A.   An off-shore oil spill.

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

C.   A trash dump catching fire.

D.   A massive river fish kill.

A.   San Diego

B.   Pasadena

C.   Sacramento

D.   Lancaster

E.   San Dimas

A.   The San Andreas Fault ends in San Francisco Bay

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

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

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

E.   There really was a major earthquake in Missouri

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 Pacific Northwest.

B.   The California region.

C.   The Intermontane.

D.   The Coastal South.

A.   Away from the coast

B.   In suburban areas

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

D.   Near the center of Los Angeles

E.   Near the coast

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 Forestry Industry

C.   The Defense Industry

D.   The Petroleum Industry

A.   The Germans and the Prussians

B.   The British and the Russians

C.   The Dutch and the Swedish

D.   The French and the Portuguese

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

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

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

D.   California accounts for more than 55% of all the irrigated water usage 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.   Los Angeles wasn't founded until after 1900

B.   San Francisco had a larger population

C.   Los Angeles had a larger population

D.   Both cities had about the same population

A.   The United States entered WWI

B.   The discovery of gold in California

C.   The turn of the 20th century

D.   The bombing of Pearl Harbor

A.   Artichokes

B.   Bananas

C.   Blackberries

D.   Nectarines

E.   Asparagus

A.   The Los Angeles Aqueduct.

B.   The Coachella Canal.

C.   The Colorado Aqueduct.

D.   The All American Canal.

A.   Foggy areas

B.   Very wet climates with cool temps

C.   Desert conditions

D.   Areas with winter rainfall

E.   Moist soil

A.   Oblique

B.   Vertical

C.   Normal

D.   Horizontal

A.   Dairy, agriculture, government, and tourism

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

C.   Tourism, government, farm machinery, and dairy

D.   Government, agriculture, food processing, and aerospace

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

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.   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.   Gold

B.   Money

C.   Oil

D.   Water

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

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

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

D.   The fame of the Los Alamos labs.

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

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

C.   The mild climate and rich diversity of resources.

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

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

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

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

A.   Ethnoburbs

B.   Penurbia

C.   Boomburb

D.   Microdistrict

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

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

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

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

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

A.   Not enough farming

B.   Pollution

C.   Water shortages

D.   Smog

E.   Rapid in-migration

A.   To use natives as slave labor in agriculture.

B.   To catalog native tribes and their languages.

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

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

A.   Irrigation for agriculture

B.   Water for amusement parks

C.   Deep water shipping channels

D.   Drinking water

E.   Water for railroad corridors

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 Central Valley Project.

B.   The California Aqueduct.

C.   The Hetch Hetchy Project.

D.   The Los Angeles Water Project.

A.   Lettuce and almonds

B.   Dates and figs

C.   Tomatoes and cotton

D.   Strawberries and plums

A.   The Panama Canal

B.   The Golden Gate Strait

C.   The Sacramento River

D.   Alcatraz Island

E.   The Salton Sea

A.   Superfund site

B.   Local project

C.   River

D.   Federal project

E.   State project

A.   An ethnoburb

B.   An exurb

C.   Multiple nuclei

D.   A barrio

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

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

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

A.   Pine trees

B.   Redwood trees

C.   Birch trees

D.   Sycamore trees

E.   Cedar trees