Geography 417: California for Educators

Preparation  Quizzes   

 

Below are links to a series of practice quizzes that are intended to help you prepare for the more valuable quizzes you will be asked to take in-class.  They are also intended to give you an incentive to stay current on the readings so that you will be prepared to attend class.

 

One strategy you may consider is to print each quiz out before you read each assignment and pencil in your answers as you go through the readings.

Another strategy is to read the assignment first and then use the quiz to check the degree to which you have retained what you read. 

 

I DO NOT recommend that you simply flip through the pages of the assigned readings hoping to spot the answer to each question because this defeats the purpose of the practice quizzes AND in-class quizzes and exam may cover material beyond what is covered by the limited number of on-line quiz questions.

 

Quiz Topics or Readings Covered
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Quiz 1- Introductory lecture,  disciplinarity, latitude/longitude exercise.
2 Quiz 2: Lectures over California's weather, climate, biomes and agricuture; tables, graphs and timelines. Fradkin Ch 1.
3 Quiz 3: Lecture, OL History Readings
4 Quiz 4: Prepare for lecture on 4-19 (OL History of Mexican California, Fradkin Ch 2) AND quiz over lecture on 6-14 about Indians and Exploration.
5 Quiz 5: Prepare for lecture on 6/19 and review for quiz over lecture from 6/19
6 Quiz 6: Prepare for Gold Rush lecture and prepare for quiz over Mexican-Era California.
7 Quiz 7: Prepare for Railroad Era Quiz and for the Quiz over Gold Rush California
8 Quiz 8: Prepare for Progressive Era lecture and In class quiz over Railroad Era.
9 Quiz 9: Prepare for Depression Era lecture and practice for quiz over Progressive Era
10 Quiz 10: Prepare for lecture over the WWII and the Post-War Era and the quiz over the Depression.
11 Quiz 11: lecture

 

 

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