A.   An off-shore oil spill.

B.   A trash dump catching fire.

C.   A massive river fish kill.

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

A.   San Dimas

B.   Lancaster

C.   Pasadena

D.   Sacramento

E.   San Diego

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

B.   The San Andreas Fault ends in San Francisco Bay

C.   There really was a major earthquake in Missouri

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

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

A.   An Arctic environment

B.   The Bahamas sea life

C.   A Mediterranean environment

D.   The Indian Ocean

E.   Sea life found near Puerto Vallarta

A.   The California region.

B.   The Intermontane.

C.   The Pacific Northwest.

D.   The Coastal South.

A.   Away from the coast

B.   Near the coast

C.   In suburban areas

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

E.   Near the center of Los Angeles

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

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

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

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

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

A.   The Defense Industry

B.   The Petroleum Industry

C.   The Entertainment Industry

D.   The Forestry Industry

A.   The British and the Russians

B.   The Dutch and the Swedish

C.   The Germans and the Prussians

D.   The French and the Portuguese

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

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

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

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

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

A.   San Francisco had a larger population

B.   Both cities had about the same population

C.   Los Angeles wasn't founded until after 1900

D.   Los Angeles 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.   Blackberries

B.   Asparagus

C.   Artichokes

D.   Bananas

E.   Nectarines

A.   The Coachella Canal.

B.   The All American Canal.

C.   The Colorado Aqueduct.

D.   The Los Angeles Aqueduct.

A.   Moist soil

B.   Areas with winter rainfall

C.   Very wet climates with cool temps

D.   Desert conditions

E.   Foggy areas

A.   Normal

B.   Oblique

C.   Vertical

D.   Horizontal

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

B.   Dairy, agriculture, government, and tourism

C.   Government, agriculture, food processing, and aerospace

D.   Tourism, government, farm machinery, and dairy

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

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

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

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

A.   Gold

B.   Money

C.   Oil

D.   Water

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

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

C.   The fame of the Los Alamos labs.

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

A.   The mild climate and rich diversity of resources.

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

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

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

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

A.   Microdistrict

B.   Penurbia

C.   Ethnoburbs

D.   Boomburb

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

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

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

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

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

A.   Smog

B.   Pollution

C.   Not enough farming

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.   To catalog native tribes and their languages.

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

A.   Drinking water

B.   Water for railroad corridors

C.   Deep water shipping channels

D.   Irrigation for agriculture

E.   Water for amusement parks

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

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 coastal Oregon where maritime air dominates in both summer and winter months.

A.   The California Aqueduct.

B.   The Central Valley Project.

C.   The Los Angeles Water Project.

D.   The Hetch Hetchy Project.

A.   Tomatoes and cotton

B.   Dates and figs

C.   Strawberries and plums

D.   Lettuce and almonds

A.   The Golden Gate Strait

B.   The Sacramento River

C.   The Salton Sea

D.   The Panama Canal

E.   Alcatraz Island

A.   Local project

B.   Superfund site

C.   Federal project

D.   State project

E.   River

A.   A barrio

B.   An ethnoburb

C.   Multiple nuclei

D.   An exurb

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

B.   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

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

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

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

A.   Sycamore trees

B.   Pine trees

C.   Birch trees

D.   Cedar trees

E.   Redwood trees