A.   An off-shore oil spill.

B.   A massive river fish kill.

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

D.   A trash dump catching fire.

A.   Lancaster

B.   Pasadena

C.   Sacramento

D.   San Dimas

E.   San Diego

A.   The San Andreas Fault ends in San Francisco Bay

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.   There really was a major earthquake in Missouri

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

A.   A Mediterranean environment

B.   An Arctic environment

C.   Sea life found near Puerto Vallarta

D.   The Bahamas sea life

E.   The Indian Ocean

A.   The Coastal South.

B.   The Pacific Northwest.

C.   The Intermontane.

D.   The California region.

A.   Near the coast

B.   Near the center of Los Angeles

C.   In suburban areas

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

E.   Away from the coast

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

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

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

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

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

A.   The Defense Industry

B.   The Entertainment Industry

C.   The Forestry Industry

D.   The Petroleum Industry

A.   The Germans and the Prussians

B.   The French and the Portuguese

C.   The British and the Russians

D.   The Dutch and the Swedish

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

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

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

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

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

A.   San Francisco had a larger population

B.   Los Angeles had a larger population

C.   Los Angeles wasn't founded until after 1900

D.   Both cities had about the same population

A.   The bombing of Pearl Harbor

B.   The United States entered WWI

C.   The discovery of gold in California

D.   The turn of the 20th century

A.   Blackberries

B.   Bananas

C.   Nectarines

D.   Artichokes

E.   Asparagus

A.   The Coachella Canal.

B.   The All American Canal.

C.   The Los Angeles Aqueduct.

D.   The Colorado Aqueduct.

A.   Desert conditions

B.   Foggy areas

C.   Moist soil

D.   Very wet climates with cool temps

E.   Areas with winter rainfall

A.   Oblique

B.   Normal

C.   Vertical

D.   Horizontal

A.   Tourism, government, farm machinery, and dairy

B.   Government, agriculture, food processing, and aerospace

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

D.   Dairy, agriculture, government, and tourism

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.   Oil

B.   Water

C.   Money

D.   Gold

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

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

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

D.   The fame of the Los Alamos labs.

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

B.   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.

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

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

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.   Boomburb

C.   Penurbia

D.   Ethnoburbs

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

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

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

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

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

A.   Not enough farming

B.   Pollution

C.   Smog

D.   Rapid in-migration

E.   Water shortages

A.   To use natives as slave labor in agriculture.

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

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

D.   To catalog native tribes and their languages.

A.   Irrigation for agriculture

B.   Water for railroad corridors

C.   Deep water shipping channels

D.   Drinking water

E.   Water for amusement parks

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

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

C.   Along the west coast in what is today known as the state of California.

D.   In parts of the Coast Ranges where the normal lapse rate is dominant.

A.   The Hetch Hetchy Project.

B.   The California Aqueduct.

C.   The Central Valley Project.

D.   The Los Angeles Water Project.

A.   Dates and figs

B.   Strawberries and plums

C.   Lettuce and almonds

D.   Tomatoes and cotton

A.   The Salton Sea

B.   Alcatraz Island

C.   The Golden Gate Strait

D.   The Panama Canal

E.   The Sacramento River

A.   Superfund site

B.   State project

C.   Federal project

D.   Local project

E.   River

A.   A barrio

B.   Multiple nuclei

C.   An ethnoburb

D.   An exurb

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

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

C.   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

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.   Sycamore trees

B.   Pine trees

C.   Redwood trees

D.   Birch trees

E.   Cedar trees