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Lecture Prep |
1. |
Why
did most California Indians use acorns for their staple item in their diet? |
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a. |
Acorns have a lot of calories |
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b. |
Acorns were abundant |
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c. |
Acorns were easy to store |
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Answer 1: |
d. |
All of these |
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Lecture Prep |
2. |
What resource management practice did the 'hunter and
gatherer' tribe engage in that helped boost production of food? |
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a. |
managing buffalo waste to fertilize crops |
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b. |
using dead fish to fertilize crops |
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c. |
building dams to help catch fish |
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Answer 2: |
d. |
fire to improve soil and remove ground cover |
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Lecture Prep |
3. |
Which of the following explorers is generally regarded as the
"discoverer" of California? |
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a. |
Drake |
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b. |
Coronado |
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c. |
Cabrillo |
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Answer 3: |
d. |
Juan De Fuca |
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Lecture Prep |
4. |
The El Camino Real is now generally aligned with what
California Highway? |
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a. |
The Pacific Coast Highway |
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b. |
US 101 |
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c. |
Interstate Highway 5 |
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Answer 4: |
d. |
U.S. Route 50 |
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Lecture Prep |
5. |
Why did people from Russia and the United States first visit
California? |
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a. |
Fur trading |
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b. |
Piracy |
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c. |
Gold |
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Answer 5: |
d. |
Protestant Missionaries |
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Lecture Prep |
6 |
The presidio was largely charged with _________ as its
primary task. |
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a. |
Promoting trade with the Indians of the interior. |
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b. |
Establishing and defending Spanish territory claims |
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c. |
Defending the missions against Indian attack. |
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Answer 6: |
d. |
Producing food for the colonists. |
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Quiz
Practice |
7. |
Which of these parts of California is likely to get the most
orographic precipitation? |
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a. |
Los Angeles Basin |
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b. |
Great Central Valley |
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c. |
Sierra Nevadas |
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Answer 7:
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d. |
Basin and Range |
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Quiz
Practice |
8 |
Flash floods, especially in the high desert are most often
caused by the ___________ type of precipitation? |
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a. |
orographic |
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b. |
warm fronts |
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c. |
convectional |
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Answer 8:
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d. |
winter monsoons |
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Quiz
Practice |
9. |
Typically, Southern California weather is largely a result
of: |
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a. |
Dry winds coming out of the desert |
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b. |
Washington
and Oregon "taking" all the rain |
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c. |
dry winds blowing in from Mexico |
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Answer 9:
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d. |
prevailing high pressure situated over the eastern Pacific
Ocean |
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Quiz
Practice |
10. |
Most of the rain that falls in the northern part of
California, especially on the coast, during the winter months is a product
of ___________. |
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a. |
convectional showers |
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b. |
cyclonic/front storms |
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c. |
orographic snow |
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Answer 10:
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d. |
none of the above |
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Quiz
Practice |
11. |
What is California's most valuable agricultural product? |
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a. |
cotton |
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b. |
milk and cream |
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c. |
soybeans |
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Answer 11:
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d. |
Citrus |
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Quiz
Practice |
12. |
Perhaps there are more dairy farms in the counties
surrounding LA than elsewhere. Why? |
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a. |
these counties were settled by many Swiss and German settlers |
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b. |
they are close to major markets for dairy products |
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c. |
the soil is unable to support other agricultural pursuits |
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Answer12:
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d. |
all of the above |
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Quiz
Practice |
13. |
If you put too much fertilizer on your lawn, you could
contribute to: |
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a. |
acid rain |
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b. |
eutrophication |
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c. |
green tides |
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Answer 13:
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d. |
greenhouse effect |
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Quiz
Practice |
14. |
Which county in the state has the most valuable agricultural
production? |
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a. |
Fresno |
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b. |
Mendocino |
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c. |
Los Angeles |
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Answer 14:
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d. |
Imperial |
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Quiz
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15. |
Which of these counties specializes in Nursery products? |
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a. |
Kern |
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b. |
Merced |
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c. |
San Luis Obsispo |
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Answer 15:
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d. |
Los Angeles |
