On-Line Assessment Geography 417

Preliminary

Name (first name first) email.

USE TAB to move between response boxes. DO NOT press enter or return until you want to submit your answers.

The purpose of this assessment is to evaluate your readiness to enroll in this course. You will not be given a letter grade, but you will be given credit for completing the test. Please try to answer the questions to the best of your ability. I will be able to tell if you randomly fill in answers and you will be given no credit or asked to repeat the assessment.

Instructions:

1. Type your name (FIRST NAME FIRST) and email in form boxes above. If you do not have an email account, please write in “no email”

2. Read the syllabus and also the course contract by clicking HERE. The purpose of the contract is to ensure that each student understands the policies in the course.

3. Chose a four-digit code that you will use to identify yourself on certain assignments and on the on-line grade postings. Be sure to pick a code you’ll remember like the last digits of your social security number or last four digits of your parent’s phone number.

YOUR FOUR DIGIT CODE:

3. Read the questions below and type the letter that corresponds to the best answer listed. When you are finished click the submit button below.

4. As with all on-line assignments, you may wish to print this out before you submit it electronically. Printing gives you a record of your effort, should you need to resubmit, have a problem with your internet connection or want to use this as a study aid.

QUESTIONS:

	1.	After which U.S. war did California become a part of the United States?
	a.	Spanish-American War
	b.	Mexican-American War
	c.	War for Independence
Answer 1:	d.	none of the above
	2.	Which city suffered through an 8.3 magnitude earthquake in 1906? It destroyed much of the downtown.
	a.	Los Angeles
	b.	San Francisco
	c.	San Jose
Answer 2:	d.	Sacramento
	3.	In what year did the Gold Rush really take off?
	a.	1801
	b.	1849
	c.	1865
Answer 3:	d.	1869
	4.	Who wrote the famous California novel Grapes of Wrath?
	a.	Margaret Meade
	b.	Ernest Hemingway
	c.	Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Answer 4:	d.	John Steinbeck
	5.	Where did the oil industry develop in California?
	a.	Los Angeles-Long Beach
	b.	San Francisco
	c.	San Diego
Answer 5:	d.	The oil industry was not very important in California
	6	Which of these major public works was NOT completed during the Great Depression?
	a.	Golden Gate Bridge
	b.	Hoover Dam
	c.	The Santa Fe railroad's L.A. line
Answer 6:	d.	San Francisco Bay Bridge
	7.	When did California become a state?
	a.	1801
	b.	1850
	c.	1865
Answer 7:	d.	1901
	8	Which of these factors accounted for the greatest number of deaths to Native Americans once Europeans began arriving in the North America?
	a.	European military weaponry
	b.	Inter-tribal warfare as available land shrunk
	c.	Famine
Answer 8:	d.	European diseases
	9.	Hydraulic Mining was a technique used to:
	a.	force oil from underground using water
	b.	help clear rivers in preparation for dams along several California rivers
	c.	blast gold from hillsides
Answer 9:	d.	remove water from underground lakes
	10.	Which of these countries has not controlled the territory that is now California?
	a.	Spain
	b.	Mexico
	c.	United States
Answer 10:	d.	England
	11.	This Franciscan padre is credited with establishing the mission system in California during the late 1700s:
	a.	Saint Juan Cabrello
	b.	Junipero Serra
	c.	Juan Capistano
Answer 11:	d.	Luis Obispo
	12.	This famous character is associated with the "Bear Flag Republic" and the Mexican-American war in California:
	a.	John Fremont
