the center of Los Angeles

A.   Hot winds blowing toward coast are known as Santa Ana winds

B.   Nearly 10% of all North American Native Americans before European contact lived in California

C.   The first Spanish exploration of California occurred around the mid-1500s

D.   California's original Native-American population consisted of large tribes with little cultural variation among tribes

E.   One of the great advantages of California is its climate

A.   The Petroleum Industry

B.   The Forestry Industry

C.   The Defense Industry

D.   The Entertainment Industry

A.   The French and the Portuguese

B.   The Dutch and the Swedish

C.   The British and the Russians

D.   The Germans and the Prussians

A.   The largest decrease in the number of farms appears to be in areas around San Diego

B.   Land-use competition is a one of the major issues facing California farms

C.   California accounts for more than 55% of all the irrigated water usage in the U.S.

D.   The largest increase in the number of farms would appear to be in the area immediately north of San Francisco

E.   California has more irrigated land than any other state in the U.S.

A.   Both cities had about the same population

B.   Los Angeles wasn't founded until after 1900

C.   Los Angeles had a larger population

D.   San Francisco had a larger population

A.   The bombing of Pearl Harbor

B.   The turn of the 20th century

C.   The discovery of gold in California

D.   The United States entered WWI

A.   Artichokes

B.   Bananas

C.   Asparagus

D.   Blackberries

E.   Nectarines

A.   The All American Canal.

B.   The Coachella Canal.

C.   The Colorado Aqueduct.

D.   The Los Angeles Aqueduct.

A.   Moist soil

B.   Very wet climates with cool temps

C.   Desert conditions

D.   Foggy areas

E.   Areas with winter rainfall

A.   Oblique

B.   Normal

C.   Horizontal

D.   Vertical

A.   Government, agriculture, food processing, and aerospace

B.   Aerospace, farm machinery, food processing, and government

C.   Dairy, agriculture, government, and tourism

D.   Tourism, government, farm machinery, and dairy

A.   Its reliance on underpaid migrant labor from Latin America.

B.   Too much farmland has been used for industrial farming and cannot be used for organic farms.

C.   The extinction of native species, due to loss of habitat, has resulted in certain plant eating insects and animals no longer having natural predators.

D.   The amount of farms starting to become unusable for agriculture because of the overuse of pesticides.

A.   Water

B.   Gold

C.   Oil

D.   Money

A.   The region was ideally located to attract and retain a highly educated workforce

B.   The power grid for California was centered around the Silicon Valley.

C.   The fame of the Los Alamos labs.

D.   The Silicon Valley was protected by massive shore defenses after WWII.

A.   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.

B.   A greater number of tribal conflicts caused groups to split and become isolated.

C.   The mild climate and rich diversity of resources.

D.   Past periods of disease forced isolation between many groups that led to cultural uniqueness.

A.   The name comes from the Native American Wiyot word for "Golden Land.

B.   The name comes from a knight the 11th century Old French Poem, the "La Chanson de Roland" or "The Song of Roland".

C.   The name comes from a mythical land in Spanish romance novel "Las Sergas de Esplandián" or "The Adventures of Esplandián".

D.   A tribute to the Infante de Isla California who funded many of the Christian missions.

A.   Microdistrict

B.   Ethnoburbs

C.   Boomburb

D.   Penurbia

A.   The climate north of San Francisco includes year-round precipitation

B.   In California's Central Valley, the rainfall is on the windward (western) side of the Sierra mountains

C.   California's Central Valley experiences warmer summer temperatures than the coastal regions

D.   The marine west coast climate includes mild temperatures with relatively little variation

E.   California's Central Valley is generally wetter than the coastal areas

A.   Smog

B.   Pollution

C.   Rapid in-migration

D.   Not enough farming

E.   Water shortages

A.   As a place for natives to go when they are sick or injured.

B.   To use natives as slave labor in agriculture.

C.   As a trading post between native tribes and Spanish merchants.

D.   To catalog native tribes and their languages.

A.   Irrigation for agriculture

B.   Drinking water

C.   Water for amusement parks

D.   Water for railroad corridors

E.   Deep water shipping channels

A.   In parts of coastal Oregon where maritime air dominates in both summer and winter months.

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.   On the lower slopes of low lying mountain ranges in the Atlantic Periphery region.

A.   The California Aqueduct.

B.   The Hetch Hetchy Project.

C.   The Central Valley Project.

D.   The Los Angeles Water Project.

A.   Dates and figs

B.   Lettuce and almonds

C.   Tomatoes and cotton

D.   Strawberries and plums

A.   The Salton Sea

B.   The Panama Canal

C.   The Sacramento River

D.   The Golden Gate Strait

E.   Alcatraz Island

A.   State project

B.   Local project

C.   Superfund site

D.   River

E.   Federal project

A.   Multiple nuclei

B.   A barrio

C.   An exurb

D.   An ethnoburb

A.   The development of the California Aqueduct was partially influenced by the fact that precipitation is heaviest in Northern California while water usage is greatest in Southern California

B.   The source of the Colorado River Aqueduct completed in 1939 was Parker Dam

C.   The primary water source of the original Los Angeles Aqueduct was Lake Tahoe

D.   The Metropolitan Water District was set up in 1928 to serve Los Angeles and 10 other cities

E.   The California Aqueduct runs from the Delta-Mendota Canal to the Western San Joaquin Valley and various Southern coastal urban centers

A.   Birch trees

B.   Sycamore trees

C.   Pine trees

D.   Redwood trees

E.   Cedar trees