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Geography of the United States

Why do natural-hazard risks differ across California?

  • California has only one type of hazard.
  • Every region has identical geography.
  • Regions have different climates, terrain, vegetation, and settlement patterns.
  • Hazards occur only in Sacramento.
Correct answer(s):
  • Regions have different climates, terrain, vegetation, and settlement patterns.
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Geography of the United States

Which description best fits California’s settlement pattern?

  • Strongly urban, with major coastal and inland-valley concentrations
  • Evenly spread across every square mile
  • Almost entirely rural and unurbanized
  • Mostly located on mountain summits
Correct answer(s):
  • Strongly urban, with major coastal and inland-valley concentrations
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Geography of the United States

Which four forces can change California’s population?

  • Only rainfall and temperature
  • Births, deaths, interstate migration, and international migration
  • Only tourism and farming
  • Only elections and laws
Correct answer(s):
  • Births, deaths, interstate migration, and international migration
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United States of America

Why should Los Angeles not be described as only an entertainment economy?

  • It has no businesses outside Hollywood.
  • It also has major trade, manufacturing, service, fashion, and technology activities.
  • It has no manufacturing or services.
  • It bans international trade.
Correct answer(s):
  • It also has major trade, manufacturing, service, fashion, and technology activities.
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United States of America

Which industries help shape San Diego’s economy?

  • Steel production only
  • Defense, biotechnology, tourism, research, and cross-border commerce
  • Cotton plantations only
  • Coal mining and maple syrup
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  • Defense, biotechnology, tourism, research, and cross-border commerce
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United States of America

What most strongly defines San Jose’s modern economic role?

  • Movie studios
  • State government
  • Its connection to Silicon Valley technology industries
  • Gold mining
Correct answer(s):
  • Its connection to Silicon Valley technology industries
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United States of America

Which combination best describes San Francisco’s economic roles?

  • Coal and steel only
  • Agriculture only
  • State government only
  • Finance, technology, tourism, and a historic port role
Correct answer(s):
  • Finance, technology, tourism, and a historic port role
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U.S. Economy

Why is California’s economy considered diversified?

  • It has many large industries instead of depending on one sector.
  • The state has no service sector.
  • Only Hollywood creates economic activity.
  • One crop provides nearly all output.
Correct answer(s):
  • It has many large industries instead of depending on one sector.
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United States of America

What caused severe population losses among Indigenous Californians after colonization?

  • Improved health care only
  • Disease, violence, coercion, and displacement
  • Voluntary migration to Europe only
  • A lack of contact with outsiders
Correct answer(s):
  • Disease, violence, coercion, and displacement
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United States of America

What do Native nations and communities in California continue to protect today?

  • Only Spanish mission property
  • Sovereignty, languages, traditions, and cultural sites
  • Only federal highways
  • Only Gold Rush mining claims
Correct answer(s):
  • Sovereignty, languages, traditions, and cultural sites
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United States of America

What changed as California passed from Spanish to Mexican and then U.S. rule?

  • The Pacific Ocean moved east.
  • Political institutions and patterns of landholding changed.
  • All cities were abandoned.
  • California’s geography disappeared.
Correct answer(s):
  • Political institutions and patterns of landholding changed.
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United States of America

How did the Gold Rush affect California’s path to statehood?

  • Rapid population growth accelerated the push for state government.
  • It delayed settlement for a century.
  • It reduced the need for government.
  • It returned California to Spain.
Correct answer(s):
  • Rapid population growth accelerated the push for state government.
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United States of America

What important coincidence occurred in 1848?

  • The transcontinental railroad and Golden Gate Bridge opened.
  • Gold was discovered and the Mexican-American War formally ended.
  • Hollywood and Silicon Valley were founded the same day.
  • California became the 50th state and Disneyland opened.
Correct answer(s):
  • Gold was discovered and the Mexican-American War formally ended.
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United States of America

How did the Compromise of 1850 affect California?

  • It returned California to Mexico.
  • It admitted California as a free state.
  • It divided California into five states.
  • It made California a British colony.
Correct answer(s):
  • It admitted California as a free state.
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United States of America

Why did California’s capital move among several cities in its early years?

  • Federal law required annual moves.
  • Every city was destroyed by gold mining.
  • The new state was still deciding on a practical permanent seat of government.
  • California had no government at all.
Correct answer(s):
  • The new state was still deciding on a practical permanent seat of government.
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United States of America

Why did Sacramento become important during the Gold Rush era?

  • It contained the largest desert.
  • It was California’s only seaport.
  • It was near mining regions and useful transportation routes.
  • It was next to the Mexican capital.
Correct answer(s):
  • It was near mining regions and useful transportation routes.
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United States of America

What did the transcontinental railroad reduce for California?

  • Its number of counties.
  • Its mountain elevations.
  • Its Pacific coastline.
  • Its isolation from eastern U.S. markets.
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  • Its isolation from eastern U.S. markets.
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United States of America

Which changes were supported by new rail connections in California?

  • Migration, commerce, agriculture, and urban growth
  • Only state symbols
  • Only coastal erosion
  • Only mountain snowfall
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  • Migration, commerce, agriculture, and urban growth
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United States of America

Why were Indigenous societies in California diverse?

  • They all lived in one city.
  • They arrived only after the Gold Rush.
  • They had one identical economy everywhere.
  • They adapted to many different environments across the state.
Correct answer(s):
  • They adapted to many different environments across the state.
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United States of America

Which set includes traditional activities used by Indigenous Californians?

  • Only factory work and rail transport
  • Only deep-sea whaling
  • Only gold mining and banking
  • Fishing, hunting, gathering, trade, controlled burning, and plant management
Correct answer(s):
  • Fishing, hunting, gathering, trade, controlled burning, and plant management
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