	b.	John C. Calhoun
	c.	Jefferson Davis
Answer12:	d.	Miles Standish
	13.	Which of these locations became famous because it was where Gold was first discovered in California?
	a.	Tehachapi Pass
	b.	Sutter's Mill
	c.	Potter's Dam on the Sacramento River
Answer 13:	d.	Yosemite Valley
	14.	Why were the Spanish interested in the California (Mexico) territory initially?
	a.	Fur trading
	b.	Piracy
	c.	Gold
Answer 14:	d.	Defense
	15.	This treaty marked the end of the Mexican American war:
	a.	Treaty of Versailles
	b.	The Baja Accords
	c.	The Mexico City Agreement
Answer 15:	d.	Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
	16	The Donner Party is most associated with:
	a.	The Manson murders during the late 1960s.
	b.	They were the earliest Anglo settlers to come to Los Angeles
	c.	Cannibalism in the mid-1800s
Answer 16:	d.	It was the social affair that accidentally started the Great San Francisco fire of 1906.
	17.	Which of these explorers is most associated with the discovery of the Californias?
	a.	Cortes (with Jimenez)
	b.	Columbus
	c.	Amerigo Vespucci
Answer 17:	d.	Sir Francis Drake
	18	This man might well be considered the founder of the American environmental movement:
	a.	Stonewall Jackson
	b.	John Muir
	c.	John C. Calhoun
Answer 18:	d.	Jedidiah Pinkett
	19.	California was admitted to the United States in:
	a.	1846
	b.	1850
	c.	1860
Answer 19:	d.	1865
	20.	What city is the state capital of California?
	a.	Los Angeles
	b.	San Francisco
	c.	San Jose
Answer 20:	d.	Sacramento
	21.	What ethnic group was outlawed from coming to the U.S. in the late 1800s as a result of racist fears in the U.S.?
	a.	Japanese
	b.	Chinese
	c.	Germans
Answer 21:	d.	Mexicans
	22.	Which of these ethnic groups were interred during World War II in camps?
	a.	Japanese
	b.	Chinese
	c.	Germans
Answer 22:	d.	Mexicans
	23.	What derisive name was given to the major rail company during the height of their power in the late 1800s?
	a.	the elephant
	b.	the octopus
	c.	the wolf pack
Answer 23:	d.	the dinosaur
	24.	This historical figure proclaimed that he "won California" from Mexico as he made a failed bid for the Presidency of the US.
	a.	Robert Mulholland
	b.	David C. Mulholland
	c.	John Fremont
Answer 24:	d.	John C. Calhoun
	25.	Where did the west-bound and east-bound rail lines meet, completing the first transcontinental railroad?
	a.	St. Louis, Missouri
	b.	Promontory Point, Utah
	c.	Phoenix, Arizona
Answer 25:	d.	Dodge City, Kansas
		PART II: GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS
	26	Which of these areas had great oil production in California?
	a.	Los Angeles Basin
	b.	Modoc Plateau
	c.	Sierra Nevadas
Answer 26:	d.	Colorado Desert
	27.	Which of these mountain ranges is the highest in the United States?
	a.	Cascades
	b.	Yosemite Mountains
	c.	Sierra Nevadas
Answer 27:	d.	Rockies
	28	Which of these ethnic groups is most populous in California?
	a.	Chinese-Americans
	b.	African-Americans
	c.	Jewish-Americans
Answer 28:	d.	Mexican-Americans
	29.	What is the name of the most famous fault in California?
	a.	The San Matea
	b.	The Girlock
	c.	The Tehachapi
Answer 29:	d.	The San Andreas
	30.	Which region of California is most dominant in agricultural production?
	a.	Great Central Valley
	b.	Imperial Valley
	c.	Basin and Range
Answer 30:	d.	Modoc Plateau
	31.	Typically, Southern California weather is largely a result of:
	a.	Dry winds coming out of the desert
	b.	Washington and Oregon "taking" all the rain
	c.	dry winds blowing in from Mexico
Answer 31:	d.	prevailing high pressure situated over the eastern Pacific Ocean
	32.	During the Great Depression of the 1930s, many Americans drifted west on Route 66 to California. These migrants were associated most closely with what state(s)?
