Why might analysts compare GDP per capita with personal income per capita?
Correct answer(s):
- They measure different aspects of production and income.
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What determines the size of wildfire losses besides fire intensity?
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- The amount and type of development exposed to fire.
Why can a state have very high GDP while many households still face affordability problems?
Correct answer(s):
- Total output does not describe income distribution or local living costs.
Why is drought considered a slow-onset hazard?
Correct answer(s):
- Its effects build gradually across water, agriculture, ecosystems, and energy.
How does the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex serve the wider U.S. economy?
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- It serves supply chains reaching markets far beyond California.
Why does drought-prone California still need flood management?
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- Precipitation varies greatly, and intense wet periods can still cause flooding.
How can container imports entering California affect inland states?
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- Rail and trucking networks move goods to inland distribution and consumer markets.
Which combination most directly determines port supply-chain performance?
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- Port capacity, warehouses, rail links, and highway congestion
What geographic advantage does California have for many trans-Pacific shipping routes?
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- It is closer to many Asian routes than U.S. East Coast ports are.
Which framework best explains California’s agricultural productivity?
Correct answer(s):
- Natural conditions interact with irrigation, capital, labor, and market access.
What are agglomeration economies?
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- Productivity advantages firms gain from proximity to specialized labor, suppliers, investors, and knowledge networks
Why does high-value specialty-crop production increase the importance of reliable irrigation?
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- Crop losses can impose large economic costs per acre.
Why is Silicon Valley often used as an example of industrial clustering?
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- Technology firms benefit from knowledge spillovers and mobile specialized labor.
What economic concept describes competition among urban, agricultural, and environmental uses of scarce California water?
Correct answer(s):
- Opportunity cost
What makes Hollywood an industrial cluster rather than simply a neighborhood?
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- Specialized talent, suppliers, studios, financing, and distribution networks are geographically concentrated.
How can drought influence California farm decisions?
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- Through water prices, groundwater pumping, acreage changes, and crop selection
Which institutions form key parts of California’s innovation system?
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- Universities, private firms, venture capital, skilled migrants, and research institutions
Which processes help explain California’s varied landforms?
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- Tectonics, mountain building, erosion, deposition, and desert processes
How can university research contribute to regional economic growth?
Correct answer(s):
- Research can be commercialized through patents, licensing, startups, and partnerships.
What type of landform is the Central Valley in broad geologic terms?
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- A sediment-filled structural basin