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What is the best practice when reporting California population or GDP?
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- Include the reference year or quarter.
Why can economic conditions differ sharply between California regions?
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- Regions specialize in different industries and face different housing and labor conditions.
Which infrastructure systems are especially important to California’s economy?
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- Water, ports, roads, rail, energy, and communications
Why is Hollywood economically important beyond physical production?
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- It creates and distributes cultural and intellectual-property products.
Why can California tourism remain strong across different seasons and regions?
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- Its attractions are spread across urban, coastal, mountain, desert, and entertainment destinations.
How does university-created human capital affect California’s economy?
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- It supplies skills used in technology, health, engineering, and research.
What two broad roles do California’s public higher-education systems serve?
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- Broad educational access and specialized research
Why are special districts important in California local government?
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- Some services cross city boundaries or require specialized administration.
What is one potential trade-off of California’s direct-democracy system?
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- Voters can bypass legislators, but ballot rules may create complex long-term constraints.
Why can Death Valley reach extreme temperatures?
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- Its desert climate, low elevation, and surrounding topography favor intense heat.
Why is an earthquake hazard not automatically the same as earthquake risk?
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- Risk also depends on people, buildings, and infrastructure exposed to the hazard.
Which combination best explains wildfire risk in California?
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- Climate, vegetation, wind, settlement patterns, and ignition sources
Why can winter climate affect California’s water supply months later?
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- Sierra Nevada snowpack melts gradually after winter.
How can mountains create dry regions in California?
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- They force moist air upward and can create rain shadows on the leeward side.
What is a key seasonal feature of much of California’s Mediterranean-type climate?
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- Wetter winters and dry summers
Why did the transcontinental railroad promote migration and trade?
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- It cut travel time and transportation costs.
What political change followed U.S. victory in the Mexican-American War?
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- California’s sovereignty shifted from Mexico to the United States.
What was one result of Mexican secularization in California?
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- Control of former mission lands changed and the rancho economy expanded.
How did the Spanish mission system reshape Indigenous California?
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- It imposed new labor, religious, and settlement systems.
Why is California statehood part of the national history of slavery?
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- Its admission as a free state was tied to the Compromise of 1850.