	a.	Mississippi/Alabama
	b.	Oklahoma
	c.	New Mexico
Answer32:	d.	Indiana/Ohio/Iowa
	33.	Which of these ethnic groups formed the source of much of the labor on the first transcontinental railroad to be built from California eastward?
	a.	Irish
	b.	Chinese
	c.	Mexicans
Answer 33:	d.	American Indians
	34.	Which of these is NOT a California desert?
	a.	Colorado
	b.	Mojave
	c.	Kalahari
Answer 34:	d.	Basin and Range
	35.	What industrial pursuit made Silicon Valley famous?
	a.	automobile manufacturing
	b.	breast implants and other similar products
	c.	chemicals and pharmaceuticals
Answer 35:	d.	computer electronics
	36	Which of these trees would you least likely find in a coniferous forest?
	a.	Jeffery Pine
	b.	Giant Sequoia
	c.	Douglas Fir
Answer 36:	d.	Coastal Oak
	37.	Which of these housing types would one find in California before Europeans arrived?
	a.	Adobe House
	b.	Ranch Style
	c.	California Bungalow
Answer 37:	d.	Tee Pee (tipi)
	38	Which of these energy sources does California rely upon most heavily?
	a.	fossil fuels
	b.	nuclear
	c.	hydro-power
Answer 38:	d.	wind-energy
	39.	Gentrification involves what process?
	a.	the building of large estates in the countryside
	b.	middle class redevelopment of poor areas of the city
	c.	its basically the same a suburbanization
Answer 39:	d.	It’s a term that describes the destruction of inner city neighborhoods in the 1970s.
	40.	The California Current is considered a _______ current and it flows _______.
	a.	cold, southward
	b.	warm, northward
	c.	cold, northward
Answer 40:	d.	cold, eastward
	41.	Which of these factors was most crucial in the explosion of suburbs in the 1950s?
	a.	racism drove whites to the suburbs
	b.	interstate highways were beginning to pop up
	c.	the government finally sold off much of its landholdings in suburban regions
Answer 41:	d.	agriculture became less profitable, making suburban lands cheaper
	42.	What is California's rank among the US states in terms of agricultural output?
	a.	bottom 5
	b.	near the average
	c.	above average, but not in the top 10
Answer 42:	d.	We’re number 1!
	43.	The Joshua Tree is a good indicator of what climate type?
	a.	High Desert
	b.	Low Desert
	c.	Continental Tropical
Answer 43:	d.	Mediterranean
	44.	Where and when does California get most of its rain?
	a.	In the Modoc plateau during Winter and Fall
	b.	Northern 1/2 of the state during Autumn
	c.	Northern 1/3 of the state during Winter
Answer 44:	d.	Rain is scattered evenly throughout the state, but is least in the summer.
	45.	Which of these is not a common environmental threat in Malibu?
	a.	earthquakes
	b.	mudslides
	c.	hurricanes
Answer 45:	d.	wildfires
	46	The el nino phenomenon is caused by a reversal in the _________ in the Southeastern Pacific Ocean
	a.	prevailing water temperature
	b.	prevailing wind direction
	c.	prevailing tidal bore
Answer 46:	d.	all of the above
	47.	Which mountain in California is most often associated with mythology, mysticism and the supernatural?
	a.	Mt. Shasta
	b.	Mt. Lassen
	c.	Mt. Saint Helen's
Answer 47:	d.	Mt. Whitney
	48	Which of these industries would you most likely find accused of engaging in "sweatshop labor"?
	a.	microprocessing
	b.	teaching (outside the teachers' lounge only)
	c.	housekeeping (motels/janitorial)
Answer 48:	d.	textiles
	49.	What is the name of the climate type that characterizes much of Northern California?
	a.	Mediterranean
	b.	Humid Subtropical
	c.	Humid Continental
Answer 49:	d.	Maritime
	50.	Which of these historic Indian culture groups could not be found in California?
	a.	Chumash
	b.	Gabrielino
	c.	Sioux
Answer 50:	d.	Modoc