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Geography 417: California for Educators |
Political Features |
Knowing where major counties, cities and historical locations are on a map is a good first step to understanding why California is the way it is.
Listed below are the political features that you are responsible for knowing on map quizzes and tests. Generally, features in bold type, are more likely to appear in class readings and lectures, and therefore more likely to appear on a quiz or test.
Cities | County | Counties | |
Anaheim | Orange | Alameda | |
Bakersfield | Kern | Alpine | |
Berkeley | Alameda | Amador | |
Burbank | LA | Butte | |
Chula Vista | San D | Calaveras | |
Concord | Colusa | ||
Corona | Contra Costa | ||
Costa Mesa | Del Norte | ||
Daly City | El Dorado | ||
Downey | LA | Fresno | |
El Monte | Glenn | ||
Escondido | San D | Humboldt | |
Fairfield | Imperial | ||
Fontana | Inyo | ||
Fremont | Kern | ||
Fresno | Kings | ||
Fullerton | Lake | ||
Garden Grove | Lassen | ||
Glendale | Los Angeles | ||
Hayward | Madera | ||
Huntington Beach | Marin | ||
Inglewood | LA | Mariposa | |
Irvine | LA | Mendocino | |
Lancaster | LA | Merced | |
Long Beach | Modoc | ||
Los Angeles | Mono | ||
Modesto | Monterey | ||
Moreno Valley | Napa | ||
Norwalk | Nevada | ||
Oakland | Orange | ||
Oceanside | San D | Placer | |
Ontario | LA | Plumas | |
Orange | Riverside | ||
Oxnard | Ventura | Sacramento | |
Palmdale | LA | San Benito | |
Pasadena | LA | San Bernardino | |
Pomona | LA | San Diego | |
Rancho Cucamonga | San Francisco | ||
Richmond | San Joaquin | ||
Riverside | Riverside | San Luis Obispo | |
Sacramento | Sacra. | San Mateo | |
Salinas | Santa Barbara | ||
San Bernardino | Riverside | Santa Clara | |
San Buenaventura (Ventura) | Ventura | Santa Cruz | |
San Diego | San D | Shasta | |
San Francisco | Sierra | ||
San Jose | Siskiyou | ||
Santa Ana | Solano | ||
Santa Clara | Sonoma | ||
Santa Clarita | LA | Stanislaus | |
Santa Rosa | Sutter | ||
Simi Valley | Ventura | Tehama | |
South Gate | Trinity | ||
Stockton | Tulare | ||
Sunnyvale | Tuolumne | ||
Thousand Oaks | Ventura | Ventura | |
Torrance | LA | Yolo | |
Vallejo | Yuba | ||
West Covina | LA |
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If you have questions or comments, please contact me at steve.graves@csun.edu