This line separates the Western and Eastern Hemisphere.
What is the Prime Meridian?
100
California's two natural harbors are located in this region?
What is the
Coastal region?
100
Using the map on page 27, name a county that is located in an area with an elevation range from 1,640 to 6,560 feet.
What is San Bernadino?
100
Mountains act as huge walls which creates-
What is a rain shadow?
100
The Pacific coast, good weather, physical features, natural resources, jobs, nearness to transportation routes, people with similar cultural backgrounds are....
What are reasons people want to live in Los Angeles?
200
California is located in these two hemispheres.
What is Northern and Western Hemispheres?
200
The largest natural feature in California's Mountain Region is called
What is the Sierra Nevada?
200
Using the map on page 27, what is the elevation range around Modesto?
What is 0-655 feet?
200
California is experiencing a _____________ which causes farmers to lose crops.
What is a drought?
200
In the Coastal Region, some Californians have jobs in fishing, timber, or oil. These are called-
What is an industry?
300
California is located on what Ocean?
What is the Pacific Ocean?
300
Fertile farmland, natural harbors, world's tallest trees, mountain ranges and some large cities are all features of this region.
What is the Coastal Region?
300
The differences in the heights of land in an area are called...
What is relief?
300
The long growing season in this region allows crops to be farmed for 10 months.
What is Central Valley?
300
Cracks in the Earth's surface are called-
What are faults?
400
California's location in the ____________________ is an important location because people, ideas, and goods from all over the world come together.
What is Pacific Basin?
400
A natural resource that is important in both the Mountain and Desert Regions of California-
What are minerals?
400
Using the map on page 17, which city is located near 34 degrees North and 118 degrees west?
What is Anaheim?
400
The kind of system that people used in the desert region to carry water to dry places.
What is irrigation?
400
In the mountain and desert region, this affects what people do for fun, how they build buildings, and how they landscape their yards.
What is climate?
500
The region that our state capital is located.
What is the Central Valley Region?
500
Fertile farmland, raising livestock, dry climate, long growing season and some large cities are all features found in this region.
What is the Central Valley Region?
500
If you know the lines of latitude and longitude you can find the __________________ by pinpointing where the lines intersect on a map or globe.
What is absolute location?
500
The central Valley region is important to us because....
What is- it is one of the most productive farming regions in the world!!!?
500
Parts of California have climates, physical features, and jobs that attract large numbers of people which causes..