Geography 417

Practice Quiz 1

California for Educators

The following quiz is provided for you to check your understanding of the material you will be responsible for knowing later in the semester.

Directions: Consult your class notes, your reading assignments or on-line exercises to find the information you need to complete this quiz. Similar questions will appear on the in-class version of this quiz, but it will be worth a greater portion of your semester-end grade. Click on the radio button that corresponds to the letter next to the best answer to the question.

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Question	Answer	Letter	Questions and Answer Options
1.	Answer 1	1.Which of the following questions best represents an ontological questions:
2.	Answer 2	2.	According to lecture, geography is divided into:
		a.	regional and local geography
		b.	historical and social scientific
		c.	scientific and humanistic geography
		d.	human and physical geography
3.	Answer 3	3.	If you were standing a 2 degrees west longitude on the equator, then you could walk north and eventually wind up in ____________.
		a.	England
		b.	The United States
		c.	China
		d.	Russia
4.	Answer 4	4.	Which of the following lines of latitude is the reference point for all the others?
		a.	the great circle
		b.	international date line
		c.	equator
		d.	prime meridian
5.	Answer 5	5.	This California city has a massive military presence, thanks in part to its excellent natural harbor:
		a.	Los Angeles
		b.	San Francisco
		c.	San Diego
		d.	Sacramento
6.	Answer 6	6.	Which of these valleys was the ancestral home to the Miwok Indians?
		a.	San Joaquin
		b.	Los Angeles
		c.	San Fernando
		d.	Sacramento
7.	Answer 7	7.	In the picture captioned "Palm Springs Indians", it appears that in 1900 at least, this tribe built structures made of what material:
		a.	redwood bark
		b.	bricks with clay roof tiles
		c.	wood and grass or thatch
		d.	earth and places dug from cliff faces
8.	Answer 8	8.	About how much of virgin coastal redwood forest still exists?
		a.	about half
		b.	about 5 percent
		c.	only about 50 acres
		d.	none, it's all been forested once
9.	Answer 9	9.	Most of San Francisco Bay is:
		a.	Over 200 feet deep
		b.	Over 100 feet deep
		c.	More than 50 ft deep
		d.	less than 12 feet deep
10.	Answer 10	10.	Which of these mountains is the highest in the lower 48 states?
		a.	Pikes Peak
		b.	Mt. Shasta
		c.	Old Baldy
		d.	Mt. Whitney

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Geography 417

Practice Quiz 1

California for Educators

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