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.   Sacramento

B.   San Dimas

C.   Pasadena

D.   Lancaster

E.   San Diego

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

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

A.   An Arctic environment

B.   A Mediterranean environment

C.   The Indian Ocean

D.   Sea life found near Puerto Vallarta

E.   The Bahamas sea life

A.   The Pacific Northwest.

B.   The California region.

C.   The Intermontane.

D.   The Coastal South.

A.   Away from the coast

B.   Near the coast

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

D.   Near the center of Los Angeles

E.   In suburban areas

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

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

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 Entertainment Industry

B.   The Petroleum Industry

C.   The Defense Industry

D.   The Forestry Industry

A.   The Germans and the Prussians

B.   The French and the Portuguese

C.   The Dutch and the Swedish

D.   The British and the Russians

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

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

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

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

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

A.   Both cities had about the same population

B.   San Francisco had a larger 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 United States entered WWI

C.   The turn of the 20th century

D.   The discovery of gold in California

A.   Bananas

B.   Asparagus

C.   Nectarines

D.   Blackberries

E.   Artichokes

A.   The Los Angeles Aqueduct.

B.   The Coachella Canal.

C.   The All American Canal.

D.   The Colorado Aqueduct.

A.   Moist soil

B.   Very wet climates with cool temps

C.   Desert conditions

D.   Areas with winter rainfall

E.   Foggy areas

A.   Normal

B.   Oblique

C.   Horizontal

D.   Vertical

A.   Dairy, agriculture, government, and tourism

B.   Tourism, government, farm machinery, and dairy

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

D.   Government, agriculture, food processing, and aerospace

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

A.   Water

B.   Gold

C.   Money

D.   Oil

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.

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.   The mild climate and rich diversity of resources.

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.   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.   Penurbia

B.   Boomburb

C.   Ethnoburbs

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

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

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

A.   Smog

B.   Pollution

C.   Water shortages

D.   Not enough farming

E.   Rapid in-migration

A.   To use natives as slave labor in agriculture.

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 catalog native tribes and their languages.

A.   Water for railroad corridors

B.   Water for amusement parks

C.   Deep water shipping channels

D.   Drinking water

E.   Irrigation for agriculture

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 California Aqueduct.

B.   The Central Valley Project.

C.   The Hetch Hetchy Project.

D.   The Los Angeles Water Project.

A.   Dates and figs

B.   Strawberries and plums

C.   Tomatoes and cotton

D.   Lettuce and almonds

A.   The Sacramento River

B.   The Golden Gate Strait

C.   The Salton Sea

D.   The Panama Canal

E.   Alcatraz Island

A.   Federal project

B.   Local project

C.   Superfund site

D.   River

E.   State project

A.   An ethnoburb

B.   A barrio

C.   Multiple nuclei

D.   An exurb

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

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

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

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

E.   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

A.   Redwood trees

B.   Pine trees

C.   Birch trees

D.   Sycamore trees

E.   Cedar trees