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California History and Facts
History and facts on the state of California
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4th Grade
06/06/2010

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What is the state motto and what does it mean?
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Eureka, I have found it!
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What is the state bird?
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California Valley Quail
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What is the state flower?
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Golden Poppy
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What is the state fish?
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California Golden Trout
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What is the state butterfly?
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California Dogface
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What is the state mammal?
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California-Gray Whale
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What is the state reptile?
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Desert Tortoise
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What is the state song?
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I Love You, California
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What is the state tree?
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California Redwood
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What is the state capital?
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Sacramento
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What is the state nickname?
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The Golden State
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What is the state's largest city in population?
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Los Angeles
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What is the state's second largest city in population?
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San Diego
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What animal is located on the state flag?
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Grizzly bear
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Who is the current governor?
Definition
Arnold Schwarzenegger
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What are the four regions of California?
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Coast region, mountain region, valley region, and desert region
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What ocean is located on the coast of California?
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Pacific Ocean
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What are the state's major industries?
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agriculture, manufacturing, aerospace, petroleum, tourism
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What are the state's major crops?
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grapes, cotton, flowers, citrus fruits, vegetables, melons, almonds, olives
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Name the states that border California.
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Oregon, Nevada, and Arizona
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What is the state's highest point?
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Mount Whitney (14,494 feet)
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What is the state's lowest point?
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Death Valley (282 feet below sea level)
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What is California ranked among states in land mass?
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3rd
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What date was California admitted into the Union?
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September 9, 1850
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What order did California enter the Union?
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31st
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How many state counties are there?
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58
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How many electoral votes does the state have?
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47
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How many members are in the state Senate?
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40
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How many members are there in the State Assembly?
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80
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How many consecutive terms can the governor serve?
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Any number of consecutive terms
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What former California governor went on to become the President of the United States?
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Ronald Reagan
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When are state elections held?
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The Tuesday after the first Monday in November during even years.
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Who was the state's first governor?
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Peter H. Burnett
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When was the University of California founded?
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1868
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Where is the main campus of the University of California located?
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Berkley
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When was the first school built in California?
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1853
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Who was California's first explorer?
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Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo
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Where was California's first settlement?
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The Alcala Mission in San Diego
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What is the state's deepest lake?
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Lake Tahoe
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Where was the state's largest lake?
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Salton Sea
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What is California's rank among states in population?
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1st
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What is the state's most important mineral?
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Boron minerals and compounds
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What is the state's most important crop?
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All farm commodities combined
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What river forms the boundary between Arizona and California?
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The Colorado River
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What is the state's largest national park?
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Yosemite National Park
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In what part of the country is the state located?
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The Pacific
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What trees in northern California are the world's tallest?
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The California Redwoods
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Where was most of the gold from the 19th century Gold Rush found?
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The Sierra Nevada Mountains
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What are the names of the two islands chains of the California coast?
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The Santa Barbara Islands and the Farallon Islands
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What mountain chain in the northern part of the state runs into Oregon?
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The Klamath Mountains
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What three main mountain chains are in the Los Angeles Ranges?
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The San Gabriel, San Bernardino, and San Jacinto Mountains
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What region is Death Valley and the Mojave Desert located?
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The Basin Range Region
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In what mountain range is Mount Whitney located?
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The Sierra Nevada Range
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What two rivers flow through the state's Central Valley?
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The Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers
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What California waterfalls are the highest in North America?
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The Yosemite Falls
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What does the Central Valley Project do?
Definition
It is a masterplan to provide for extensive water storage in the northern part of the state.
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What two nations controlled California between 1769-1848?
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Spain and Mexico
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What year did the United States acquire California?
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1848
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What year was the great California Gold Rush?
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1849
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What rank is Los Angeles among national cities in population?
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2nd
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What city was the old Spanish capitol?
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Monterey
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Where is the state's national seashore located?
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Point Reyes
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What three national parks are in the Sierra Nevada?
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Yosemite, Kings Canyon, and Sequoia National Parks
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What state park is comprised mostly of lava formations?
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Lassen Volcanic National Park
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What valley was the site of the 1960 Winter Olympics?
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Squaw Valley
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What famous publisher built a grand mansion in San Simeon?
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William Randolph Hearst
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Who lived in "Wolf House" in the Valley of the Moon?
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Jack London
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What is the name of Howard Hughes's huge wooden propeller-driven plane anchored in Long Beach?
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The Spruce Goose
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What Spanish missionary founded 21 missions located along the EI Camino Real?
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Junipero Serra
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Where is the Tournament of Roses Festival each year?
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Pasadena
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What amusement park is located in Anaheim?
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Disneyland
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How many professional baseball teams are in California?
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5 (Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres, California Angels, San Francisco Giants, and Oakland Athletics)
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What bank located in San Francisco was once the world's largest?
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Bank ofAmerica
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What crop is grown in the Napa Valley? What is produced from this crop?
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Grapes:wine
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What does California mainly manufacture?
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Transportation equipment, processed foods and electrical machinery
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What mineral is mined out of Eagle Mountain?
