Geography 417: California For Educators

 Practice Quiz: 10            

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.

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Lecture Prep

1.

What is the source of the water in the LA River, when rainfall is not present?

FRADKIN Text

a.

mostly groundwater from the Santa Monicas

 

b.

mostly ground water from the Santa Susannas

 

c.

treated and untreated waste waters

Answer 1:

d.

There is no water in the LA River when it isn't raining.

Lecture Prep

2.

Which of these nationalities DOES NOT have its largest community outside the home country in Los Angeles?

FRADKIN Text

a.

Germans

 

b.

Armenians

 

c.

Filipinos

Answer 2:

d.

Guatemalans

Lecture Prep

3.

Which of these groups have not changed much as a percent of the total population in Los Angeles?

FRADKIN Text

a.

Whites

 

b.

Latinos

 

c.

Asians

Answer 3:

d.

Blacks

Lecture Prep

4.

Which of these companies was once very significant presence in the hills just west of the San Fernando Valley?

FRADKIN Text

a.

IBM

 

b.

Boeing

 

c.

General Motors

Answer 4:

d.

Rocketdyne

Lecture Prep

5.

When were the palm trees on Sherman Way in the San Fernando Valley planted?

FRADKIN Text

a.

1880

 

b.

1900

 

c.

1911

Answer 5:

d.

1942

Quiz Practice

6

Who was the charismatic evangelical preacher of the Depression Era who was "kidnapped", only to revealed to be having an illicit affair?

 

a.

Sister Aimee

 

b.

Douglas Fairbanks

 

c.

Dr. Townshend

Answer 6:

d.

Merle Haggard

Quiz Practice

7.

What was the colorful name given to one of cash-payment plans suggested by would-be politicians during the Depression?

 

a.

Rice n' Beans

 

b.

Ham n' Eggs

 

c.

Bread n' Butter

Answer 7:

d.

All of these competing plans could be found.

Quiz Practice

8

Women in this industry fought with some success for shorter work weeks and minimum wages during the 1930s

 

a.

Canneries

 

b.

Shoe and Textile manufacturing

 

c.

School teachers

Answer 8:

d.

Shipbuilding

Quiz Practice

9.

Which of the following authors became famous for his Califonia based novels?

 

a.

Langston Hughes

 

b.

John Steinbeck

 

c.

Jack London

Answer 9:

d.

Dorthea Lange

Quiz Practice

10.

Culbert Olsen was elected Governor of California during the 1930s.  He was the only _____________ Governor elected in California for nearly 80 years.

 

a.

Republican

 

b.

Democrat

 

c.

Independent

Answer 10:

d.

Technocrat

 

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