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Which two other public systems are central to California higher education?
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- California State University and California Community Colleges
Which system is part of California’s public higher education structure?
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- University of California
Which set names forms of direct democracy used in California?
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- Initiatives, referendums, and recalls
What can California voters do through the initiative process?
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- Propose or approve certain laws or constitutional changes.
What are the two chambers of the California Legislature?
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- State Assembly and State Senate
How did railroads help California’s economy after the Gold Rush?
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- They gave farms and cities better access to wider markets.
What major transportation development connected California more directly with the rest of the United States in 1869?
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- First transcontinental railroad
Under which national political agreement was California admitted as a free state?
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- Compromise of 1850
How did the Gold Rush affect many Native communities?
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- It intensified dispossession and violence.
What was one environmental effect of Gold Rush mining?
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- Damage to rivers and landscapes
Which city grew rapidly as a port and commercial center during the Gold Rush?
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- San Francisco
What happened to California’s non-Indigenous population during the Gold Rush?
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- It increased rapidly.
Which activities were important in Mexican California’s rancho economy?
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- Cattle ranching and the hide-and-tallow trade
What happened to many mission lands during Mexican secularization?
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- Control shifted away from the mission system.
Which was one major effect of the Spanish mission system on Indigenous communities?
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- Disease, forced labor, and colonial control changed Native life.
Which combination supplies water to California agriculture?
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- Reservoirs, rivers, canals, groundwater, and snowmelt
Why is water availability a major concern for California farming?
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- Agriculture depends heavily on reliable water supplies.
Which later industries became important in Silicon Valley?
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- Software, internet businesses, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence
Which industries first made Silicon Valley widely known?
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- Electronics and semiconductors
Where did Silicon Valley develop?
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- Southern San Francisco Bay Area