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Iron ore
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What does the RAND Corporation research?
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Strategic and tactical research for the United States military
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What mineral does California rank third in the nation in production of?
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Petroleum
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What mineral is California the leading world supplier of?
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Boron minerals and compounds
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What form of transportation was completed in California in 1869?
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The Transcontinental Railroad
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What state document was revised three times?
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The State Constitution
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What state official is responsible for the state budget?
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The Governor
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How many members occupy the State Supreme Court?
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7
Term
Who were the only father and son to become California Governors?
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Edmund G. Brown and Edmund G. Brown, Jr.
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Where was the California Academy of Sciences, the first such institution in the west, founded?
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San Francisco
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What observatory on Mount Hamilton in San Jose, was one of the first astronomical observatories established in the United States?
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The Lick Observatory
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What Englishman took possession of California in 1579?
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Sir Francis Drake
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What area did Sebastian Vizcaino survey as a possible settlement in 1602?
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Monterey Bay
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Where was the first pueblo, or civilian community. established?
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Los Angeles
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What nation established Fort Ross. a settlement north of San Francisco?
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The Soviet Union
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What nation did the Province of California pledge its allegiance to in 1822?
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Mexico
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What American first led expeditions into California in 1842?
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John C. Fremont
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What revolt took place in 1846 between the Americans and the Mexicans?
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The Bear Flag Revolt
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What treaty ceded California to the United States from Mexico?
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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On what property was gold first discovered?
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The Sutter Property
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What state document was first written in 1849?
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The State Constitution
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What park was established in 1890?
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Yosemite National Park
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What year was the great San Francisco earthquake and fire?
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1906
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What international organization was founded in San Francisco in 1945?
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The United Nations
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What city has held the Summer Olympics twice?
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Los Angeles
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What three-term governor became the 14th chief justice of the U.S.?
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Earl Warren
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What German born pioneer once owned Sacramento?
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Johann Augustus Sutter
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What California Pulitzer Prize winner wrote The Pearl and Grapes of Wrath?
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John Steinbeck
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What California labor leader organized grape pickers into a farm-workers union?
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Cesar Chavez
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What California Hall of Fame baseball player was known as, "Jolton Joe"?
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Joe DiMaggio
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What tennis player nicknamed "Pancho" dominated professional tennis in the 1950's?
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Richard Gonzales
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What astronomer helped build the Lick Observatory?
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George Ellery Hale
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What California author wrote Call ofthe Wild?
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Jack London
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What California politician became the 37th president of the United States?
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Richard M. Nixon
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What California scientist developed the first polio vaccine?
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Jonas Salk
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In what national park are the redwood trees located?
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Sequoia National Park
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What bridge joins San Francisco and Oakland?
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The Golden Gate Bridge
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What is the name of San Francisco's famous wharf?
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Fisherman's Wharf
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What is the name of the fault line that runs down the western side ofthe state?
Definition
The San Andreas Fault
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What two National Basketball Association teams play in Los Angeles?
Definition
The Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers
Term
What was the first Spanish mission?
Definition
Mission San Diego de Alcala
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What is the name of the current that runs along the state?
Definition
The California Current
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What is the state's largest port?
Definition
The Port of Los Angeles
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Where was the B-2 bomber assembled?
Definition
Palmdale Plant 42
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Where is Death Valley located?
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Mojave Desert
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Name the four groups of California Indians?
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Cahuilla, Miwok, Hupa, Chumash
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Who was the leader of the Donner Party who traveled through the pass named after him?
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Jacob Donner
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Who was the African-American guide who helped people cross the Sierra Nevada land and had the Beckworth Pass named after him?
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James Beckworth
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What are the three types of communities in California?
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Urban, suburban, rural areas
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In 1602, what Spanish explorer explored the area from present day San Diego to present day Monterey?
Definition
Sebastian Vizcaino
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Who traveled northeast from Russia and present day Alaska?
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Vitus Bering
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What amusement park is located in Valencia?
Definition
Six Flaggs Magic Mountain
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What marine animal theme park is located in San Diego?
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Sea World San Diego
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Who was the Woman who wrote the novel Ramona to bring to light the unfair treatment of California Indians?
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Helen Hunt Jackson
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Who was the female slave who gained freedom, worked as a nurse, and became the first African American woman in Los Angeles to own property?
Definition
Biddy Mason
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What was the Pony Express?
Definition
The system of horse and riders that carried the mail to California
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What transportation company did the Big Four businessmen form?
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The Central Pacific Railroad Company
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What became one of Los Angeles's most important industries in the 1920's?
Definition
The movie making industry
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What did they call the group of Midwest and Southwest states that suffered from severe drought, resulting in thousands of families moving to California?
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The Dust Bowl states
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What contributions did Sally Ride, Ellen Ochoa, and Patricia Cowings make to California history?
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They all worked for NASA with the space program
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What is the Central Valley Project?
Definition
The system of dams, canals, and reservoirs that provide California with water
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What do you call the form of local government that some California Indian groups use to govern?
Definition
The Tribal Council
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