A.   A massive river fish kill.

B.   An off-shore oil spill.

C.   A trash dump catching fire.

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

A.   Pasadena

B.   San Diego

C.   San Dimas

D.   Sacramento

E.   Lancaster

A.   There really was a major earthquake in Missouri

B.   The San Andreas Fault ends in San Francisco Bay

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

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

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

A.   An Arctic environment

B.   Sea life found near Puerto Vallarta

C.   The Indian Ocean

D.   A Mediterranean environment

E.   The Bahamas sea life

A.   The California region.

B.   The Pacific Northwest.

C.   The Coastal South.

D.   The Intermontane.

A.   In suburban areas

B.   Near the coast

C.   Away from the coast

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

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

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 Forestry Industry

B.   The Petroleum Industry

C.   The Entertainment Industry

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

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

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

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

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

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

A.   The turn of the 20th century

B.   The discovery of gold in California

C.   The bombing of Pearl Harbor

D.   The United States entered WWI

A.   Artichokes

B.   Nectarines

C.   Asparagus

D.   Bananas

E.   Blackberries

A.   The Los Angeles Aqueduct.

B.   The Coachella Canal.

C.   The All American Canal.

D.   The Colorado Aqueduct.

A.   Areas with winter rainfall

B.   Moist soil

C.   Very wet climates with cool temps

D.   Desert conditions

E.   Foggy areas

A.   Normal

B.   Horizontal

C.   Vertical

D.   Oblique

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

B.   Government, agriculture, food processing, and aerospace

C.   Dairy, agriculture, government, and tourism

D.   Tourism, government, farm machinery, and dairy

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

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

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

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.

A.   Water

B.   Money

C.   Gold

D.   Oil

A.   The fame of the Los Alamos labs.

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 Silicon Valley was protected by massive shore defenses after WWII.

A.   The mild climate and rich diversity of resources.

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

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

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.

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

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

A.   Boomburb

B.   Ethnoburbs

C.   Penurbia

D.   Microdistrict

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

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

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

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

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

A.   Rapid in-migration

B.   Smog

C.   Pollution

D.   Water shortages

E.   Not enough farming

A.   To catalog native tribes and their languages.

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

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

D.   To use natives as slave labor in agriculture.

A.   Water for railroad corridors

B.   Irrigation for agriculture

C.   Drinking water

D.   Water for amusement parks

E.   Deep water shipping channels

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

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

A.   The Central Valley Project.

B.   The Hetch Hetchy Project.

C.   The California Aqueduct.

D.   The Los Angeles Water Project.

A.   Dates and figs

B.   Tomatoes and cotton

C.   Strawberries and plums

D.   Lettuce and almonds

A.   Alcatraz Island

B.   The Salton Sea

C.   The Sacramento River

D.   The Golden Gate Strait

E.   The Panama Canal

A.   River

B.   State project

C.   Superfund site

D.   Local project

E.   Federal project

A.   A barrio

B.   An ethnoburb

C.   An exurb

D.   Multiple nuclei

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

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

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

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

A.   Sycamore trees

B.   Redwood trees

C.   Birch trees

D.   Pine trees

E.   Cedar trees