California Symbols
California Mosts
California Spanish
California Explorers
California Potpourri
100
The California state flower.
What is the Golden Poppy?
100
The largest fault in the United States.
What is the San Andreas Fault?
100
Friars from the Catholic Church esatblished a chain of these up the coast of California.
What are missions? (Mission San Diego de Alcala)
100
The first European man to see the coast of California?
Who is Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo? (1542)
100
This method of transportation in San Francisco has been declared a National Historic Landmark.
What are cable cars?
200
The California state tree.
What is the Redwood?
200
This bridge spans over one of the world's largest harbor entrances.
What is the Golden Gate Bridge?
200
Spanish colonists traveled between misssions using this road.
What is El Camino Real?
200
English explorer who landed near San Francisco Bay during his trip around the world.
Who is Sir Francis Drake? (1579)
200
The Irish rock group U2 named a CD after this California national park.
What is Joshua Tree National Park?
300
The animal on the state flag.
What is the grizzly bear?
300
The highest temperature ever recorded in the United Stsates was 134 degrees at this site.
What is Death Valley National Park?
300
California became a province of this country in 1822.
What is Mexico?
300
He established the first military fort in California.
Who is Captain Gaspar de Portola? (1768)
300
This California mountain is covered with snow year round.
What is Mount Shasta?
400
The California state bird.
What is the California Valley Quail?
400
More of them live in California than any other state.
What is people?
400
He established the first California mission for the Native Americans.
Who is Father Junipero Serra.
400
Fort Ross (1812 to 1840) was established by explorers from this country.
What is Russia?
400
This California island is a popular tourist attraction, still owned by the Wrigley (yes gum!) family.
What is Catalina Island?
500
The California state fish.
What is the golden trout?
500
These trees are said to be the oldest living things on earth.
What is the prehistoric bristlecone pine?
500
The oldest mission in California.
What is San Diego de Alcala? (1769)
500
These people came down from far north to hunt for sea otter pelts.
Who are the Aleuts? (came to CA in 1811)
500
It was once illegal to eat this fruit in hotels in California.
What are oranges?
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