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U.S. Economy

What is the main limitation of comparing California’s GDP directly with a country’s GDP?

  • California is legally an independent country.
  • Output size is comparable, but political and fiscal institutions are not equivalent.
  • Countries do not have GDP.
  • GDP cannot be measured for states.
Correct answer(s):
  • Output size is comparable, but political and fiscal institutions are not equivalent.
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Geography of the United States

Why does latitude alone not explain California’s climate diversity?

  • The Pacific has no climatic effect.
  • California has no elevation differences.
  • Elevation and ocean influence interact with north-south position.
  • Latitude determines every local climate by itself.
Correct answer(s):
  • Elevation and ocean influence interact with north-south position.
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U.S. Economy

How should quarterly state GDP at a seasonally adjusted annual rate be handled?

  • Add four quarterly annual rates to get annual GDP.
  • Assume it is a ten-year average.
  • Treat it as population data.
  • Treat it as an annualized pace, not a value to sum directly across four quarters.
Correct answer(s):
  • Treat it as an annualized pace, not a value to sum directly across four quarters.
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Geography of the United States

When does earthquake hazard become major economic risk?

  • Only when faults are in uninhabited areas
  • When active faults intersect dense populations and valuable infrastructure.
  • When no buildings are exposed
  • When there is no economic activity
Correct answer(s):
  • When active faults intersect dense populations and valuable infrastructure.
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U.S. Economy

Why might analysts compare GDP per capita with personal income per capita?

  • Both measure only state taxes.
  • Neither relates to people.
  • They measure different aspects of production and income.
  • They are mathematically identical by definition.
Correct answer(s):
  • They measure different aspects of production and income.
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Geography of the United States

What determines the size of wildfire losses besides fire intensity?

  • The amount and type of development exposed to fire.
  • Only coastline length
  • Only annual GDP
  • Only state population totals
Correct answer(s):
  • The amount and type of development exposed to fire.
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U.S. Economy

Why can a state have very high GDP while many households still face affordability problems?

  • Total output does not describe income distribution or local living costs.
  • Housing costs are included as equal payments to every resident.
  • GDP automatically eliminates inequality.
  • High GDP guarantees equal household income.
Correct answer(s):
  • Total output does not describe income distribution or local living costs.
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Geography of the United States

Why is drought considered a slow-onset hazard?

  • It cannot influence water supplies.
  • It occurs instantly like an earthquake.
  • It affects only one afternoon.
  • Its effects build gradually across water, agriculture, ecosystems, and energy.
Correct answer(s):
  • Its effects build gradually across water, agriculture, ecosystems, and energy.
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U.S. Economy

Why is it useful to analyze California as several linked regional economies?

  • Every California region has an identical economy.
  • Its major regions have different specializations but exchange labor, capital, goods, and services.
  • Only state-level totals matter for every question.
  • Regional analysis ignores all economic activity.
Correct answer(s):
  • Its major regions have different specializations but exchange labor, capital, goods, and services.
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U.S. Economy

Which statement best describes California’s major regional economies?

  • All regions specialize in exactly the same industries.
  • Regional connections are economically irrelevant.
  • Only Los Angeles has an economy.
  • The Bay Area, Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento, and Central Valley have distinct but connected specializations.
Correct answer(s):
  • The Bay Area, Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento, and Central Valley have distinct but connected specializations.
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